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Yeah I don't see it being picked up. Maybe a Nashville movie (made for tv) to tie up loose ends?
The incentives Lions Gate has received is par for the course in order to draw entertainment production to cities and states all over the country. When the show is in production, they employ about 500 people and about 200 year round. $20 million a year is spent on labor for the show. Their convention bureau consider the show a one hour commercial for Nashville that airs 26+ times a year.
Perhaps with new showrunners in place, as was planned for Season Five prior to ABC's cancellation of "Nashville", fewer special guests would be appearing and the focus would have returned to the principals: Rayna, Deacon, their girls, Juliette, Avery, Scarlett, Gunnar, Will, Luke, and those who were in their lives and careers on a regular basis (Emily, Glen, Bucky, Colt, Teddy, Tandy, etc.).
I think the well-intentioned additions of guest stars who appeared for one or two episodes, along with lesser-known actors whose short-lived, ill-conceived and often unlikely stories fizzled out, incomplete after perhaps three episodes, damaged the series considerably, whereas keeping the emphasis on the original cast members plus the few who came along in Season Two, would have made "Nashville" a much stronger contender and a better show in general.
It's also a shame that three problematic parent characters - Rayna's father, Juliette and Scarlett's mothers - were killed off, given the talents of those who portrayed them and the dramatic but more plausible storytelling possiblities their survival would have provided.
Perhaps with new showrunners in place, as was planned for Season Five prior to ABC's cancellation of "Nashville", fewer special guests would be appearing and the focus would have returned to the principals: Rayna, Deacon, their girls, Juliette, Avery, Scarlett, Gunnar, Will, Luke, and those who were in their lives and careers on a regular basis (Emily, Glen, Bucky, Colt, Teddy, Tandy, etc.).
I think the well-intentioned additions of guest stars who appeared for one or two episodes, along with lesser-known actors whose short-lived, ill-conceived and often unlikely stories fizzled out, incomplete after perhaps three episodes, damaged the series considerably, whereas keeping the emphasis on the original cast members plus the few who came along in Season Two, would have made "Nashville" a much stronger contender and a better show in general.
It's also a shame that three problematic parent characters - Rayna's father, Juliette and Scarlett's mothers - were killed off, given the talents of those who portrayed them and the dramatic but more plausible storytelling possiblities their survival would have provided.
I have to spread rep points around before repping you again. Just wanted to say that I agree wholeheartedly with your post. Still would like to see someone pick the series up, but I do wish they had followed the course that you mentioned. I really thought that Powers Boothe was a more interesting villain than Teddy or Jeff. They also could have done more with Tandy although I enjoyed her recent brief appearances on the show.
One of the main stars of the show was the music, with T-Bone Burnett (initially) and Buddy Miller serving as music directors. With the emphasis on soapy high drama this season at the expense of the music, I felt the whole show circling the drain. So it goes...
So happy to report that this afternoon, there are reports from trustworthy sources that CMT will pick up "Nashville", possibly in a three-way agreement with both Lionsgate and Hulu. An announcement is expected, probably tomorrow, at (the real) Nashville's CMT Awards.
If these rumors prove true, many Nashies will be celebrating, including me, when I visit Nashville briefly in a few days.
Might even be singing "A Life's That Good" as I head down I-65, er, make that Highway 65, to Music City...
So happy to report that this afternoon, there are reports from trustworthy sources that CMT will pick up "Nashville", possibly in a three-way agreement with both Lionsgate and Hulu. An announcement is expected, probably tomorrow, at (the real) Nashville's CMT Awards.
If these rumors prove true, many Nashies will be celebrating, including me, when I visit Nashville briefly in a few days.
Might even be singing "A Life's That Good" as I head down I-65, er, make that Highway 65, to Music City...
Since CMT is very solidly located in Nashville, I would expect the show to continue to be filmed there. However, it would not surprise me to see a shorter season (which would allow the actors and musicians to take other roles and gigs during the rest of the year, as they now do during the summer), and fewer guest stars, which I think would be a good thing, as more focus would be turned towards the original cast members and the storytelling would be tightened, with fewer tangential story lines.
I'm also optimistic about the new showrunners hired just before ABC cancelled "Nashville" - Lionsgate and Callie Khouri indicate that they'd already started planning Season Five, so it seems certain that they'll also stay on.
Of course, now I'll have to get cable...or Hulu. Thought I'd wait until I was too decrepit to have adventures of my own and would have to rely on cable for excitement. Life is nothing if not surprising, but right now, this afternoon's news has set me singing "A Life That's Good" to myself.
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Seriously? I had no idea. That's crazy!
