There's something to be said for being first out of the gate. Unfortunately for Fox and the folks over at Nashville, there are also things to be said for airing on the Fox Friday night, and for trying to copy a reasonably successful MTV show and move it to one of the big networks. And those latter two, those aren't good things.

Nashville kicked off the new season with its debut on Friday night, in case you didn't know, and our old friend the law of averages suggests that you didn't, because nobody watched. The premiere episode placed fifth in its time slot, failing to best Smackdown (CW) and repeats of America's Funniest Home Videos (ABC), Las Vegas (NBC), and Jericho (CBS). It also managed to drag the network into last place for the night as it dropped almost half of its 5th Grader lead-in.