'Nashville' will make an alternative ending available
by Lisa Respers France,
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Fingers are still crossed that the now-canceled TV
series "Nashville" will find a new home, but
regardless, producers are looking out for the
viewers.
The show ended after four seasons with a
cliffhanger featuring Juliette Barnes (played by
actress Hayden Panettiere) rushing off to reunite
with her beloved ex-husband Avery Barkley (actor
Jonathan Jackson) and their daughter when her
plane goes missing. Fans were not thrilled about it.
'Nashville' series finale gives us hope Lionsgate
Television produces the series and chairman and
CEO Kevin Beggs told The Hollywood Reporter
there is an alternative happy ending that will be
made available to fans -- even if the show isn't
picked up by another network or streaming service.
"I'm sure we would figure out a satisfying way for
audiences to see an alternative ending -- but it
won't be as good as the ending we have given
them," Beggs said. "In a perfect world, we'd be
making this
show for many more seasons. Our hope and intention is to
have an asset that continues to grow for many years." Beggs
said the finale as it stands was the one that had been planned
before they were informed that ABC was canceling
"Nashville.
"Once they knew, the powers that be declined to try to slap
together another ending that might have been less
controversial with fans. ”The ending we ran was the ending
always envisioned for this season," he said. "These things are
crafted over weeks and months. In our estimation, to go with
a quickly assembled too-easy wrap-up is more of a disservice
to the fans who have invested four years in this great cast
and these great stories. And there's more stories to tell."
The #BringBackNashville movement is going strong on
Twitter and Beggs told THR he is hopeful that they will be
able to make fans happy. And that doesn't mean ending the
beloved series where it did with the finale.
"We'll jump off that bridge when we come to it, but I
honestly don't think we're going to be there," he said. "I feel
strongly and very positively about our prospects and
chances."
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