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Disney Exec Calls Bobby's '9-1-1' Death a 'Great Night of TV' After Backlash


ABC's '9-1-1' shocked viewers when Peter Krause's character Bobby was killed off after eight seasons on the show

“As a viewer, it was incredibly emotional,” president of Disney Television Group Craig Erwich told Deadline on Tuesday, May 13. Following its move to ABC, the drama threw Us for a loop last month when Krause’s character Bobby was secretly infected with a rare and fatal virus. “And then once I came up with this idea for the lab leak episode, that’s when it solidified for me that it was time to do it, it felt like a real opportunity to give somebody an epic Wrath of Khan–like death.”

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