Nashville (season 5)

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The fifth season of the American television 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 that were aired in two runs of eleven episodes each, with Britton appearing in the first run only.

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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. The cast had the first table read on September 1, 2016. Filming began on September 7, 2016. Lily Mariye directed the fourth episode, which began filming on October 10, 2016. Production was well underway by November 2016, with filming on the sixth episode beginning on Friday, November 4. On March 16, 2017, the cast celebrated completing filming on the 100th episode. Filming on the seventeenth episode was taking place on April 26, 2017. Sam Palladio filmed his final scenes for the season on Tuesday, May 30, 2017. The season wrap party was held on June 4, 2017. Filming wrapped on June 8, 2017.

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

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Plot

Picking up three weeks after the events of the season four finale, the season focuses on the aftermath of the plane crash which left Juliette Barnes as the sole survivor. The crash leaves her confined to a wheelchair and she meets the woman who saved her life, Hallie. After her crash, Juliette becomes a devout christian, feeling that her crash was a plan by God. Elsewhere, Maddie tries to re-adjust to life at home with her parents and Daphne and Rayna is put into peril when she is stalked by a stalker. Scarlett and Gunnar break up when she becomes attracted to their music video director Damien George. She later becomes pregnant with the Damien's baby but loses her baby girl in a miscarriage. Will breaks up with Kevin after not wanting to move in together. Rayna faces more financial problems with Highway 65, leading her to make a deal with a Silicon Valley millionaire Zach Welles, while The Exes try to get their career off the ground once more until they break up. Rayna ends up in a car crash, indirectly caused by the stalker, and dies with her family by her side. The second half of the season picks up ten weeks after Rayna's death with Daphne finding it hard to cope with the loss of her mother and beginning a friendship with a homeless girl named Liv. Deacon has to deal with the responsibility of being a single father to both Daphne and Maddie, who is seeing her own music career take off. He also has to take on the responsibilities of Rayna's label, and moves away from the music scene while he handles business. Juliette has Hallie be signed to Highway 65, and she also guides Maddie's career, but steals a song meant for Maddie. Maddie navigates a relationship with a troubled man, Clay. Meanwhile, Will starts a relationship with Zach, who is determined to make Highway 65 a success even if it means making big changes to the artists, their music, and Rayna's vision. The second half of the season went on to majorly focus on secondary characters, and move away from the original premise.

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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.