Nashville [ABC - US]

Richard Dower · 08-10-2012 12:11am #1

Pilot is out, Connie Britton and country music....will it pull a Country Strong and bomb.....

....time will tell (and ratings)

Richard Dower · 09-10-2012 8:01pm

Hmmm...undecided, i'll give the first two eps. a shot...Smash meets Glee meets Country Strong, will the average American take to country?....or will it evolve into a Dallas like drama fest based in Nashville with tacked on music to try generate some iTunes cash?

http://www.spoilertv.com/2012/10/nashville-3-minute-preview.html

JP Liz V1 · 09-10-2012 8:18pm

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vH5tW-AjlIg

Another soap opera drama but with music but I think it's success will depend on the rivalry and bitchiness created by the lead characters played by Connie Britton and Hayden Panetierre both capable actresses especially Britton

Richard Dower · 10-10-2012 10:50pm

Kicks off tonight...

JP Liz V1 · 11-10-2012 10:58am

Nashville is to air on More4

DeWitt · 12-10-2012 7:07pm

I loved it and have watched it a few times since. Connie Britton can do no wrong in my eyes.
I also love that The Civil Wars are writing music for the show. Here's hoping an album is released to coincide with the boxset.

meoklmrk91 · 13-10-2012 7:07am

Pleasantly surprised by this one, caught me completely off guard. Freaking great pilot. Some really interesting characters there and hell some of the music is really quite good, didn't know the Civil Wars were writing for the show, really a great idea to collaborate with them. Looking forward to episode 2.

Richard Dower · 13-10-2012 9:03am

meoklmrk91 wrote: »

Pleasantly surprised by this one, caught me completely off guard. Freaking great pilot. Some really interesting characters there and hell some of the music is really quite good, didn't know the Civil Wars were writing for the show, really a great idea to collaborate with them. Looking forward to episode 2.

i will definately check it out, will watch it tonight...had a few shows to catch up on this night, lol....i do my best work in the a.m., insomnia....going on 15 years now

connie britton is a fine actress but i dislike hayden and think they are making the character taylor swift. we'll see how it goes....it did pretty weill in the ratings but not mega numbers. but it's very early in the season.......

meoklmrk91 · 14-10-2012 6:01pm

Richard Dower wrote: »

meoklmrk91 wrote: »

Pleasantly surprised by this one, caught me completely off guard. Freaking great pilot. Some really interesting characters there and hell some of the music is really quite good, didn't know the Civil Wars were writing for the show, really a great idea to collaborate with them. Looking forward to episode 2.

i will definately check it out, will watch it tonight...had a few shows to catch up on this night, lol....i do my best work in the a.m., insomnia....going on 15 years now

connie britton is a fine actress but i dislike hayden and think they are making the character taylor swift. we'll see how it goes....it did pretty weill in the ratings but not mega numbers. but it's very early in the season.......

Wouldn't be Hayden's biggest fan either, however I think she does okay in this role, she does bitchy quite well. Only time will tell if she is capable of evolving the character further. I thought the same regarding the Taylor Swift thing as well, didn't see much in the way of resemblance though. Between her and the character though.

Connie Britton just carries the show, had they gotten someone even slightly sub par I don't think it would have worked in anyway, shape or form. It is just so effortless with her.

It's one of the better pilots I've seen this year, very polished for a pilot.

don ramo · 14-10-2012 7:00pm

meoklmrk91 wrote: »

Wouldn't be Hayden's biggest fan either, however I think she does okay in this role, she does bitchy quite well. Only time will tell if she is capable of evolving the character further. I thought the same regarding the Taylor Swift thing as well, didn't see much in the way of resemblance though. Between her and the character though.

Connie Britton just carries the show, had they gotten someone even slightly sub par I don't think it would have worked in anyway, shape or form. It is just so effortless with her.

