After being cancelled last month at ABC, “Nashville,” created by Callie Khouri, has officially been renewed for a fifth season airing on CMT, Variety reports.
“CMT heard the fans. The wave of love and appreciation they have unleashed for ‘Nashville’ has been overwhelming,” said Brian Philips, President of CMT. “’Nashville’ is a perfect addition to our evolving line-up of big music specials, documentaries, and original series. We see our fans and ourselves in this show and we will treasure it like no other network. ‘Nashville’ belongs on CMT.”
New “Nashville” episodes will also continue to stream on Hulu the day after airing on CMT.
According to Variety, producer Lionsgate began aggressively shopping the show around after the cancellation, and received serious interest from four or five different platforms. Its aggressive fan base, nicknamed “Nashies,” no doubt helped the cause.
It was reported earlier in the year that, should “Nashville” survive (it was always on the bubble), it would be getting new showrunners. The female showrunner, Dee Johnson, who had worked alongside creator and executive producer Khouri since 2012, had stepped down and would be replaced with two men: “Thirtysomething” creators Edward Zwick and Marshall Herskovitz. Those two have made a some great shows, but we are hoping that Khouri, who is now based in Nashville, will continue to write and direct several episodes a season as she has been doing, though there’s been no word yet.
But at least now we get to know what will happen to Juliette’s plane.
