Broadway producer Scott Delman has acquired live theatrical rights to Nashville, the country music-themed series that spanned six seasons on ABC, CMT and Hulu, and will team with Lionsgate to develop a musical adaptation with an all-new score.

Delman, president of Blue Spruce Productions and a producer or co-producer o…

Actress Barbara Harris, who capped Robert Altman’s masterpiece Nashville with a strangely haunting musical performance, won a Tony Award for 1967’s The Apple Tree and co-founded Chicago’s Second City comedy troupe, died today in Scottsdale, Arizona. She was 83.

The cause of death was reported by the Chicago Sun Times a…

SPOILER ALERT: The story includes details about the series finale of Nashville. 

After a lot of will she/won’t she speculation, Nashville‘s original leading lady Connie Britton returned to the country music drama for its series finale, reprising her role as the late superstar Rayna James.

In an emotional flashback scen…

SPOILER ALERT: The story includes details about the series finale of Nashville. 

Nashville tonight wrapped its six-season run — four on ABC and two on CMT —  with an eventful finale that featured the return (in a flashback) of the beloved Rayna James (Connie Britton), a happy ending for virtually every character but…

CMT has released a first look at the upcoming final episode of country music drama Nashville.

In the clip, Zach (Cameron Scroggins) presents an ultimatum to Brad (Jeffrey Nordling), Nashville's Next is about to name its star and Avery (Jonathan Jackson) and Juliette (Hayden Panettiere) are ready to face their future…

“Sometimes there’s a train leaving a station, and if you don’t get on it your life will be different forever.” Yes, the end is near for Nashville, CMT’s venerable countrified soap whose final eight-episode run kicks off at 9 PM Thursday. Check out the new trailer that aired tonight during the CMT Music Awards.

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CMT is ready to party this summer. The country music/lifestyle cable net has booked Bachelorette Weekend, a new unscripted series from the creator of Jersey Shore. It also has greenlighted a 13th season of docuseries Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders: Making the Team.

Hailing from SallyAnn Salsano and 495 Productions, Bachel…

The end of the road is near for Nashville. CMT has released a midseason trailer ahead of the hit country music drama’s final episodes, which begin airing next month.

In the clip we see Deacon (Charles Esten) in a familiar spot, struggling with his unresolved past. Estranged from his new relationship with Jessie (Kaitli…

The country music soap Nashville is about to ride off into the sunset with their sixth and final season. The cast and crew recently shot their final episode which is set to air on CMT on July 26 and the gang took to social media to commemorate the event with fond farewells, kind words, throwback photos, and pictures…

It won’t be long before the song is over. CMT today set a June 7 midseason return date for Nashville, which is in its final season. And the final curtain will fall on the countrified soap with a series finale set for July 26. Watch a promo for the beginning of the end below.

CMT cued up the sixth and last season of Nas…

CMT cued up the sixth and final season of Nashville on Thursday and drew the series’ best L+3 numbers since its S5 midseason premiere in early June.

The countrified soap drew 1.6M total viewers and a .8 rating in the demo — a 7% boost in viewership and 20% jump in 18-49 over the previous cycle’s average. It also was th…

Singer-songwriter Ilse DeLange, a judge on The Voice of Holland, has been cast in a recurring role on CMT’s Nashville — as a singing competition judge.

DeLange, who started her music career with the 1998 album World of Hurt, will make her acting debut as “Ilse,” a judge on Nashville‘s singing show within the show…