Nashville season 5 explained

Season Number:5
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Network:CMT
Num Episodes:22
Episode List:List of Nashville episodes

The fifth season of the American television musical drama series Nashville, created by Callie Khouri, it premiered on December 15, 2016, on CMT, the first on the network. The show features an ensemble cast with Connie Britton and Hayden Panettiere in the leading roles as two country music superstars, Rayna Jaymes and Juliette Barnes. The season consisted of 22 episodes[1] that were aired in two parts of eleven episodes each, with Britton appearing in the first part only.

As with seasons three and four, the episodes are named after songs from a variety of country artists, including Sara Evans ("A Little Bit Stronger"), Garth Brooks ("If Tomorrow Never Comes"), Carrie Underwood ("The Night Before (Life Goes On)"), Sheryl Crow ("A Change Would Do You Good"), and Dixie Chicks ("Not Ready to Make Nice").

Production

On May 12, 2016, ABC cancelled the series after four seasons. On June 10, 2016, it was announced that CMT had picked up the series for a fifth season of 22 episodes. The pick-up was assisted by $11 million in economic incentives: $8.5 million comes via the State of Tennessee Film Office, $1 million from the City of Nashville, $1 million from the Nashville Convention & Visitor Corp and $500,000 from Ryman Hospitality.[2] The cast had the first table read on September 1, 2016.[3] Filming began on September 7, 2016.[4] [5] [6] Lily Mariye directed the fourth episode, which began filming on October 10, 2016.[7] Production was well underway by November 2016, with filming on the sixth episode beginning on Friday, November 4.[8] On March 16, 2017, the cast celebrated completing filming on the 100th episode.[9] Filming on the seventeenth episode was taking place on April 26, 2017.[10] Sam Palladio filmed his final scenes for the season on Tuesday, May 30, 2017.[11] The season wrap party was held on June 4, 2017.[12] Filming wrapped on June 8, 2017.[13] [14]

On December 1, 2016, it was announced that the first hour of the two-hour season premiere would premiere December 15, 2016.[15] The sneak peek airing of the first episode aired simultaneously on CMT, MTV, and TV Land.[16] The double episode season premiere totaled a 0.8 demo as it aired across two networks, CMT and Nick at Nite.[17] New episodes first air on CMT, and then air again on Nick at Nite, the same day.[18]

Cast

The fifth season featured two main cast members see their exit. Will Chase and Aubrey Peeples were announced to not be returning to the series in June 2016, although Chase did make a guest appearance.[19]

Main

Recurring

Guest

Episodes

See main article: List of Nashville episodes.

