Nan made her television debut on the The Nashville Network variety show Prime Time Country, produced by the dick clark company. She went on to host shows and specials for the Fine Living Network, HGTV, the Armed Forces Network, and GAC, where she spent 13 years hosting their ACM and CMA Red Carpet shows, My Music Mix, various music specials featuring Keith Urban, Miranda Lambert, etc., the weekly Top 20 Country Countdown, and the Grand Ole Opry’s TV show, Opry Live.

Nan and her husband Charlie, under their production company Ridgeside Media, produced the GAC specials From the Deck with Nan Kelley and Hit Exchange, with Nan serving as host for both programs. For the Circle network, the couple created and hosted the network’s first original series Authentic America and Nan also hosts their interview series, Circle Sessions.