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VOL. 40 | NO. 13 | Friday, March 25, 2016

Haslam seeks $12M for 'Nashville,' 'Million Dollar Quartet'

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NASHVILLE (AP) - Gov. Bill Haslam is proposing to spend $8 million to keep the ABC television show "Nashville" in the Tennessee capital.

The Republican governor's spending plan also includes $4.5 million to subsidize the CMT network's "Million Dollar Quartet" miniseries in Memphis.

CMT is adapting the Tony Award-winning musical on the recording sessions featuring Elvis Presley, Johnny Cash, Carl Perkins and Jerry Lee Lewis into an eight-episode drama. The series will focus on the musicians' rapid rise to fame during a time of political change and social unrest.

The music-oriented drama "Nashville" has been set in Music City since 2012, and officials credit the show for drawing tourists from around the country and world.

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