(ABC/Mark Levine) CHARLES ESTEN
Nashville fans, this news will be music to your years. A fifth season renewal for ABC‘s Nashville TV series is looking a bit more likely. TV Line reports Marshall Herskovitz and Ed Zwick have signed on as Nashville‘s new showrunners, “…in the very likely event ABC renews the bubble drama for Season 5.” Herskovitz and Zwick’s last TV series was the web/network hybrid quarterlife TV show, which was cancelled by NBC after just one episode aired.
According Michael Ausiello, the My So-Called Life creators are set to replace Nashville showrunner Dee Johnson, who is reportedly planning to leave the Country-Western music drama series after season four. The Nashville cast includes: Connie Britton, Clare Bowen, Hayden Panettiere, Charles Esten, Jonathan Jackson, Sam Palladio, Lennon Stella, Maisy Stella, and Chris Carmack. Here’s hoping they’ll be back for a fifth season.
Nashville was not among ABC’s fifteen lucky series that got an early renewal on March 4, 2016. Its spring mid-season premiere on March 16, which featured the long awaited wedding of Rayna James and Deacon Claybourne (Britton and Esten), earned 0.91 in the 18 to 49 year old ratings demographic, which is a 9.86% increase over the mid-season finale. The mid-season premiere episode drew a total audience of 4.220 million viewers, which is an increase of 2.01%, compared to the winter finale. Stay tuned to TV Series Finale, for this week’s Nashville ratings.
In addition to My So-Called Life and quarterlife, Herskovitz and Zwick created the thirtysomething, and Once and Again television series. Per Ausiello’s TV Line report, should the fifth season of Nashville come to pass, it will be the first TV series the duo has worked on as showrunners, that was not of their own creation The report notes that ABC declined to comment on the story.
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This has been one of the best shows of all time. It touches on a lot of issues and brilliant singers. It makes no sense to cancel and put a stupid show in its’ place!!!
Please do not cancell this show! Dealing with current and important issues along with the music makes this show so important. I hope it gets renewed or picked up by another network!
Please bring it back go to hallmark channel or another Netflix tv series abc sucks
Please keep Nashville on. One of the best family shows on.
Please for sake of Country Music please don’t cancel NASHVILLE”
PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE DO NOT cancel Nashville. It is my all time favorite show..!!!! I absolutely LOVE this show. I look forward to Wednesday night just for this show..!!!
YES PLEASE BRING NASHVILLE BACK
Would love to see Nashville renewed, but could you PLEASE give Scarlette a backbone!!!!! Love her singing, but her character is way too wimpy!!
yes please renew Nashville season 5 and more
yes please do renew Nashville!!!!! season 5 and more
Friday Night Lights forever! Connie Britton is a great actor… I will not put my opinion down for Nashville!
So would like to see Nashville renewed…It’s one of my favorites!
Nashville is the best family tv drama on right now. If they aired the show at an earlier time slot I am almost sure the ratings will sky rocket targeting a younger audience. I’m sure that many families would love to watch together to see the two younger daughters Maddie and Daphne if the show aired at an early time. Please don’t cancel my favorite show ever! This show inspired me to learn guitar and to get back to my passion of singing and making music.
Nashville has it all-Soap drama, great music, wonderful singers and is a boost for tourism to our dynamic destination. Everyone wins! It’s my favorite!
Please, please ABC, you can make millions of Nashville fans happy by renewing Nashville Season 5 and gain more viewers too. Interesting to see where Berkovitz and Zwick will take this show.