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Is Meg Steedle Poised To Be Jonathan Jackson's New Love Interest On NASHVILLE?

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Looks like another young woman wil enter the life of Avery Barclay (Jonathan Jackson) on ABC’s Nashville!  In a casting news out on Wednesday from TV Line, Boardwalk Empire’s Meg Steedle has joined the cast of the Music City drama, which has its midseason finale tonight at 10PMEST.

Steedle will make her debut in the second half of the season when the series returns in March of 2016.  Apparentely, Meg will guest-star in an episode as a single mom that Avery takes a liking to after they have a first encounter.  Steedle took to Twitter to post a photo outside a famous Nashville series landmark relating: “Can you tell which set I’m on?? The filter is a hint.”

Meanwhile, Juliette played by Hayden Panettiere is still the mother of Avery’s child, Cadence.  Currently, he is raising the baby by his lonesome, since Juliette has been battling with her inner demons, and Panettiere was off the series recovering from postpartum depression.  The second half of the fourth season of Nashville kicks off on March 16th.

So, would you like to see Jonathan Jackson have a new on-screen squeeze … or, do you hope when Juliette returns, she and Avery can work things out and  somehow become a happy family? Comment below!

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She should run fast away from the show. I used to watch it, now I skip through it in 10 minutes. I don’t care much about any character anymore and it never used real country music anyway. HEE HAW was more entertaining. At least we imagined Roy Clark might roll in the hay with those Busty Blondes. On this show at this point…I don’t even care anymore. The ratings show I am not the only one. I imagine ABC will cancel it only to be picked up by CMT with 2 original cast members if they are that lucky. Speaking of Lucky, bring him back to GH ABC when you cancel Nashville.

WOW!!!!!!

I agee with you. I tried to get interested in Jonathan Jackson’s role–it started with such promise–but he is really under utilized now and the “romance” with Hayden’s character just never seemed to really get started.
Loved him as Lucky–but he really doesn’t “fit” this meandering series that seems to lack any focus or passion. Too bad. He was able to showcase his talent much more on GH, ironically–though the later writing really almost destroyed him as Lucky.
PS Since he is “otherwise engaged on Nashville, could we please have Greg Vaughn as Lucky–he played well with Genie–and Laura needs her son!

Jonathan Jackson is a captivating actor. He and Hayden are terrific together. I’m just happy for him to have a front burner story.

Used to love the show. This season is lackluster at best. At this rate, I’d prefer Jonathan Jackson back on GH. He is Lucky and the character is desperately needed.

I love Nashville and Jonathan Jackson is an excellent actor. So glad he is getting more airtime. Actually, I pretty much love everyone on this show. Great music and lots of talent. Love for it to stay on the air for s long time:)

Want him and Juliette back together. They were the best thing about this show before the writing for them turned so bad at the end of season 3. Hayden and Jonathan are great together.

Love jonathon and this show. I do hope he and Juliette work things out

Nashville

Hayden Panettiere Reveals Filming ‘Nashville’ was ‘Traumatizing’; Writers Used Her Personal Struggles with Addiction, Postpartum as Storylines

Nashville and former Guiding Light star, Hayden Panettiere (ex-Lizzie, GL) opened up about her final seasons on the ABC country music primetime drama, where the show touched too close to home for the actress who played lead character, Juliette Barnes.

In an interview with The Messenger, Hayden shared that during the run of the show from 2012-2018, she feels that the writers, more often that not, pulled from her real life while crafting Juliette’s storylines.

Hayden said on the years she spent filming the series that it was “also very traumatizing because I felt like I was acting out my own life.”

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Previously, the actress had shared that her dependency on alcohol and opioids as a teenager led to her dependency in her adult life. In addition, Nashville told the story of Juliette’s postpartum depression, which also mirrored Panettiere’s experience who went through the same thing when her own daughter was born.

Explaining what went down behind the scenes, Hayden recalled: “Straight from the beginning, it was like, I’m dating a football player, (and then) Juliette dates a football player. And then they turned her into an alcoholic. Then they turned to her leaving her daughter and going to this crazy (place) in Europe, and it was very obvious.”

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The actress added, ‘They weren’t doing their homework. They weren’t creating new storylines. They were just looking at my life and going, ‘Oh, let’s just take what she’s going through and put our little spin on it.’ And then, ta-da! It’s done and done.”

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Hayden added that she didn’t have time to care of herself and the pain she was going through physically and emotionally, so she tried to watch mindless TV and shows to help her calm down. Panettiere also felt that when she knew she had to go back to the set of Nashville, she did, “anything to keep my mind off of that because I knew that next day I was going to be back at it again. I was like, tear central. I don’t even think on a soap opera that I cried as much (as I did) on Nashville.”

Hayden is set to make three upcoming appearances of her A Conversation With Hayden Panettiere live series in New York on February 23 and Washington D.C. on February 24.

So, do you think the Nashville writers literally stole creative ideas for the character of Juliette Barnes based on Hayden’s personal struggles? It certainly on paper seems so. Share your thoughts via the comment section below.

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Jonathan Jackson Reunites with Stars from ‘Nashville’ for New Tour Across the UK

He won five Daytime Emmys as General Hospital’s Lucky Spencer and now actor and musician, Jonathan Jackson is scheduled to head to the United Kingdom this fall, when he reunites with some of the cast of the former ABC primetime music city drama, Nashville.

Jackson shared on his Instagram, “This has been in the works for a while, and I’m thrilled to announce that the NASHVILLE cast and I are reuniting for a special UK tour this October. I’m excited about this!”

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On Nashville, Jonathan Jackson starred for six season as Avery Barkley before the series concluded in the summer of 2018, after it moved from ABC to CMT for its final two seasons.

Joining Jonathan on the Nashville reunion tour are his former co-stars Clare Bowen, Charles Esten, and Sam Palladio. The fab four will play shows in Glasgow, Birmingham,  London, and Cardiff, as they tour the UK.

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If you are in the UK and wanted to get your tickets early, the presale is already underway.  The general sale tickets will become available tomorrow on Thursday, March 9, beginning at 9:30 a.m.  Go to Gigs and Tours.com to purchase.

With GH’s 60th anniversary just a few weeks away, do you wish somehow Jonathan Jackson was brought back just for even a little while to reprise his role as Lucky? Would you like to see the ‘Nashville’ tour here in the states? Comment below.

 

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Guiding Light

GL and ‘Nashville’ Alum Hayden Panettiere Loses Her Younger Brother Jansen at 28-Years-Old

Just devastating news to report on Monday evening.  Hayden Panettiere’s (ex-Lizzie, Guiding Light, ex-Juliette, Nashville) younger brother Jansen Panettiere has died at only 28-years-old.

According to TMZ,  Jansen died over the weekend in New York.  His cause of death is not available, but there was no foul play suspected in Jansen’s death.  Police responded to a call and came to a residence at 5:30 p.m. on Sunday where they found Jansen.

As with his sister, Jansen was deep into his acting career and was only five years younger than Hayden.

Throughout his career he appeared in Even Stevens, The X’sTiger CruiseRacing StripesThe Martial Arts Kid, The Walking Dead, Major Crimes, and the holiday film Love and Love Not.

Less than 3 weeks ago, Jansen shared an adorable picture on his Instagram with his hair being cut by his big sister, Hayden.

Jansen is survived by Hayden and their parents, Lesley Vogel and Skip Panettiere.

Send your love and condolences to Hayden and her family on the sudden passing of Jansen via the comment section below.

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