''Panic 911 '' (also stylized as ''PANIC 9-1-1'') is an American documentary television series that airs on A&E and debuted on November 29, 2012. A second season began airing on August 8, 2013. ''PANIC 9-1-1'' returned for a third season on June 25, 2022. The one-hour

docudrama Docudrama (or documentary drama) is a genre of television and film, which features dramatized re-enactments of actual events. It is described as a hybrid of documentary and drama and "a fact-based representation of real event". Docudramas typic ...

aired Saturdays at 10:00 p.m. ET (9:00 p.m. CT).

Premise

The

series follows and reenacts the events of real

9-1-1 , usually written 911, is an emergency telephone number for the United States, Canada, Mexico, Panama, Palau, Argentina, Philippines, Jordan, as well as the North American Numbering Plan (NANP), one of eight N11 codes. Like other emergency nu ...

calls, including actual audio. The urgent life-and-death situations unfold between emergency dispatchers and frantic callers. Within each episode, the 9-1-1 call narrates what is happening, while interviews with those involved are also included with their first-hand details. Each episode opens with the following: According to A&E: ''PANIC 9-1-1'' is an innovative series featuring dramatic 9-1-1 calls as they play out in “real time”. Three calls per episode deliver nail-biting tension, bone-chilling dread, courage and heroism while capturing raw and inspiring tales of humanity. First-person interviews, graphics and recreations further help bring the calls to life.

Episodes

Season 1 (2012)

Season 2 (2013)

Season 3 (2022)

''PANIC 9-1-1'' returned for a third season in June 2022, with thirteen episodes airing on A&E, between June 6 and September 3.

References

{{A&ENetwork Shows 2010s American documentary television series 2012 American television series debuts 2013 American television series endings English-language television shows A&E (TV network) original programming