Nashville is an American musical drama television series created by Callie Khouri, who also served as an executive producer of the series along with Steve Buchanan. Other executive producers included Dee Johnson through season four, Connie Britton through season five, and Marshall Herskovitz and Ed Zwick from season five on.

The series chronicles the lives of various fictitious country music singers in Nashville, Tennessee, starring Connie Britton as Rayna Jaymes, a legendary country music superstar, whose stardom begins fading, and Hayden Panettiere as rising younger star Juliette Barnes.

Nashville debuted on ABC on October 10, 2012, and aired on the network until May 25, 2016. In June 2016, ABC canceled the series after four seasons. Later that month, it was renewed by CMT and began airing on the channel on December 15, 2016. The fifth season (with new producers, writers and showrunners) debuted on January 5, 2017. The sixth and final season debuted on January 4, 2018, and the series ended on July 26, 2018. It was canceled again in August 2018 after six seasons. The series received positive reviews from critics. 124 episodes were produced.