Tonight at 9 (Written Series)

Tonight at 9 is a newsroom period drama web serial created by Zachary Serra, produced and published by Pacer1, and released onto the Pacer1 website and Pacer1-supported platforms. The series premiered on January 7, 2023, and ran for a ten-episode first season that concluded on March 11, 2023. The series is set in 2006 as of the first season, though features flashbacks that take place during 2005.
On June 26, 2023; the series was renewed for a second season. The announcement of the series' second season was made alongside the confirmation that Dream Sequence would be renewed for what would be it's third and final season. Tonight at 9's second season premiered on January 6, 2024 and ended on March 9, 2024.
== Production ==
Originally conceiving the series' concept in 2021, Zachary Serra took inspiration for the series from the HBO series "The Newsroom", a political drama that ran from 2012 until 2014. Though the concept is similar to the original HBO series, Serra described the series to be focused mostly on the personal lives of the employees the Tonight at 9 newsroom follows, seemingly distancing itself from the content described amidst broadcasts. In addition to the premise following the characters rather than the setting itself, the series is presented as a period drama, beginning in 2006 as opposed to the decade of the early 2020's when the series had first begun its release. Though it was not confirmed during the press release containing the series' announcement, the characters of the series were assumed to be working under the fictional company of "LMC News" according to the statement contained. The first season was greenlit in 2022 for a first season run of ten episodes, following the pattern set by Pacer1 in 2022, where series other than Rise and its spin-offs would only contain ten episodes per season.
On June 26, 2023; Pacer1 announced that the series had been renewed for a second season. According to statements made by Zachary Serra, the series' second season was likely finished some time in early 2022. 
== Release ==
The series began releasing on the Pacer1 website and other supported platforms on January 7, 2023. The conclusion of its first season occurred on schedule, airing its first season finale on March 11, 2023. On December 28, 2023, Pacer1 announced that the series' second season would premiere on January 6, 2024, running for ten further episodes before coming to an end on March 9, 2024.
== Cast and Characters ==
=== Main Cast ===
* Grant Haste - the series' protagonist.
* Taylor English 
* Sam Vickers
* Aiden Redwood
* Carly Carpenter
== Episodes ==
Season	Episodes	First Aired 	Last Aired
1 	10 	January 7, 2023	March 11, 2023
2 	10 	January 6, 2024	March 9, 2024
=== Season 1 (2023) ===
Ep.	Title 	Release Date 	Written by 	Publisher(s)	Release Platform(s)
1 	I Witnessed 	January 7, 2023 	Zachary Serra	Pacer1 	Pacer1
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2 	You Didn't See Anything 	January 14, 2023 	Zachary Serra	Pacer1 	Pacer1
StoryFire
3 	I'm Going Back to the Start 	January 21, 2023 	Zachary Serra	Pacer1 	Pacer1
StoryFire
4 	Cheating the System to Get Ahead	January 28, 2023 	Zachary Serra	Pacer1 	Pacer1
StoryFire
5 	Broad Daylight 	February 4, 2023 	Zachary Serra	Pacer1 	Pacer1
StoryFire
6 	Conspirators 	February 11, 2023	Zachary Serra	Pacer1 	Pacer1
StoryFire
7 	Chess 	February 18, 2023	Zachary Serra	Pacer1 	Pacer1
StoryFire
8 	Collateral or Crossfire 	February 25, 2023	Zachary Serra	Pacer1 	Pacer1
StoryFire
9 	Pail in Comparison 	March 4, 2023 	Zachary Serra	Pacer1 	Pacer1
StoryFire
10 	Oak 	March 11, 2023 	Zachary Serra	Pacer1 	Pacer1
StoryFire
=== Season 2 (2024) ===
Ep.	Title 	Release Date 	Written by 	Publisher(s)	Release Platform(s)
1 	Strange Bedfellows 	January 6, 2024 	Zachary Serra	Pacer1 	Pacer1
2 	Auld Lang Syne 	January 13, 2024 	Zachary Serra	Pacer1 	Pacer1
3 	Robin's Nest 	January 20, 2024 	Zachary Serra	Pacer1 	Pacer1
4 	Failsafe 	January 27, 2024 	Zachary Serra	Pacer1 	Pacer1
5 	Kind Gestures 	February 3, 2024 	Zachary Serra	Pacer1 	Pacer1
6 	Lights Upon Roosevelt Island 	February 10, 2024	Zachary Serra	Pacer1 	Pacer1
7 	Float 	February 17, 2024	Zachary Serra	Pacer1 	Pacer1
8 	Baby, You Wouldn't Last a Minute on the Creek	February 24, 2024	Zachary Serra	Pacer1 	Pacer1
9 	New Media 	March 2, 2024 	Zachary Serra	Pacer1 	Pacer1
10 	Closure 	March 9, 2024 	Zachary Serra	Pacer1 	Pacer1