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"The decision came down to the wire! Nashville&amp;apos;s leading ladies Rayna Jaymes and Juliette Barnes are officially coming back for round three. ABC&amp;apos;s co-president Ben Sherwood announced that the drama has been renewed for a third season via Twitter late Friday, May 9.\r\n\r\n&amp;quot;Congratz and welcome back for Season 3 to @Nashville_ABC @conniebritton @CharlesEsten @CallieKhouri, the whole Nashville team and loyal fans,&amp;quot; he tweeted at 11:36 p.m. EST.\r\n\r\nFans of the musical series were on pins and needles awaiting its fate via social media&amp;#x2014;and so was the cast! &amp;quot;Y&amp;apos;all did it...@Nashville_ABC season 3! Thanks for your amazing support,&amp;quot; actress Connie Britton tweeted on Saturday. &amp;quot;@BenSherwoodABC thanks from cast and crew. #Nashville we love u!&amp;quot;&amp;#xA0;\r\n\r\nHayden Panettiere, meanwhile, retweeted a comment by Nashville&amp;apos;s creator Callie Khouri. &amp;quot;Huge thanks to all the wonderful #Nashies out there and all who supported a #nashville S3!&amp;quot; she wrote.\r\n\r\nSam Palladio, who plays Gunnar Scott, added: &amp;quot;It lives!!! @Nashville_ABC will get round 3! Thank you to everyone involved who made the magic and music happen!&amp;quot;\r\nNashville also stars Charles Esten, Clare Bowen, Jonathan Jackson, Eric Close, and Oliver Hudson. Its season three was given a full 22-episode order."^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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