All posts tagged 'TNT'

Andrew Buchan, JoBeth Williams, Harris Dickinson & Sawyer Barth To Star In TNT Pilot ‘Home’

By Patrick Munn | September 17, 2015 - 9:59 am | No Comments

TNT has found the male lead and three co-stars for their latest drama pilot. Andrew Buchan (Broadchurch), JoBeth Williams (Dexter), Harris Dickinson (Some Girls) and Sawyer Barth (Public Morals) have been cast in Home, the long-gestating TV project from Jerry Bruckheimer and Crossing Jordan scribe Aron Eli Coleite which landed at TNT with a pilot order over the Summer.

Major Crimes: Will Kyra Sedgwick & J.K. Simmons Reprise Their Roles From The Closer?

By Patrick Munn | September 14, 2015 - 10:56 am | 2 Comments

Ever since the launch of Major Crimes, fans have been asking whether or not Kyra Sedgwick and J.K. Simmons would appear on the show, reprising their roles as Deputy Chief Brenda Leigh Johnson and LAPD Chief Will Pope, respectively. TVWise recently caught up with The Closer and Major Crimes creator James Duff to get an answer to that burning question.

‘Major Crimes’ Boss James Duff On Show’s Future: “I Feel Confident About Season Five”

By Patrick Munn | September 9, 2015 - 5:11 pm | 2 Comments

TVWise spoke to Major Crimes creator and showrunner James Duff about the delay in scoring a fifth season renewal from TNT and whether or not he was confident that the show would be back.

Major Crimes: How The Show Successfully Transitioned From ‘The Closer’ & Became A Hit

By Patrick Munn | September 7, 2015 - 4:56 pm | 5 Comments

Ahead of the UK premiere of season four on Universal Channel, TVWise spoke with The Closer and Major Crimes creator James Duff to find out how he transitioned the show from The Closer to Major Crimes and just what it is that made the "spin-off" a bonafide hit.

TNT Sets Premiere Dates For ‘The Librarians’, ‘Agent X’ & ‘Legends’

By Patrick Munn | August 31, 2015 - 6:27 pm | 5 Comments

TNT has firmed up their plans for the fall season. The Turner owned cable network has unveiled details of their fall schedule, which includes the return of the second highest rated drama series Major Crimes, the second season of The Librarians, the ten episode first season of Sharon Stone starrer Agent X and the delayed second season of their Sean Bean fronted spy thriller Legends.

Greg Rikaart To Recur On TNT’s ‘Major Crimes’

By Patrick Munn | August 24, 2015 - 8:05 pm | No Comments

Greg Rikaart (Bones, The Young And The Restless) has been tapped for a recurring role on the back-end of the fourth season of TNT's hit procedural Major Crimes. The actor will play Bobby G. Monroe, a confident young lawyer and anti-death penalty activist who is representing Slider, the defendant in the Alice Herrera case. Said case, which was investigated and "closed" in season three, became a focal point of the first leg of season four, with Rusty, now credentialed as a journalist, digging around to uncover Alice's real name and find her family.

TNT’s ‘Major Crimes’ Gets 5 Episode Back Order

By Patrick Munn | August 20, 2015 - 9:30 pm | 2 Comments

TNT is expanding the fourth season of Major Crimes. The network has handed out a five episode back order to the Mary McDonnell fronted procedural, bringing the total number of episodes ordered for the show's fourth season to twenty-three.

Jerry Bruckheimer’s ‘Home’ Picked Up To Pilot At TNT

By Patrick Munn | August 17, 2015 - 7:11 pm | No Comments

Jerry Bruckheimer's long-gestating TV project Home might make it to the small screen after all. TNT has handed out a pilot order to the hour-long thriller, which was initially developed by current TNT President Kevin Reilly at his former network Fox during the 2013-2014 season, shortly after the exec declared pilot season dead. Back then, Home received a so-called "off-cycle commitment for further investment towards series production", but after Reilly exited the top post at Fox in May 2014, the project was deep sixed.