Rescue 911

Rescue 911 (1989)★ 7.6/10

TV-14 · US · 60 min · April 18, 1989 · 7 seasons

  • Documentary

Directed by: Mary Hardwick, Jim Milio, Nancy Platt Jacoby, Chris Pechin, Steve Bronstein

Written by: Aaron Kass, Jim Milio, Jean O'Neill, Nancy Platt Jacoby

William Shatner hosts this television show, featuring dramatic reenactments of situations leading to emergency calls to 9-1-1.

Original title
Rescue 911
Storyline
In this early example of police-based reality TV hosted by William Shatner, we are treated to reenactments of real-life 911 rescues. Recordings of the actual calls, interspersed with interviews with the paramedics and other rescue workers, provide a vivid look at the life-or-death dramas that occur every day.
Rating
7.6 / 10 · 1,147
Companies
Arnold Shapiro Productions, CBS Entertainment Production, MTM Enterprises, 20th Century Fox Television, CBS, Discovery Health Channel, Pluto TV, Reality TV, TV2 Danmark, TV6, Zone Reality USA
Release dates
  • US April 18, 1989
  • DK September 8, 1990