Nashville

Rayna Jaymes and Juliette Barnes face personal and professional challenges as they navigate their paths as artists and individuals. Surrounding them, and often complicating their lives, are their family, friends and, in some cases, lovers, as well as the up-and-coming performers and songwriters trying to get ahead in the business.

Nashville (2012-2018) is a American primetime serialized drama created by Callie Khouri for ABC, with its music spun off to CMT. Rayna James (Connie Britton) and Juliette Barnes (Hayden Panettiere) are two country stars whose professional rivalry and personal lives tangle as they chase hit records, headline tours and creative control. Around them, Scarlett O'Connor (Clare Bowen), Deacon Claybourne (Charles Esten), and Will Lexington (Chris Carmack) pursue songwriting breaks and romantic entanglements in a crowded industry where labels, family loyalties and old debts shape every decision. Each season is a six-season continuing soap, built around recording sessions, live performances and backstage clashes, with original songs staged in nearly every episode. Set in present-day Nashville, Tennessee, the series moves through the glitz of award shows, the grit of small clubs and the warmth of Southern family gatherings. Its tone is glossy and romantic, with a soapy appetite for betrayal and reconciliation balanced by sincere affection for the music. Fans of Empire, Dallas and Smash will find resonance in its mix of ambition, melodrama and musical spectacle.

Audiences broadly rate Nashville as a positive, music-driven soap that holds steady across its run, valued for its songs and ensemble characters.

• Empireserialized music industry drama with romantic entanglements and soapy family conflict
• Dallasglossy primetime soap with ambitious women and backstage rivalry
• Tremeensemble drama about ambition, music, and personal ties in a Southern setting
• Smashensemble music-scene drama with serialized romance and career struggle

Created by

Callie Khouri

Release Date

2012-10-10

Episode runtime

42 min

Rating

7.7 / 10 (254)

What is Nashville about?

Two rival country stars and the songwriters and family around them fight for success and love in Nashville's music industry.

What is Nashville like to watch?

Ember's analysis rates the pacing of Nashville as brisk, its intensity as moderate and its storytelling as easy to follow.

Is Nashville violent?

Only mildly. Ember rates the violence in Nashville as mild.

What did critics think of Nashville?

Audiences broadly rate Nashville as a positive, music-driven soap that holds steady across its run, valued for its songs and ensemble characters.

Which shows are like Nashville?

Shows with a similar feel include Empire, Dallas, Treme, and Smash.

How long is Nashville?

Nashville: 6 seasons, 124 episodes.

Is Nashville still running?

No, Nashville has ended.

Where can I watch Nashville?

In United States, Nashville streams on Lionsgate+ Amazon Channel, MovieSphere+ Amazon Channel, Howdy Amazon Channel.