Happy trails. ABC has cancelled Nashville after four seasons, Deadline reports.
The country music drama, which stars Hayden Panettiere and Connie Britton, is currently nearing the end of its fourth season.
The cancellation comes as a bit of a surprise. Only a few weeks ago, we reported new showrunners Ed Zwick and Marshall Herskovitz were getting the writer’s room ready for season five and hopeful ABC would renew the series.
However, ratings have dropped over the course of the show’s fourth season. So far, Nashville is earning an average rating of .98 in the 18-49 demo and 4.221 million viewers. Comparatively, the third season averaged a 1.34 rating in the 18-49 demographic with 5.16 million total viewers.
The season four, and now series, finale of Nashville airs on May 25th.
What do you think? Do you watch Nashville? Do you think the series should’ve been renewed?
I watched every show in the series it was better than most of the new ones that are playing now, please think about bring it back as season 5 you left us all wanting more of the show when it was taken off the air.
What was not to like? Great story line. Great family ties. Great musical talent. Lots of room for the story to grow and grow. Besides David Muir, this was my last ABC show to follow. Bye Bye ABC.
ABC cancelled my favorite show, Nashville! It saddens me greatly that wonderful talented actors, musicians, and writers are taken away from viewers….but other ridiculous reality shows are crammed down our throat. I urge viewers to STOP watching this network…..and remember that they are the network in which quality performances or viewer’s opinion are irrelevant. If we patronize watching a network that airs shallow shows like the bachelor, bachelorette, shark tank, American housewives, etc. that are cheap and require no talent…..we will be stuck. Shame on ABC….I hope your ratings drop. We viewers can just STOP watching.
Please do not cancel this wonderful show. My husband and I watch it together every week. Please give them another chance. There is still so much that was left hanging.
I think ABC is being very foolish to cancel Nashville. It was a show that touched on all topics. I believe it is because it is showing real life and ABC is afraid. You should be ashamed of yourself a and everyone should boycott ABC!!!