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Ousted 9-1-1 star Rockmond Dunbar has filed a federal lawsuit against Disney and 20th Century Fox for 'discrimination based on his race and religion' over refusing to get the mandatory COVID-19 vaccination.The 49-year-old actor claimed his dismissal from the hit Fox show 'severely damaged his career' because he gained a reputation as an anti-vaxxer, which apparently he is not - according to TMZ.Rockmond's medical and religious exemptions were both denied and he's accusing the studios of refusing to pay him 'hundreds of thousands of dollars' he believes he's owed. Payback: Ousted 9-1-1 star Rockmond Dunbar has filed a federal lawsuit against Disney and 20th Century Fox for 'discrimination based on his race and religion' over refusing to get the mandatory COVID-19 vaccination(pictured in 2019)Last August, Dunbar scored a 25% raise to about $80K per episode for season five and he was projected to go up to $100K per episode in season six had he gotten the jab - according to Deadline.As for claims of racism, Rockmond's onscreen ex-wife Angela Bassett - who's also African-American - currently earns '$450K per episode' which is the 'highest ever for an actress of color on a broadcast drama series.' Dunbar has appeared on creators Ryan Murphy, Brad Falchuk, and Tim Minear's critically-acclaimed LA first responders procedural since its 2018 premiere.Over five seasons, the NoCal native's architect character Michael Grant suffered a brain tumor and came out of the closet after 14 years of marriage and two children May and Harry.

Jennifer Maas TV Business Writer“9-1-1: Lone Star” has already featured guest appearances by two “Angel” alums, Julie Benz and Amy Acker, during the first few episodes of its currently airing third season. And if showrunner Tim Minear — who was a writer and executive producer on “Angel” and brought in Gina Torres, a vet of the WB series, as a lead on “Lone Star” at the start of Season 2 — is down for it, an actress from one of Minear’s other beloved series would love to make another reunion happen: “Firefly” star Morena Baccarin.“Oh, that would be fun! I haven’t seen those guys in forever,” Baccarin told Variety Friday, during an interview for her upcoming NBC drama “The Endgame.” “I love Tim.

Jennifer Maas TV Business WriterSPOILER ALERT: Do not read if you have not yet watched “Child Care,” Monday’s episode of “9-1-1: Lone Star.”Baby made three for Judd (Jim Parrack) and Grace (Sierra McClain) on last week’s “9-1-1: Lone Star” — and on Monday’s episode, an estranged teen son and his mother made five. Totally unbeknownst to Judd and Grace, he had a son Wyatt (Jackson Pace) with Marlene Harris (Robyn Lively), a barrel racer he can hardly remember having met at the San Antonio Stock Show & Rodeo in 2005.On Monday’s “9-1-1: Lone Star,” that boy comes to find Judd with the help of an online DNA ancestry website and Judd and Grace, just getting the hang of taking care of newborn daughter Charlie following her birth at the tail end of the Fox drama’s weeks-long ice-storm plot.

Arielle Kebbel is set for a major recurring role opposite Oliver Stark in Fox drama series 9-1-1.

Jennifer Maas TV Business Writer“9-1-1” and spinoff “9-1-1: Lone Star” will be reunited on Fox’s Monday primetime lineup when the O.G. show comes back from hiatus in March. When the two are once again airing in the back-to-back 8 and 9 p.m.

Jennifer Maas TV Business WriterSPOILER ALERT: Do not read if you have not yet watched “Push,” Monday’s episode of “9-1-1: Lone Star.”We did it, “9-1-1: Lone Star” fans. On Monday, the Fox drama finally made it to the end of the four-episode ice storm arc that kicked off its third season, and turned viewers into nervous puddles of emotion for a month. In the epic fourth-hour climax came three very big moments: The birth of Grace (Sierra McClain) and Judd’s (Jim Parrack) baby girl; the recovery of T.K.

