Country Music Drama, New Girls To Screen On Foxtel

Hayden Panettiere-starring country music drama Nashville, the third season of Girls and The Michael J. Fox Show have all been announced for Foxtel's summer TV program today.

Nashville, which will premiere on SoHo, has been received well by critics and fans in the US and features Connie Britton (the coach's wife in Friday Night Lights) as a Faith Hill or Reba McEntire-type star whose career is on a plateau. Panettiere (the cheerleader from Heroes) plays a Taylor Swift-modelled teen star who is angling to take her place.

Seasons one and two will start from Tuesday 21 January at 8.30pm.

Girls will begin Monday 13 January at 6.30pm, express from the US, on Showcase and The Michael J. Fox Show on the Universal Channel from Wednesday 15 January at 8.30pm.

The latter is Fox's return to a major television lead role as a father dealing with family and Parkinson's disease, the show loosely based on his own life.

Other additions include Outback Coroner on the CI Network from Monday 9 December at 8.30pm and Swedish detective show Fjallbacka Murders on Showcase. The feature film will air Tuesday 3 December at 8.30pm with the series starting Tuesday 10 December at the same time.