SERIES PREMIERE: Of late, producers Ryan Murphy and Brad Falchuk have done no wrong. Most seasons of American Horror Story, and the first seasons of Feud: Bette and Joan and American Crime Story: The People v. O.J. Simpson, have been artistic and ratings successes, and the upcoming Season 2 of American Crime Story, titled The Assassination of Gianni Versace, looks promising also. But this new 9-1-1 series from the executive producer partners, despite a terrific cast led by some personal favorites (Connie Britton, Peter Krause, Angela Bassett), never rises much above the predictable. The actors do what they can, and the action scenes try to inject energy, but the characters don’t resonate as being real. Krause plays a recovering substance abuser firefighter – and for instant contrast, think of Denis Leary’s vastly superior Rescue Me, and that’s just for starters. Britton plays a 911 dispatcher, and Bassett a uniformed officer for the LAPD – but their roles are both overly telegraphed and underwritten. Check in with 9-1-1 if you’re curious, but don’t expect the connection to last long. For a full review, see Ed Bark’s Uncle Barky’s Bytes.