Behind the Scenes

We have lots of feelings about Nashville’s Juliette Barnes (Hayden Panettiere) and Rayna Jaymes (Connie Britton). On one hand, we love that they challenge each other to be better, and on the other we’re always nervous that shit is going to hit the fan and one of them might kill the other in a battle for Deacon (Charles Esten). But it’s that latter mode of thinking that...

Considering Callie Khouri has dedicated most of her professional life to writing about women in a believable way, we’ve always wondered what she thinks about Taylor Swift. After all, Callie writes strong female characters like Juliette Barnes (Hayden Panettiere) and Rayna Jaymes (Connie Britton) on Nashville, in order to give viewers something to watch besides the “female...

We fell in love with Jonathan Jackson (who plays Avery Barkley on Nashville) way way back in the day. We’re talking, bottom teeth-bearing, dad jean-wearing Mud from Camp Nowhere. How could we not be head over saltwater sandals! He totally saved the camp! And then there was that time he was a jerk in Dirty Dancing: Havana Nights (shut up) and we were like “nah, hell nah...

Oh, hey there. We didn’t see you behind all of our confusion tears. You know how it is: one moment you’re watching Nashville, the next you look at the ratings and see that 2 Broke Girls has like three times the viewership. Naturally, you can’t help but burst into hate blackout tears. So, what gives? Why are people watching NCIS and CSI instead of Nashville? If you answered...