TNT is doubling-down on The Last Ship.
Mere months after renewing the Sunday night genre series for a fourth season, the network has extended that renewal and also ordered a fifth season. After previously announcing that season four would consist of 13 episodes, TNT has revised the episode order and confirmed that both seasons four and five will be ten episodes long. 
SPOILER ALERT – The following article contains MAJOR spoilers about the fifth season of Major Crimes, that some readers may wish to avoid. Camryn Manheim, best known to UK audiences for her 8 season run as Boston attorney Ellenor Frutt on David E. Kelley's legal series The Practice, has joined TNT's flagship drama series Major Crimes for a multi-episode arc. 
TNT has picked up their Sunday night genre drama The Last Ship for a fourth season, it was announced last night by network topper Kevin Reilly during the Turner executive panel at the Television Critics Association Summer Press Tour. 13 episodes have been ordered for the show's fourth season, which is eyed for a 2017 premiere. 
Turner Broadcasting is keeping three of their newer series. TNT has picked up their Ellen Barkin fronted drama series Animal Kingdom, while sister network TBS has handed out renewals to Angie Tribeca and Wrecked. Animal Kingdom and Wrecked will be back for a second season, while Angie Tribeca will be back for a third. 
TNT is expanding the run of Major Crimes' fifth season. The cable network has handed out an eight episode back order to the Mary McDonnell fronted procedural, TVWise has confirmed. With the additional order, the show's fifth season will now consist of 21 episodes. 
Janeane Garofalo (Girlfriends' Guide To Divorce) has been cast in a recurring role in Foreign Bodies, the eight part dramedy series from Plebs co-creator Tom Basden which is set up as a co-production at E4 an TNT, TVWise has learned. 