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And I was such a huge fan of that show when it was on ABC.

And then it went over to CMT.

I was trying to put together a reality version ofNashvilleback when it was on ABC.

I had an overall deal with Lionsgate…

They producedNashville,and I said, just, let me go do a reality version of this.

I love doing these in aspirational cities and aspirational locations likeThe Hillsin L.A. andLaguna BeachandThe Cityin New York City.

Music City, Nashville, was just the next perfect city, I think, to do it in.

How did you go about casting?There are a million ways that we could have approached this.

And thats the part I wanted to focus on.

Maybe well wind up getting a Rayna Jaymes-punch in on our show.

We started doing a ton of research and we had come across this photo.

He was in an ad for the Thompson Hotel.

So we started with him.

And then we brought his wife in… and they brought their little boy Wolfgang.

And we just fell in love with the whole family.

We thought they were incredible.

I just say everything Im feeling.

And I think at that moment, were all just like, This is going to be perfect.

And its kind of like when we found Lauren and Steven and Kristen [onLaguna Beach].

Everybody else just fell into place from there.

The voiceover gives itLagunavibes.We went back and forth with it a lot.

We talked about not having any voiceover at the top.

We talked about having some third person that you didnt know who it was.

We talked about having someone maybe famous, like a Taylor Swift.

Or somebody [with] a veryGossip Girlkind of vibe.

Shes the only one not there chasing a dream.

Her dream was to go law school and to finish and to be a lawyer.

And his cousin Alexandra is amazing.

Jackson and Alexandra are from Nashville and… they just live in a more established part.

Its an exciting roller coaster.

We did eight half-hours and Im so proud of all of them.

I think theyre just so much fun and I hope the audience thinks so as well.

Music Cityairs Thursdays at 10 p.m. on CMT.

Watch a sneak peek of the next episode up top.