Claim: Hayden Panetierre is on Nashville.

Nashville is an American musical drama television series . It was created by Academy Award winner Callie Khouri and produced by R. J. Cutler , Khouri , Dee Johnson , Steve Buchanan , and Connie Britton .   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 . Britton left the show in season five .   The series premiered on ABC , on October 10 , 2012 , and had more than 8.93 million viewers . In May 2016 , ABC cancelled the show . In June 2016 , it was picked up by CMT for a fifth season . On December 1 , 2016 , it was announced that a preview of episode one would air on December 15 , 2016 , with the season starting on January 5 , 2017 , along with a set of new producers , writers , and showrunners . A live aftershow , NashChat , began airing live across social media platforms on Thursday , January 5 , and airs immediately after every new episode .   On April 10 , 2017 , CMT renewed Nashville for a 16-episode sixth season .