Nashville
NASHVILLE Season Two: Will To Stay In The Closet, Avery More Likeable, Juliette Gets A New Rival!
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Tonight, the wait is over for fans of the nighttime soap opera and musical drama series, Nashville, when it returns for an all-new second season at 10PMEST/PST on ABC! When we last left the folks in Nashville, Rayna (Connie Britton) and Deacon (Charles Esten) were in a car crash, Gunnar (Sam Palladio) had proposed to Scarlett (Claire Bowen), and Juliette was reeling from her mother’s death!
Now EW.com is giving fans a list of ten things to look forward to in season two direct from the mouths of executive producer Dee Johnson, and series star, Hayden Panettiere (Juliette). And while you have to check out the entire top ten, here are three that stood out to us!
Singer/songwriter Will (Chris Carmack) will continue to be in the closet! “He is going to try really, really hard — harder than maybe anybody has ever tried –to sublimate a part of his personality that he presumes will be an obstacle to his stardom. Will we see that guy who clocked Will at the bar again? ‘You can run, but you can’t hide, right?’Johnson related.
Avery (Jonathan Jackson) will be a character who will be come more likable this time out: “He comes into the season, I think, with a truer sense of who he is and what he wants. He and Juliette kind of embark on a friendship,” Johnson says. “That’s as much as I’ll say about that.” Panettiere adds, “The thing with Juliette is she’s been through so many relationships that it’s gotta be really different this time. It’s gotta mean something more. And it’s gotta be built up over time. I think they genuinely are going to have a beautiful, much-needed relationship.”
Juliette will get a taste of her own medicine when a younger rival hits the Nashville scene: “We’ll soon meet new label mate Layla (Aubrey Peeples), the runner-up of a reality TV competition — who’s from the Northeast. I think that from somebody like Juliette’s perspective, she just sort of dropped in with a parachute and is suddenly at the top of the charts. What’s so great is that you can see the same sort of feisty, fiery Juliette but in a much more justifiable way,” says Johnson.
So are you looking forward to the closeted country & western singer, a new rival for Juliette, and Avery and Juliette getting closer in season 2? Weigh-in below!
nashville is most probably going to lecture audience abt gay issues and tolerance for gays only once will comes out of closet. How many rehashed storylines abt coming out of closet does hollywood have to churn out on tv shows? Bec hollywood advocates tolerance for gays only. No new chars who are Asian american on nashville though. Typical failure from abc tv shows. They only cast Asian american women if char’s a dork like Asian american actress on rebel’s new sitcom and if char’s a martial arts expert like ming na on shield. Only stereotypical roles from “tolerant/classy” hollywood for Asian american actresses.
You even turn THIS into an Asian American rant? Even if EVERY show you watch hired Margaret Cho you would not be happy! Enough already!
How many Asian country music singers do you see burning up the charts? And to clarify…I have nothing against Asians! It just gets very tiresome that this person has nothong else to say about ANY topic on here..its always about discriminating against Asians!
Just out of curiosity, are there that many Asian-Americans even IN Nashville? And as for being closeted, I live in the south and homosexuality isn’t nearly as accepted down here as it is in the rest of the country. I don’t like that, but it’s a fact I won’t deny, either. So it makes perfect sense that someone in the Nashville music scene would want to stay closeted. It’s called self-preservation, an unfortunate reality.
Nashville would be watchable if it dumped the terrible singing, they are just not that good..
And all the songs sound the same ..
LOL…the songs are fabulous…they’re downloaded in great numbers…Jonathan Jackson (Avery) has his own band in “real life”, Gunnar is also a musician…the duets are great…Raina’s daughters…sisters in real life are also singers and have beautiful voices. Love all aspects of this show.
And, uh…the show is NASHVILLE, about Nashville, country music…
I’m thinkin’ Nashville can do without your viewership.
Love Jonathan Jackson, that’s why I watch.
O Love the show the music the storyline but as a gay man i rather not have to have
Another gay comming out story im so over it
I really like this show. If they made Will straight and made Juliette Rayna’s daughter, it would be awesome!
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.
General Hospital
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’s, Tiger Cruise, Racing Stripes, The 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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