It's one of the better pilots I've seen this year, very polished for a pilot.

yeah the show will live or die by how good Connie Britton is, i cant understand why they even cast Panettiere, i dont think there are that many people out there that rate her, she was the worst part of heroes and she hasnt done anything notable since the show finished 2 years ago, and there is a reason for that, hopefully her character will have a nervous breakdown and theyll move onto another rising star,

ill watch a few more episodes, but it will be pretty far down my to watch list,

irish son · 14-10-2012 9:08pm

don ramo wrote: »

i cant understand why they even cast Panettiere

Because she is gorgeous.

squonk · 15-10-2012 10:12am

I was quite surprised by this myself. I was expecting something very girly or glee-ish and watched for Connie Britton but the combo of Connie, Eric Close & Powers Boothe means I'm likely to stick with this one a lot longer. Connie is a great actress and she owned the role as the mom in Friday Night Lights so much so that it took me a while to shift role with her but now I have she's fantastic in this as well.

I really enjoy the country numbers and half way through I started looking forward to more of them. Last year Revenge was my guilty pleasure, a treat I held back for a Friday night and I think this show is going to assume that role this year. It's a very strong opener and, more importantly, progressed the storyline just enough to leave me gagging for more so that's a good sign. I see T-Bone Burnett has a producer credit as well which is also a big plus.

don ramo · 15-10-2012 10:33am

irish son wrote: »

Because she is gorgeous.

girls like her a a dime a dozen in TV land, and they dont require enhancements to get ahead, i think someone like levin rambin could have done a much better job here, and she looks just as good as hayden, there is just something i cant stand about her, but its probably just me,

squonk · 15-10-2012 10:57am

don ramo wrote: »

girls like her a a dime a dozen in TV land, and they dont require enhancements to get ahead, i think someone like levin rambin could have done a much better job here, and she looks just as good as hayden, there is just something i cant stand about her, but its probably just me,

Maybe that's the point though. It's already been established that she's not exactly brimming with talent in the role she's playing as they talked about voice tracking and I'm sure they're also looking for that element of 'dime a dozen, bottled beauty' without much class and being all about the bling in contrast to Connie's character who is down home pure talent, has her own looks, is smart and strong and just a traditional country star.

don ramo · 15-10-2012 11:03am

squonk wrote: »

Maybe that's the point though. It's already been established that she's not exactly brimming with talent in the role she's playing as they talked about voice tracking and I'm sure they're also looking for that element of 'dime a dozen, bottled beauty' without much class and being all about the bling in contrast to Connie's character who is down home pure talent, has her own looks, is smart and strong and just a traditional country star.

im simply on about her acting ability, they have a strong lead in britton, but i dont think panettiere is capable of holding her own against her throughout the series,

and yeah i liked how they talked about dubbing also, it would have made the show ridiculous if they didnt mention it,

The Black Oil · 19-10-2012 11:20pm

Liked the pilot a fair bit, thought it was strong. Quite funny at times. Only two car scenes, but the green screen seemed awful, even by TV standards. Slightly wary of the niece's storyline and how it's going to converge, just a tad too perfect, but hey, it's TV. I was unfamiliar with Panettiere before reading the comments here - viewing this I took away that she was trying a little too hard. Britton delivers, naturally. And yes, you do need Deadwood's Cy Tolliver in there somewhere. :cool:

Conor108 · 20-10-2012 6:36pm

I didn't think I'd like it but the pilot was actually really enjoyable. It'll take a few eps before I stop thinking of Britton as Tami Taylor.

trendy88 · 22-10-2012 8:27pm

In the Pilot when Rayna is arguing with her father- he says something which I didnt quiet but felt it was along the lines of an affair/one of her kids having a different father. I replayed it again but cant quiet pick up on it. Any ideas?

meoklmrk91 · 22-10-2012 8:43pm

trendy88 wrote: »

In the Pilot when Rayna is arguing with her father- he says something which I didnt quiet but felt it was along the lines of an affair/one of her kids having a different father. I replayed it again but cant quiet pick up on it. Any ideas?

I replayed it too, and like yourself couldn't really make sense of it. My guess would be that is just a precursor to a story that we will see later in the season. My guess is Deacon is the father of one of Rayna's daughters but doesn't know it, and neither does Teddy. But apparently Daddy does....

trendy88 · 22-10-2012 10:19pm

meoklmrk91 wrote: »

I replayed it too, and like yourself couldn't really make sense of it. My guess would be that is just a precursor to a story that we will see later in the season. My guess is Deacon is the father of one of Rayna's daughters but doesn't know it, and neither does Teddy. But apparently Daddy does....

