TNT Shifts Four Summer Series Premieres

By NELLIE ANDREEVA | Wednesday April 10, 2013 @ 10:49am PDT
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TNT has tweaked the premiere dates for four of the nine original series (scripted and unscripted) it is running this summer. The change is biggest for Franklin & Bash, whose third season will launch June 19 instead of the previously announced July 24. The show, starring Mark-Paul Gosselaar, Breckin Meyer and new female lead Heather Locklear, will start with a two-hour season opener. Other three series’ launch dates will be shifted by a week: The fourth season of Rizzoli & Isles and the second season of Perception will start June 25 instead of June 18, and new unscripted series Cold Justice will premiere September 3 instead of August 27.

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Heather Locklear To Co-Star On Season 3 Of TNT’s ‘Franklin & Bash’

By NELLIE ANDREEVA | Thursday January 17, 2013 @ 3:30pm PST
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Heather LocklearFranklin and Bash are getting a new boss. Heather Locklear has joined the cast of TNT’s legal dramedy Franklin & Bash for the upcoming third season as a new series regular. She will play Rachel King, … Read More »

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Garcelle Beauvais Exits ‘Franklin & Bash’

By NELLIE ANDREEVA | Wednesday October 24, 2012 @ 4:12pm PDT
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Garcelle Beauvais Franklin & Bash ExitsStanton Infeld (Malcolm McDowell), the managing partner of law firm Infeld-Daniels that is at the center of TNT‘s legal dramedy Franklin & Bash, once stated that he sees Hanna Linden (Garcelle Beauvais) … Read More »

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‘Franklin & Bash’ Renewed For 3rd Season

By NELLIE ANDREEVA | Friday September 28, 2012 @ 12:35pm PDT
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TNT continues with its pickups of summer series. The network has renewed legal dramedy Franklin & Bash for a third season. Starring Breckin Meyer and Mark-Paul Gosselaar, Franklin & Bash averaged 4.3 million viewers in its new Tuesday … Read More »

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Frank Darabont’s ‘LA Noir’ Nears Series Order At TNT

By NELLIE ANDREEVA | Thursday June 28, 2012 @ 12:28pm PDT
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Frank Darabont’s LA Noir continues to gain momentum at TNT. I hear the project, Darabont’s followup to The Walking Dead, is expected to land a series order after TNT brass officially screen it early next month. LA NoirRead More »

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TNT’s ‘Rizzoli & Isles’ Slightly Down, ‘Franklin & Bash’ Slightly Up In Return

By NELLIE ANDREEVA | Wednesday June 6, 2012 @ 1:00pm PDT
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After airing behind TNT’s flagship drama The Closer for its first two seasons, Rizzoli & Isles did well in its first outing in the anchor 9 PM position. The third-season premiere of the female procedural drew 5.62 … Read More »

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Kevin Falls Re-Ups With Sony Pictures TV

By NELLIE ANDREEVA | Tuesday May 22, 2012 @ 1:55pm PDT
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Kevin Falls Franklin & BashEXCLUSIVE: Franklin & Bash co-creator Kevin Falls has closed a two-year overall deal with Sony Pictures TV, where he has been based for the past four years. Under the deal, he will continue as executive … Read More »

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TNT’s ‘Franklin & Bash’ Off To Soft Ratings Start And Other TV News

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TNT’s new legal dramedy Franklin & Bash premiered with 2.7 million viewers last night, 1.1 million of them in the 18-49 demographic. That is a tad higher than the premiere of Season 2 (and first on TNT) of critical darling … Read More »

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TNT Announces Summer Schedule

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TNT just unveiled its summer schedule, setting premiere dates and time slots for new series Franklin & Bash and Falling Skies and returning shows The Closer, Rizzoli & Isles, Hawthorne, Men of a Certain Age, Memphis Beat and Leverage. Meanwhile, OWN announced its new unscripted series Kidnapped by the Kids, … Read More »

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Joe And Anthony Russo Among Latest Pilot Director Hires

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The Emmy-winning team of Anthony and Joe Russo have come on board to direct Fox’s comedy pilot The Council of Dads, from writer-executive producer Peter Tolan and Sony Pictures TV. Last year, the Sony TV-based directors who won an Emmy … Read More »

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