Nashville Promotes Will Chase and Oliver Hudson to Series Regulars, Pending Season 3 Renewal

Andy Swift

March 11, 2014 at 8:53 PM

Congratulations are in order for two Nashville newbies.

Oliver Hudson and Will Chase will both become series regulars on ABC’s country music drama, should the network choose to renew it for a third season, our sister site Deadline reports.

Introduced earlier this season, Hudson plays Edgehill Republic CEO Jeff Fordham, who oversees the careers of Rayna, Will and Layla.

Also a newcomer in Season 2, former Smash star Chase plays country music superstar Luke Wheeler, who recently fired up a romance with Rayna.

Nashville airs Wednesdays at 10/9c.

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