Seems likely!! Guess we will just have to wait and see.

Richard Dower · 13-11-2012 7:24am

Bit surprised, but it must be doing OK in the Wednesday 10pm slot. Full season order: http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2012/11/12/abcs-nashville-gets-full-season-order/157284/

DeWitt · 13-11-2012 1:57pm

YES!!
Beyond happy about this.

JP Liz V1 · 06-12-2012 10:25pm

meoklmrk91 wrote: »

I replayed it too, and like yourself couldn't really make sense of it. My guess would be that is just a precursor to a story that we will see later in the season. My guess is Deacon is the father of one of Rayna's daughters but doesn't know it, and neither does Teddy. But apparently Daddy does....

Yep defo think Deacon is the real father of Rayna's oldest kid

I like a lot of the music on the show

JP Liz V1 · 30-01-2013 3:56pm

JP Liz V1 wrote: »

Nashville is to air on More4

The first season of ABC’s drama series Nashville will receive its UK premiere on More4 on Thursday February 7th at 10pm

meoklmrk91 · 30-01-2013 4:25pm

JP Liz V1 wrote: »

The first season of ABC’s drama series Nashville will receive its UK premiere on More4 on Thursday February 7th at 10pm

Highly recommended, a great show.

squonk · 30-01-2013 4:48pm

Only seeing now it's made it to a full season. I'm delighted about this also. I think it's one of the stronger shows from this year's crop and I finally have a chance to watch a show with musical numbers that isn't kinda stupid like Glee. I've been very impressed with it so far.

youngblood · 17-03-2013 11:22pm

I really like this show, outta everything else I watched this year, this has been the only thing that survived,
The music from the part1 of season 1 was very good

Hope it continues......I presume in the last episode there were some legit
Nashville people there, being clueless to the nashville music scene, it kinda passed me by!

Autosport · 18-03-2013 4:55pm

Have to say i'm loving this so far, will probably stay watching it. Has this been picked up for a second season?

Richard Dower · 08-04-2013 1:58pm

ABC has cut the shows episode order by one....generally episode cuts are not a good sign of renewal.

squonk · 08-04-2013 4:58pm

Ah no

. It's a show I'm still really liking and I'd love to see it back. It's maintaining its overall quality and that's a good thing. Definitely deserves a renewal but perhaps the numbers are not saying that. I don't have an idea of it's numbers. Will be very sad if this goes.

meoklmrk91 · 08-04-2013 5:12pm

Richard Dower wrote: »

ABC has cut the shows episode order by one....generally episode cuts are not a good sign of renewal.

I really like this one, its been very consistent and Connie Britton and Hayden Panitierre have both been great, I will not be happy if they kill it!

expectationlost · 08-04-2013 7:16pm

http://tvseriesfinale.com/tv-show/nashville-one-less-episode-for-abc-series-27753/

Accordng to TFC, the cut is being made because the show’s producers won’t be able to finish a full season of episodes in time for the May 22nd finale.

'Nashville' at PaleyFest: Concert Tour in the Works
http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/live-feed/nashville-concert-tour-paleyfest-427129

meoklmrk91 · 08-04-2013 8:09pm

expectationlost wrote: »

http://tvseriesfinale.com/tv-show/nashville-one-less-episode-for-abc-series-27753/

Accordng to TFC, the cut is being made because the show’s producers won’t be able to finish a full season of episodes in time for the May 22nd finale.

'Nashville' at PaleyFest: Concert Tour in the Works
http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/live-feed/nashville-concert-tour-paleyfest-427129

I can't see them cancelling it after some research while it hasn't been a hit its done okay in the ratings, ABC had terrible year with pilots and both Hayden Panitierre and Connie Britton picked up Golden Globe noms.

JP Liz V1 · 25-04-2013 11:10pm

No word on Season 2 yet but fingers crossed

Brad Paisley will be in the finale performing with Rayna

Autosport · 25-04-2013 11:28pm

When is the finale???