U.S. ratings

Nick at Nite Ratings

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 'Nashville' Picked Up For Season 5 By CMT With Next-Day Play on Hulu. Deadline Hollywood. Nellie. Andreeva. June 10, 2016. June 10, 2016.
  2. Web site: 'Nashville' Heads To CMT, Hulu For Season 5 Thanks to $11 Million In Government Incentives. hypebot.com . 2016-06-13. June 13, 2016.
  3. NashvilleCMT. 771434504129015808. September 1, 2016. There's no better place to kick off the season than in a room full of our favorite people!.
  4. lennonandmaisy. Lennon and Maisy. 773577923345387520. 7 September 2016. BACK ON SET !!!! @NashvilleCMT. June 4, 2017.
  5. CharlesEsten. Charles Esten. 773644771906781184. 7 September 2016. Been wearing these old boots since the very beginning of #Nashville. Feel's so good to be putting 'em back on!. June 4, 2017.
  6. NashvilleCMT. Nashville on CMT. 773653489176211456. 7 September 2016. .@CharlesEsten and @clarembee are BACK on set and we couldn't be happier to see them! #NashvilleCMT. June 4, 2017.
  7. lilymariye. Lily Mariye. 785687217394085888. 11 October 2016. Great time on my first day of shooting @NashvilleCMT Happy to be back with the amazing cast and crew!. June 4, 2017.
  8. NashvilleCMT. Nashville on CMT. 794270665075523584. 3 November 2016. Wanna be on #NashvilleCMT? We need extras TOMORROW (11/4)!…. June 4, 2017.
  9. NashvilleCMT. Nashville on CMT. 842590147904524288. 17 March 2017. We had the best time celebrating the 100th episode of Nashville with the cast and crew tonight! #NashvilleCMT …. June 4, 2017.
  10. Web site: Spending the day... . https://ghostarchive.org/iarchive/instagram/jasminevictor/1501866244691763495 . 2021-12-25 . registration. Instagram . 2017-04-27 . 2017-05-29.
  11. Web site: Sam Palladio on Instagram: "Thanks to all my family at @nashvillecmt for a great season 5! You've all worked really hard and deserve some well earned time off! See you…". https://ghostarchive.org/iarchive/instagram/sampalladio/1526494278900023731 . 2021-12-25 . registration. Instagram.
  12. EdAmatrudo. Ed Amatrudo. 871241705642762241. 4 June 2017. The original "A-Team" reunited at the @NashvilleCMT S5 wrap party. We need to bring "Juliette's family" back togeth…. June 4, 2017.
  13. camscoggs. Cameron Scoggins. 872980824450363392. 9 June 2017. Sorry I won't be able to tweet tonight with ya #nashies . We are here working on our last scene of season 5 tonight….
  14. EddieScenic. Eddie. 872891178622095360. 8 June 2017. Last day of filming #NashvilleCMT Season5 ... Fernando will carry me to wrap.... #LetsFinishStrong #Nashies #BEHRF.
  15. Web site: Fairman. Michael. CMT Bumps Up First Hour Of Nashville Season Premiere To December 15th!. On-Air On-Soaps. Michael Fairman Soaps, Inc.. December 21, 2016. United States. December 1, 2016.
  16. Web site: TV Land - Don't miss the ONE HOUR sneak peek of Nashville . Facebook.com . 2016-12-15 . 2017-05-29.
  17. Web site: Welch . Alex . Thursday cable ratings: 'Nashville' premieres well on CMT – TV By The Numbers by zap2it.com . https://web.archive.org/web/20170107171529/http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/daily-ratings/thursday-cable-ratings-jan-5-2016/ . dead . 2017-01-07 . Tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com . 2017-01-06 . 2017-05-29.
  18. Web site: TV Listings Grid, TV Guide and TV Schedule, Where to Watch TV Shows - Screener . Tvschedule.zap2it.com . 2017-05-29.
  19. Web site: Nashville Season 5: Luke Who's Back!. Andy. Swift. 6 November 2016.
  20. Web site: 'Nashville' Reveals Rachel Bilson & Kaitlin Doubleday Character Details. May 18, 2017 . Deadline.
  21. Web site: 'Nashville' Adds Joseph David-Jones & Cameron Scoggins As Recurring For Season 5. Denise. Petski. 29 September 2016.
  22. Americana Powerhouse Rhiannon Giddens to Join the Cast of 'Nashville'. .
  23. SpoilerTV. SpoilerTV. 790998866090790912. 25 October 2016.
    1. ICYMI #Nashville - Season 5 - Christian Coulson to Recur
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  24. Web site: Love Hurts. 26 January 2017. www.imdb.com.
  25. Web site: Ben Taylor. IMDb.
  26. Web site: "Nashville" Love Hurts (TV Episode 2017). www.imdb.com.
  27. Web site: "Nashville" A Little Bit Stronger (TV Episode 2017). www.imdb.com.
  28. Web site: 'Nashville' season 5 air date, spoilers, cast news: Bridgit Mendler, Jen Richards join cast. October 10, 2016 .
  29. Web site: Nashville Season 5: Looking Fave Joins Cast... as Will's New Love?. Michael. Ausiello. 22 September 2016.
  30. Web site: Nashville Gains Bridgit Mendler for New Season. https://web.archive.org/web/20161009144037/http://www.cmt.com/news/1771881/nashville-gains-bridgit-mendler-for-new-season/. dead. October 9, 2016.
  31. Web site: Andreeva . Nellie . 'Nashville' Renewed For Season 6 By CMT, Gets Season 5B Premiere Date . Deadline Hollywood . 2017-04-10 . 2017-05-29.
  32. Web site: Myles Moore Joins the Cast of CMT's Nashville!. Michael. Thomas.
  33. Web site: The SpoilerTV Daily Newsreel - 6th June 2017 *Updated*. 6 June 2017.
  34. Web site: 'Til I Can Make It on My Own. 8 June 2017. www.imdb.com.
  35. Web site: Michael Ray Dives Into Acting With an Appearance on 'Nashville' . Tasteofcountry.com . March 17, 2017. 2017-05-29.