Connie Britton

Hayden Panettiere is beaming as she heads to a photo shoot in New York City on Friday afternoon (May 18). The 22-year-old actress caught up with EOnline at the ABC Upfront Presentation to chat about working alongside Connie Britton on her new ...  

Gawker Stalker is in the process of a re-birth. Soon you'll once again be able to help us spot celebrities and pseudo-celebs in their natural habitat, shuffling around, eating cupcakes, talking to dogs — just being human. That is until you ruin their ...  

ABC is getting into the music business this fall with "Nashville," which uses the title city's country music industry as a backdrop. Critical darling Connie Britton ("Friday Night Lights," "American Horror Story") stars in the drama as ...  

ABC’S GOING a little bit country this fall. On Wednesdays at 10, Connie Britton (“Friday Night Lights”) will star in the drama “Nashville” as a country-music star whose career is beginning to flag and whose record label thinks the answer might be having her join forces with a younger singer (Hayden Panettiere, “Heroes”), who turns out to be a bit of a schemer. Callie Khouri (“Thelma & Louise”) wrote the pilot, which was directed by...  

Don't say Connie Britton never gave you anything.  OK, that's a lie. Britton hasn't given us the chance to ever miss her from our TV screens as the Friday Night Lights...  

Nashville Starring Connie Britton Not to be confused with Malibu Country, this hour-long series centers on Connie Britton, who plays a Nashville music star whose career is on the decline, and Heroes' Hayden Panettiere as an up-and-coming singer.  

Britton stars as Rayna. Hayden Panettiere and Powers Boothe also star. ABC Gives Series Orders to Connie Britton-Starrer … UPDATED: The network has given series orders to three dramas and two comedies. Full Story »ABC Gives Series Orders to Connie ...  

Ein Jahr mit Connie Britton in einer Serienhauptrolle ist ein gutes Jahr: Die Schauspielerin hat die Hauptrolle in einem namhaften Starensemble in der Serie Nashville. Wie der Name schon andeutet geht es um Countrymusik.[...]  

Peter Berg is joined by FNL star Connie Britton. The two of them began talking about the possibility of the FNL movie actually happening. Here are the highlights: Connie: So, I had a meeting at [FNL EP] Jason Katims' office. And we were talking about ...  

The "Friday Night Lights" movie is taking shape. While Details was interviewing Peter Berg -- the 2004 original film's director and creator of the series of the same name -- about "Battleship," the interview was interrupted by Tami Taylor ...  

"For me, it was kind of a big challenge; it was a big departure for me in a lot of ways to play this country-western star. I haven't sung in a very long time," she says of joining the show. "I can sing. I will continue to keep working on it and ...  

character actor Charles Esten (most recently seen on HBO's "Enlightened" and "Big Love") and "General Hospital" fan favorite Jonathan Jackson, among others. The "Nashville" pilot was written by Oscar winner Callie Khouri ("Thelma & Louise") and directed by ...  

The thinking at third-place ABC seems to be that familiarity will breed content. Trailing frontrunners CBS and Fox, the Alphabet Network announced a fall lineup Tuesday with five new series featuring such familiar prime-time faces as Andre ...  

It'll reportedly pick up right from the last episode.  

Last summer fans of Texas football, and more specifically, the series "Friday Night Lights," got some hope that there was more to come. Peter Berg revealed that he wanted to get a feature film off the ground centered on Kyle Chandler and Connie Britton picking up where the final episode of the show left off, and that work was happening to start getting it rolling. And then, there was pretty much radio silence on it, but now it seems it's...  

Full Story »ABC Gives Series Orders to Connie Britton's 'Nashville,' Shawn Ryan's 'Last Resort,' 6 More ABC Gives Series Orders to Shawn Ryan's … UPDATED: The network has given series orders to five dramas and three comedies. Full Story »ABC Gives ...  

Clear eyes, full hearts, can't wait for this freaking movie. "I had a meeting at Jason Katims' office," she reveals. "And we were talking about something else and I said, 'Forget about all that. Is this movie going to happen?' I was sitting on ...  

"American Horror Story" star Connie Britton has a brand-new gig. Britton's pilot "Nashville" has been picked up to series, along with the comedy "Red Van Man" and the drama "Red Widow." Also read: "Wife Swap," "America's Funniest Home Videos ...  

Upfronts season is in full swing, and today, ABC made calls to the casts and creative teams behind several of its new pilots to congratulate them on joining the ABC fam. We're particularly looking forward to seeing "Friday Night Lights" star Connie Britton in "Nashville," a country-musical soap in which she'll star alongside Hayden Panettiere. In other country news, Reba McEntire will star in "Malibu Country," who moves her family -- including...  

Eric Close, Powers Boothe, Sam Palladio, Clare Bowen, Jonathan Jackson, Robert Wsidom, Charles Esten also star with J.D. Souther as a guest star. Nashville comes from Callie Khouri, R.J. Cutler, and Steve Buchanan.  

Lesley Goldberg ABC has kicked off its series orders with a soapy musical drama, crime drama and comedy starring Kyle Bornheimer. read more  

ABC made a surge of fateful programming decisions this afternoon. Private Practice, Don’t Trust the B— and several other shows  

ABC went a little crazy on Friday with pickups, ordering nine new series covering a really wide range of topics—including country singers, aliens, submarines, haunted apartments, and divorced moms. That's pretty much all the possible types of shows ...  

