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Live Rescue

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Live Rescue
GenreReality
Presented by
  • Ashleigh Banfield
  • Dan Flynn
  • Titus Tero
  • Sean "Sticks" Larkin
  • Tom Morris, Jr.
  • Forest Smith
  • Mike McCabe
  • Matt Iseman
  • Halani Lobdell
  • Garon Patrick Mosby
Country of originUnited States
Original languageEnglish
No. of seasons3
No. of episodes67 (list of episodes)
Production
Executive producers
  • Dan Cesareo
  • Lucilla D'Agostino
  • John Zito
  • Kara Kurcz
  • Elaine Frontain Bryant
  • Shelly Tatro
  • Sean Gottlieb
  • Brad Abramson[1]
Camera setupMulti-camera
Running time86–129 minutes
Production companyBig Fish Entertainment
Original release
NetworkA&E
ReleaseApril 22, 2019 (2019-04-22) –
January 15, 2021 (2021-01-15)
Related

Live Rescue (stylized as Live + Rescue) is an American television program on the A&E Network. It follows live camera crew ride-alongs with fire departments and rescue squads in cities and towns across the country.[2] The series is a spin-off of Live PD.

The show was originally hosted by Ashleigh Banfield. For the second season, Matt Iseman took over as host. The show last aired live episodes in early 2021.[3]

Production

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In 2019, A&E began developing a spin-off of Live PD called Live Rescue focusing on emergency rescue calls as opposed to police calls.[4] Ashleigh Banfield was the first host of the series.[5] The series received an initial eight episode order and premiered on April 22, 2019.[6] A bonus episode of the series aired on May 9 bringing the episode count up to nine episodes. A&E later ordered an additional ten episodes bringing the final episode count to nineteen.[7]

Live Rescue also has its own spin-offs entitled Live Rescue: Rewind [8] and Live Rescue: Emergency Response.[9] Live Rescue: Rewind highlights segments from formerly aired episodes of Live Rescue and airs in the same format of Live PD: Rewind.[10] Live Rescue: Emergency Response is a half hour show which shows highlights from Live Rescue and interviews with the fire fighters and emergency medical technicians featured.

For the second season, Matt Iseman took over as host.[11] Season 2 premiered on September 23, 2019.

In March 2020, the show was put on temporary hiatus due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The show moved to Friday and Saturday nights for the third season, which premiered on August 21, 2020.[12][13] On October 23, 2020, the show changed from its two-hour format to three hours, and began broadcasting only on Fridays.[14]

Episodes

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SeasonEpisodesOriginally aired
First airedLast aired
116April 22, 2019 (2019-04-22)August 19, 2019 (2019-08-19)
222September 23, 2019 (2019-09-23)March 9, 2020 (2020-03-09)[15]
329August 21, 2020 (2020-08-21)[16][17]January 15, 2021 (2021-01-15)[15]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "A&E's "Live PD" Returns for Season 4 on 9/20 and "Live Rescue" Returns on 9/23 With New Host Matt Iseman". A+E Networks. Retrieved September 14, 2019.
  2. ^ Nissen, Dano (March 13, 2019). "A&E Orders 'Live Rescue' Series Hosted by Ashleigh Banfield". Variety. Retrieved July 19, 2019.
  3. ^ Schneider, Michael (5 August 2022). "A&E Partners With Its Former 'Live PD' Producers for New 'Court Night Live' Series". Variety. Retrieved 26 August 2022.
  4. ^ Porter, Rick (March 13, 2019). "'Live PD' Rescue Spinoff Ordered at A&E". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved July 26, 2019.
  5. ^ Sippell, Margeaux (March 13, 2019). "A&E to Spin Off 'Live PD' With Ashleigh Banfield-Hosted 'Live Rescue'". TheWrap. Retrieved July 26, 2019.
  6. ^ "New A&E Live docuseries "Live Rescue"". AVIWEST. 2019-04-19. Retrieved 2019-06-19.
  7. ^ "A&E Network Orders 10 Additional Episodes of Hit New Series "Live Rescue" from Big Fish Entertainment". The Futon Critic. June 12, 2019. Retrieved July 25, 2019.
  8. ^ "Live Rescue: Rewind". TV Guide. Retrieved July 26, 2019.
  9. ^ "Live Rescue: Emergency Response". TV Guide. Retrieved August 24, 2019.
  10. ^ "Watch Live Rescue: Rewind Season 1". MSN Entertainment. Retrieved July 26, 2019.
  11. ^ O'Brien, Jennifer (14 September 2019). "A&E's Live PD & Live Rescue is Returning". Screen Rant. Retrieved 4 November 2019.
  12. ^ Evans, Sean (August 21, 2020). "Savannah Fire to be featured on A&E's Live Rescue". WTOC-TV. Retrieved August 22, 2020.
  13. ^ Erickson, Joseph (August 20, 2020). "A&E's 'Live Rescue' to feature Alachua County Fire Rescue in Season 3". 4 News Gainesville. Retrieved August 22, 2020.
  14. ^ @mattiseman (October 23, 2020). "Twitter post" (Tweet) – via Twitter. [dead link]
  15. ^ a b "Shows A-Z – live rescue on a&e". TheFutonCritic.com. Retrieved 2022-05-06.
  16. ^ Flynn, Dan [@DanFlynn] (July 26, 2020). "We will be back August 21st!" (Tweet). Retrieved July 27, 2020 – via Twitter.
  17. ^ Mosby, Garon Patrick [@GaronMosby] (July 26, 2020). "Friday & Saturday nights starting August 21st..." (Tweet). Retrieved July 27, 2020 – via Twitter.
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