Eric Close Won't Return as Series Regular for 'Nashville' Season 4

Theodore 'Teddy' Conrad is written off the country musical drama series after three seasons because of creative reasons.

June 2, 2015

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"Nashville" is letting go of Eric Close. TVLine learns that the actor who played Theodore 'Teddy' Conrad in the past three seasons won't be returning as a regular member in the upcoming fourth season due to creative reasons to focus the ABC show more on the music business.

Teddy pursued a career in politics. He was once married to Connie Britton's country queen character Rayna James. In the finale of season 3 airing May 13, he got arrested. There is a chance he will return to the show as a guest because of his close ties to Rayna.

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Elsewhere on USA Network's legal drama series "Suits", Eric Close is expected to reprise his role as a lawyer named Travis Tanner for one episode in upcoming fifth season. On the big screen, the actor was last seen in "American Sniper" last year as DIA Agent Snead.

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