"Nashville" will indeed return, after quite a bit of traveling.

When most shows "go away," it's just from the TV schedule. But this summer, the stars of "Nashville" went away from it all and hit the road, doing a concert tour to perform music from the show, and to promote the upcoming third season, of course, which premieres Wednesday, Sept. 24, on ABC.

They're back now, but "back" for Connie Britton, Hayden Panettiere and the other stars of the series doesn't mean L.A. or even New York. The ABC musical drama, about would-be country stars trying to make it in the country music capital, films on location in Nashville.

That fact adds authenticity to the series (and inspiration to the writers, who reportedly lived there during the writing process as well), but it also adds to the city's economy.

"It's been an overwhelmingly good thing for the city," Mayor Karl Dean told Nashville's daily newspaper "The Tennessean." "We have a strong tourism economy and a strong convention economy, but this just adds to it in a way we would never be able to do on our own."

Filming got under way just a few weeks ago.

"Nashville" is where Britton landed after the end of her previous southern-set hit, "Friday Night Lights," and where Panettiere finally found a home again after making a splash on the sci-fi series "Heroes."

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