9-1-1 has been an incredibly successful franchise for Fox with the original series in its fifth season and Lone Star spinoff in its third season.

9-1-1 is heading to USA Network.

Rockmond Dunbar will no longer answer the call on “9-1-1”.

EXCLUSIVE: Soul Food alumna Vanessa Estelle Williams has joined the Season 5 cast of Fox drama series 9-1-1 in a heavily recurring role.

Fox has renewed both 9-1-1 and spinoff 9-1-1: Lone Star for new seasons. The network has ordered a fifth season of the hit first-responders procedural drama series 9-1-1 from Ryan Murphy, Brad Falchuk and Tim Minear, and a third season of spinoff 9-1-1: Lone Star.  

Mónica Marie Zorrilla Fox has renewed “9-1-1” for Season 5 and its sister show “9-1-1: Lone Star” for Season 3. The “9-1-1” mothership will anchor Monday nights in the fall, while its spinoff will premiere midseason.

Gina Torres is first on the scene on 9-1-1: Lone Star.The alum reunites with producer Tim Minear, co-creator on the spinoff, on season 2 of Fox's first responder drama as Paramedic Captain Tommy Vega, who returns to the field eight years after stepping away to raise her twin daughters. When COVID-19 causes her husband's restaurant to close, Tommy returns to Austin, Texas, and re-enters the workforce to help support her family.

A reunion at the perfect time. It’s been nearly 20 years since Gina Torres worked with showrunner Tim Minear on Firefly. So when he called her about joining 9-1-1: Lone Star as a character he wrote with her in mind, she couldn’t have been more thrilled.

Bruce Haring pmc-editorial-managerThe season 4 premiere of Fox’s 9-1-1, in keeping with a show tradition, will start with a major mudslide that hits Los Angeles.The show’s last two season premieres have  featured an earthquake and a tsunami to start things off. Now, a Los Angeles dam breaks apart, flooding the city from the Hollywood Hills down and causing a massive mudslide that takes out a major landmark and threatens lives in the city.The Ryan Murphy, Brad Falchuk and Tim Minear procedural drama returns in January.

Liv Tyler is out at. The actress will not be returning to the Fox series for season two, despite having a multiple-year deal, according to multiple reports.was first to report the news, and per the outlet, Tyler's decision stemmed from concerns about traveling amid the coronavirus pandemic.

a new paramedic chief character to 9-1-1: Lone Star Season 2 might lead to this. Liv Tyler is leaving the 9-1-1 spin-off ahead of Season 2, TV Guide has confirmed.Tyler, who played paramedic chief Michelle Blake throughout the series' first season, will not return for the next round of Austin-based first responder adventures on the Fox disaster procedural.

Liv Tyler will not be back as Michelle Blake on Fox’s 9-1-1 Lone Star when it returns for its second season.

Joe Otterson TV ReporterLiv Tyler will not appear in the upcoming second season of “9-1-1: Lone Star” on Fox, Variety has confirmed.According to an individual with knowledge of the situation, Tyler approached producers over the summer about exiting the show, despite having a multi-year contract. Her decision was due at least in part to concerns about traveling back and forth from her home in the U.K.

Gina Torres is headed to the Lone Star state. The former “Suits” actress, for which she starred alongside Meghan Markle for seven seasons as Jessica Pearson, will join the cast of the hit FOX show “9-1-1: Lone Star” as a series regular and will reunite with showrunner Tim Minear whom Torres worked with on the sci-fi classic “Firefly” in 2002.

Denise Petski Senior Managing EditorSuits and Pearson alumna Gina Torres is set as a series regular opposite Liv Tyler and Rob Lowe on the second season of Fox spinoff series 9-1-1: Lone Star. Season 2 is scheduled to begin production in Los Angeles later this fall for a premiere in early 2021 as part of the network’s midseason schedule.9-1-1: Lone Star hails from 9-1-1 creators/executive producers Ryan Murphy, Brad Falchuk and Tim Minear.