Live Rescue

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.

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
Release
Original networkA&E
Original releaseApril 22, 2019 (2019-04-22) –
January 15, 2021 (2021-01-15)
Related

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

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
Main article: List of Live Rescue episodes
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

References
  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.
  15. "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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