Nashville Pilot
8 Oct
So, you know I’m super excited about Nashville, as evidenced by my Top Five Fall TV Picks and my (if I do say so myself) brilliant Six Degrees to Nashville post.
The show officially premiers on Wednesday, but you can watch the pilot online NOW.
I may or may not have already watched it once twice okay fine, three times. So I’ma need you to go to the ABC Nashville website and watch it right away so we can chat.
You done? Good. Let’s talk.
Here are my initial thoughts:
1. I am obsessed with Rayna Jaymes’s back story and can’t wait to find out more about all that.
2. Speaking of, what went down with Rayna and Deacon? How did she end up with Teddy?
3. And what was with her dad’s threat about Maddie? I’m gonna go ahead and call it – Maddie is Deacon’s kid.
4. Why does everyone in Rayna’s family have a different last name? It’s confusing.
5. I’m sorry, but Scarlett O’Connor drives me nuts. I think it’s her voice, or the way she’s very wishy washy. Maybe it’ll get better, but for right now, she annoys me.
6. Hayden Panettiere as Juliette Barnes is pure magic. I’m also pumped for her back story. Is she really as “tough as nails” as she projects? Obviously not, we’ve already seen that. But the real question is – will she and Randy end up having something real, or is she just using him?
According to ABC, Hayden Panettiere (@haydenpanettier) and Clare Bowen (@clarembee) will be live-tweeting the premiere on Wednesday at 10pm.
Shouldn’t the focus be on @Nashville_ABC? They also have Twitter accounts for some of the show’s characters: Juliette Barnes (@JulietteBarnes2), Rayna Jaymes (@RaynaJaymes), Scarlett O’Connor (@NashieScarlett), Gunnar Scott (@GunnarScott1), and Maddie Conrad (@MaddieConradTN). From a branding perspective, shouldn’t they be promoting the character accounts instead of the actors’ accounts? Also, it bugs me that they’re not utilizing the header image for any of their accounts.
Now, it’s not that I don’t think ABC is doing a good job with social media for Nashville, I just don’t think they’re doing all they could. There isn’t any fan interaction on their Twitter account, and while they have some cool stuff on Facebook (seriously, check out those tabs, they’re awesome), again, there’s no interaction. Fans can’t write on their wall, and they don’t interact in the comments at all.
So yes, they’re posting compelling content, they’re doing a good job utilizing paid promotional services on both Facebook and Twitter, and they post consistently. But social media is supposed to be SOCIAL, and that’s the component they’re missing. Hopefully as the season goes on we’ll see some improvement in that area. In the meantime, I think I’m going to go watch the pilot again….
*Images from Nashville’s Facebook page.
I really like Hayden Panettiere, and I thought she was great in Heroes (loved that show), and I really love country music, but for some reason… I’m just not excited about this show. I think I’ll have to wait and see what the buzz is after it airs.
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thanks i haven’t been able to check it out but i hope to soon, also on the show is jonathan jackson who was previously on general hospital he plays a rocker.
He’s more of a wanna-be rocker in this one.
I’m usually leery of shows that have so much buzz before they air, but I’m totally on board with this one. Like, annoyingly so. :p
Ha ha…I wasn’t going to say it, but thanks to you on my Facebook feed, I think I’m reminded DAILY about this show! It’s ok…I do have the DVR set. I really like Connie Britton(I was addicted to American Horror Story) so I’ll watch…or DVR to watch later.
I’ve heard about this show, but I wasn’t interested in watching it until NOW. You should totally be doing ABC’s pr for this show. Now I will take some time tonight and watch it online. Thanks for sharing.
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I know, right?!?! Dude, someone call them!
I don’t particularly care for Country music but I am thinking about watching this show just because I love the cast so much!
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The cast is AMAZING – I had the biggest crush on Jonathan Jackson when he was on General Hospital! But I’m also biased because I love country music.