'Nashville' Back With More Drama For Second Season Tonight

The cast of ‘Nashville’ returns Wednesday night (Sept. 25).

Nashville, the hot ABC-TV drama that helped ramp up Music City’s “it factor” over the past year, is back tonight beginning 10 p.m. ET for a second season. There were plenty of cliffhangers and loose ends to be tied up at the conclusion of season one a few months back, as main character Rayna, portrayed by Connie Britton, and her longtime love and band member Deacon, (Charles Esten), were smashed up in a horrific car accident. Aspiring artists/songwriters Gunnar (Sam Palladio) and Scarlett (Clare Bowen) contemplated marriage with a proposal, and dramatic, rising starlet Juliette (Hayden Panettiere) was left to pick up the pieces after a blackmail attempt and betrayal and her mother’s shocking suicide.

Season two will introduce some new characters into the already spicy mix, including actor Oliver Hudson, who joins the cast as Edgehill Records’ new chief who sets his sights on Rayna, and a reality show vixen who will reportedly give Juliette some stiff competition in the attention-grabbing department.
For a recap of some of last season’s most memorable moments, including Rayna and Deacon’s sizzling lip-lock in the elevator, Deacon’s devastating fall off the wagon, and Rayna’s daughters (Lennon and Maisy Stella) singing “Ho Hey,” check out Nashville creator Callie Khouri’s Top 5 picks from season one moments.
Watch the Nashville season two preview below:

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Hollabaugh, a staff writer at MusicRow magazine, has over 20 years of music business experience and has written for publications including American Profile, CMA Close Up, Nashville Arts And Entertainment, The Boot and Country Weekly. She has a Broadcast Journalism and Speech Communication degree from Texas Christian University, (go Horned Frogs), and welcomes your feedback or story ideas at lhollabaugh@musicrow.com.

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