Nashville Renewed For Season 3 at ABC

Don’t put dirt on Nashville‘s grave just yet.

The country-music drama will be back for a 22-episode third season, TVLine has learned.

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Debate over the size of the Connie Britton/Hayden Panettiere series’ third season was what delayed the network from announcing Nashville‘s return, our sister site Deadline reports.