"Nashville" uncanceled... (but not by ABC)

[PhoenixHope]

...a fifth season of Nashville will air on CMT.

And no petitions had nothing to do with it ABCs EVP Patrick Moran talked about the deal during the Peak TV panel at the ATX Television Festival in Austin, TX. “There are a lot of people that spend a lot of time looking at the economics of these shows,” he said. “It's a giant puzzle that you put all theses pieces together that you hope covers the cost of the show and a little extra. It’s tricky when each one of those line items gets tighter.”

It's about money as it is always about.

From Deadline:

It’s never easy to take a broadcast drama and make it work on a cable license fee, especially when it is a smaller cable net such as CMT. The dual streaming next-day play on Hulu for Nashville will help as will the fact that CMT has ordered a broadcast-size 22-episode fifth season instead of the cable staple of 10-13 episodes a year. Still, it was a close call.

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It is unclear if all regulars on Nashville will continue full-time. When budget adjustments are made as a series moves from broadcast to cable there often are trims, especially for a show with a large ensemble cast like Nashville.

[RJDiogenes]

Interesting. It does prove again that there can be continued life for shows on cable and streaming. The Mindy Project and Nashville are two examples. It could happen to other shows.

Agent Carter is up to over 121k.

[PhoenixHope]

Yes, it does happen, but considering this seasons miracle has gone to Nashville it seems unlikely there'll be another.
(No, seriously lately it seems as though one show and only one a season will get a revival.)

[RJDiogenes]

Yeah, and season two was already a miracle for Agent Carter.