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?
PLEASE DON’T END IT!!!!! I know it’s not real, but it takes my mind off my own problems. This is sickening!
OMG! Are you kidding me. This is the best show on since Dexter ended. You can’t end this show especially the way it ended on the 25th. Too many questions left unanswered. Man you guys suck.
I agree with you Debbie. Maybe one of the off channels will pick it up THEY ARE BECOMING THE BEST CHANNELS!
I think their rating system needs to advance because we are running out of actual entertainment on tv. Everything on is just so dumb and so many reality shows market such bad morals to our children. It wouldn’t be a problem without the reality label, if the kids could actually interpret what they were seeing as fake, just extremely bad acting, I don’t think they would be as interested in them. I pay for cable but only to record 4 shows, I don’t allow the tv to be turned on unless we are watching 1 of those 4 shows so… Read more »
Other shows when ratings drop they change their time slot. I love the show, but I do think when some shows take thatching hiatus in the winter it can effect the followers. I would like to have seen this as a summer run. Look at the tours to th Bluebird because of this show. I did notice a missing connection this year with Deacon and his niece and it did miss the music.
I agree with Sandi. The young girls stole the show when they sang together.
Omg, PLEASE bring this show back it’s an awsome show that i truely enjoy watching, l love the music, the cast and the talented singers n musicians they are! The story lines, n talent are what keep me interested n coming back week after week. Why would u cancel such a great thing when there is nothing else on anymore at all, so the ratings dropped off for year give them a chance to come back up if they don’t come back up next season then cancel!!! I love this show, put it on another network if need be, just… Read more »
I agree with you Janice. Maybe the show is too decent. After all they show How to get away with murder (which is too gross for me too watch along with Scandle
Maybe if they would export the show to other countries, their rating would go up? I’m in South Africa and I’ve been waiting for season 4 to start on this side, but it doesn’t look like it’s going to. Please bring it back. It’s an unique series. getting a little bored of all the hospital and cop shows, too many of them. And the reality shows . . .
Do not cancel NASHVILLE! I love this show! Please renew this show! You can’t stop now with everything uncertain about Juliet!
Come on ABC out of all the shows on the prime time lineup this is the best show that’s not on CBS. The was a time when ABC was the King of Prime Time. It’s hard to see that ABC now has to fight with fox to be the #3 network. Look at a couple of mistakes NBC did. JAG was on NBC for one season 95-96 and it went on to CBS from 97 till 2005 and went to spin off NCIS NCIS L A and NCIS N O. It NBC’s other series goof up was the Original Star… Read more »
Renew I love this show. I think it is a family show which is rare
I’ve been watching Nashville since it aired. I love the show, cast and music. I dislike they go by ratings. A lot of the viewers can’t watch it the night it Aires, because a lot us work. They need to do ratings on who watch these shows on dvr’s and Hulu. I’m tired of the networks canceling shows we love. Bring Nashville back(anger face)
This has been an amazing show I really think it should be renewed. First it was left way open, we need to know if Juliette is okay. And just because it’s views aren’t as good as you want doesn’t mean you should end it, you have to think about all of us who do keep up with it and love it! If your gonna end then at least give us a clean good ending not something that keeps us hanging.
Please do not cancel this show, I certainly will follow it where no matter what network might pick it up. Really bad decision ABC to cancel Nashville.
Ridiculous! A show drops a little in the ratings and you cancel. I love this show and the fans who have supported it all along should be listened to! DON’T CANCEL IT!
Nashville was my favourite show! I can’t believe that with all the junk on tv, this was one that had to be cancelled!
This show was a lot about real life problems, the music was fantastic and it shouldn’t be canceled. It should be on at a prime time so working people could watch it. It has the most amazing actresses and actors on it. A show like this is needed, bring it back.
Please don’t cancel Nashville. I love this show.