ABC has joined in on the pre-Upfronts presentations fray by ordering five new series.  

ABC has picked up Shonda Rhimes’ midseason bubble show Scandal for a second season, and ordered five seven new shows. “Am super proud to say that @ScandalABC has been picked for a 2nd season!!!” Rhimes tweeted. “Am doing a little dance of joy.  

The network fall lineups are starting to take shape. As execs lick their wounds, dust off their failures and prepare to try it again with a whole new crop of shows, this is the time of year when they tell themselves — and more importantly, try to ...  

Britton stars as Rayna. Hayden Panettiere and Powers Boothe also star. "Red Widow," formerly known as "Penoza," is a one-hour drama centers on the widow of an assassinated criminal who is forced to adopt her husband's role in a crime syndicate in order to ...  

ABC has released a trailer for its upcoming new drama series NASHVILLE, starring Connie Britton. Get a sneak peek at the new series below! Chart-topping Rayna James (Connie Britton) is a country legend who's had a career any singer would envy ...  

Connie Britton's country musical "Nashville" and Reba McEntire's new comedy "Malibu Country." Check out the new trailers and read the full series descriptions by clicking through the slideshow below. Chart-topping Rayna James (Connie Britton ...  

After starring roles on shows like Friday Night Lights and American Horror Story, Connie Britton is looking to return to television in a new ABC pilot, according to The Hollywood Reporter. Nashville is set to follow Rayna, a musician past her ...  

Summary: Based on the novel by Candace Bushnell, a teenaged Carrie Bradshaw (Robb) comes of age in the '80s, when she first wondered aloud about love, sex —Butler plays a proto-Mr. Big — friendship and family. Why we like it: Have you seen Sex and the City?  

According to Connie Britton, who played Tami Taylor on the seminal television show, the much rumoured and highly anticipated film adaptation of the television series already has an outlined plot, and she's seen it. "I had a meeting at [FNL executive ...  

While chatting with DETAILS Magazine, Peter is interrupted by a random pedestrian: Connie Britton! That got the two talking -- and the reporter furiously scribbling. Here are the highlights: Connie: So, I had a meeting at [FNL EP] Jason Katims' office.  

LOS ANGELES (TheWrap.com) - "American Horror Story" star Connie Britton has a brand-new gig. Britton's pilot "Nashville" has been picked up to series, along with the comedy "Red Van Man" and the drama "Red Widow." The one-hour drama "Nashville" is a family soap set against the backdrop of the Nasville music scene. It follows one star at her peak and another star on the rise. Britton portrays ...  

LOS ANGELES (TheWrap.com) – “American Horror Story” star Connie Britton has a brand-new gig. Britton’s pilot “Nashville” has been picked up to series, along with the comedy “Red Van Man” and the drama “Red Widow.” The one ...  

If your idea of great TV involves Friday Night Lights femme Connie Britton, Lost vet Terry O’Quinn, Felicity grad Scott Speedman and Scrubs alumna Sarah Chalke, then ABC will definitely be your best friend for the upcoming 2012-13 season. The Alphabet ...  

Written and directed by Lorene Scafaria,  the movie stars Steve Carell and Keira Knightley with Connie Britton, Adam Brody, Rob Corddry, Gillian Jacobs, Derek Luke, Melanie Lynskey, T.J. Miller, Mark Moses, Patton Oswalt, and William Petersen. Taking ...  

If it scored Sandra Bullock an Oscar, it might work for Connie Britton too. Jem and the Holograms: A live action version of this classic cartoon about dueling girl bands would be truly outrageous, truly truly truly outrageous. If Transformers can bring in ...  

"It's a completely different world and has nothing to do with season one; there's not a mention of season one," he noted at the event, where he was joined by past castmates Connie Britton, Dylan McDermott, Alexandra Breckenridge and Denis O'Hare ...  

Among the most promising dramas is ABC's "Nashville," with Connie Britton of "Friday Night Lights" in a career and love triangle. There are a handful of creepy dramas, often with supernatural elements, with the best looking like Fox's "The ...  

That was the clue," he said. "American Horror Story” first aired as a drama series last season but Murphy announced after the two lead characters, played by Dylan McDermott and Connie Britton, died in the show's season finale that the show ...  

Connie Britton: The American Horror Story star, 45, lucked into finding her perfect mate last November: he’s from Ethiopia and his name is Eyob. Mary Louise Parker, 47, also adopting a baby girl from Ethiopia, named Caroline, in 2007.  

Connie Britton, another friend from the "Friday Night Lights" years, joined the guys for the premiere and after party, which included Malin Akerman, Apollo Ohno, Crystal Allen, Kristin Bauer van Straten and Molly Sims.  

American Horror Story's Connie Britton was on hand to support Kitsch, her former Friday Night Lights co-star. Battleship, a science fiction/naval war film based on a board game, opens in theatres on May 18.  

While chatting with DETAILS Magazine, Peter is interrupted by a random pedestrian: Connie Britton! That got the two talking -- and the reporter furiously scribbling. Here are the highlights:  

Connie Britton and Alia Shawkat in "The To-Do List," a comedy about a high school grad (Plaza) who tries to complete a sexual to-do list before going to college.