Nashville: Season Five Premiere Announced by CMT

Nashville TV show’s fifth season premieres January 5, 2017 on CMT.

Sing it! Nashville season five will premiere on CMT Thursday, January 5, 2017 at 9:00pm ET/PT. While that’s a long time for fans to wait, it is far better than waiting forever, which is how it seemed when Nashville was cancelled by ABC, after four seasons, so yeehaw! Please note the new night. The series previously aired on Wednesdays.

A scripted, country music drama, Nashville stars: Connie Britton, Hayden Panettiere, Charles Esten, Sam Palladio, Jonathan Jackson, Clare Bowen, Lennon Stella, Maisy Stella, and Chris Carmack. Nashville is executive produced by Marshall Herskovitz, Ed Zwick, Steve Buchanan and Callie Khouri. Jayson Dinsmore and Morgan Selzer executive produce for CMT.

Here is more, from CMT, best friend to Nashies, everywhere:

Produced by Lionsgate, ABC Studios and Opry Entertainment, “Nashville” makes its triumphant season five debut on CMT with Ed Zwick and Marshall Herskovitz (the creators of “Thirtysomething”) at the helm, returning with a special two-hour premiere on Thursday, January 5 at 9pm ET/PT. Long-time SVOD partner Hulu will continue to bring fans new episodes of “Nashville” by making them available to stream the day after they air on CMT at http://www.hulu.com/nashville. The fourth season of “Nashville” attracted more than 8 million weekly viewers across all platforms and ranks as one of television’s most DVR’d series. The series is particularly strong with women 18-34. Out of more than 180 broadcast dramas since Fall 2012, “Nashville” ranks in the top 20. Nashville is executive produced by Marshall Herskovitz, Ed Zwick, Steve Buchanan and Callie Khouri. Jayson Dinsmore and Morgan Selzer executive produce for CMT.

Nashville season five premieres January 5, 2017 on CMT.

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