JP Liz V1 · 25-04-2013 11:56pm

Autosport wrote: »

When is the finale???

22nd of May

Mars Bar · 05-05-2013 9:45pm

I've just finished the second episode and when Gunnar was playing "I'll Be there", I knew it was right up my street. It's one of my favourite songs from John Fogerty's "The Blue Ridge Rangers Ride Again" album. Sam Palladio looks like a young Bruce Springsteen which is a thumbs up in my book.

Also, I love Chip Esten!

Richard Dower · 11-05-2013 3:10pm

Um, .....i totally got his wrong....i predicted cancellation but is got renewed for season 2

Mars Bar · 11-05-2013 3:16pm

Delighted you got it wrong Richard!

expectationlost · 11-05-2013 7:26pm

raynah you horrible woman tell him

old hippy · 11-05-2013 11:30pm

I absolutely love this show. Didn't think I would but now I actually want to visit Nashville...

JP Liz V1 · 15-05-2013 8:04pm

There will be two character deaths in the season 1 final episode

Mars Bar · 16-05-2013 8:40pm

JP Liz V1 wrote: »

There will be two character deaths in the season 1 final episode

Well there's one in the second last episode so there must be another in the final one.

expectationlost · 16-05-2013 10:47pm

JP Liz V1 · 22-05-2013 3:46pm

Season 1 finale tonight

Deacon discovers he is Maddie's real father

andala · 23-05-2013 12:21pm

So glad it got second season. If it ended on this cliffhanger or, rather, these cliffhangers, I'd be really pissed.

expectationlost · 23-05-2013 2:40pm

why did raynah throw coleman under the bus by saying that it was him that told her to cut him off, they crowbarred that into the script

expectationlost · 23-05-2013 2:44pm

renewed woot!

wow multi cliff hanger

pregnant, marriage proposal and car crash

gunnar's grand gesture is bit soon isn't it?

JP Liz V1 · 23-05-2013 3:07pm

I wonder was the finale changed once the show was renewed some plots felt rushed to me

No way is Rayna and Deacon dying and Deacon's reaction to finding out he is Maddie's father is exactly why Rayna didn't tell him previously :P

Great acting from Connie, Hayden and the guy who plays Deacon

_Bella_ · 23-05-2013 4:11pm

I'm glad it got renewed but this episode felt rushed and felt like they were trying to cram in everything. The car crash was predictable the moment they got in the car and I doubt they have killed off the two main characters. Great acting from Hayden but the manager coming back seemed a bit random. I'm liking the other sister turning on Lamar and seeing how that progresses and how that impacts on Teddy and Peggy. Deacon's story was well acted but definitely seemed a bit rushed, it would have interesting to see more of his downward spiral next year though they may still do that in the aftermath of the car crash. I don't really get the proposal, seemed way to soon especially as she had just broken up with him! To be honest I find them very boring together and to have very little chemistry.

Mars Bar · 23-05-2013 11:04pm

JP Liz V1 wrote: »

I wonder was the finale changed once the show was renewed some plots felt rushed to me

No way is Rayna and Deacon dying and Deacon's reaction to finding out he is Maddie's father is exactly why Rayna didn't tell him previously :P

Great acting from Connie, Hayden and the guy who plays Deacon

I love Chip Esten!

Now he's one of those characters I'm gonna obsess about because he's a broken man. Very like House!

_Bella_ wrote: »

I'm glad it got renewed but this episode felt rushed and felt like they were trying to cram in everything. The car crash was predictable the moment they got in the car and I doubt they have killed off the two main characters.

Yeah it was predictable and as you said, they can't kill off those two characters.

Great acting from Hayden but the manager coming back seemed a bit random.

In fairness, he's been her manager for most of her career and has seen her through thick and thin so no surprise he came back for her in her time of need.

I don't really get the proposal, seemed way to soon especially as she had just broken up with him! To be honest I find them very boring together and to have very little chemistry.

Yeah it seems very random and a very un-gunnar thing to do.
But I have to disagree with the chemistry. I really think it's something they have an abundance.

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