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TNT’s ‘Monday Mornings’ Cancelled

By NELLIE ANDREEVA | Friday May 10, 2013 @ 2:04pm PDTTags: David E. Kelley, Monday Mornings, TNT
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TNT has officially cancelled David E. Kelley/Sanjay Gupta’s Monday Mornings after one season. There was not much hope for the medical drama, which opened with an underwhelming 1.34 million viewers and ended its freshman run at the same level, with the finale drawing 1.37 million. But, like Kelley’s previous series, NBC’s Harry’s Law, Monday Morning quickly developed a small but devoted and passionate fan base. Monday Mornings, about the lives of a group of surgeons, starred Ving Rhames, Alfred Molina and Jennifer Finnigan. “(David E. Kelley, Bill D’Elia and Dr. Sanjay Gupta, on whose novel the series was based) crafted a unique and powerfully moving drama full of memorable situations and characters brought to life by a terrific ensemble cast,” TNT said in a statement. “Unfortunately the show never built its audience enough to warrant its continuation.”

Related: TNT’s ‘Southland’ Cancelled After Five Seasons

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David E. Kelley’s ‘Monday Mornings’ Debuts Weak; ‘Dallas’ Hits New Series Low

By DOMINIC PATTEN | Tuesday February 5, 2013 @ 11:48am PSTTags: Dallas, David E. Kelley, Monday Mornings, TNT, TV Ratings

TNT’s Monday Mornings had a sickly debut last night. The 10 PM premiere of the new medical drama pulled in just 1.34 million viewers in Live + Same Day. That’s a harsh drop from the 2.232 million Monday … Read More »

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Backhanded Compliment Of The Day: TCA

By NELLIE ANDREEVA | Friday January 4, 2013 @ 9:30pm PSTTags: Monday Mornings, Ving Rhames
Nellie Andreeva

It came from Ving Rhames on the final question from the panel for his new series, TNT‘s medical drama from David E. Kelley and Sanjay Gupta Monday Mornings, in which he plays a trauma surgeon. … Read More »

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TNT’s ‘Monday Mornings’ Brings David E. Kelley Back Into The Operating Room: TCA

By THE DEADLINE TEAM | Friday January 4, 2013 @ 12:17pm PSTTags: David E. Kelley, Monday Mornings, TCA, TNT

Diane Haithman is contributing to Deadline’s coverage of TCA.

At today’s TCA panel on TNT’s new medical drama series Monday Mornings, executive producer David E. Kelley (Chicago Hope, The Practice, Doogie Howser M.D.) admitted reservations about a taking on another medical show. But he said he went back into the operating room because of the participation of neurosurgeon and co-executive producer Sanjay Gupta. The series is based on the book by Gupta. The surgeon also serves as CNN chief medical correspondent.

Kelley said the book made him realize that the show, whose large ensemble cast includes Ving Rhames, Bill Irwin, Alfred Molina and Emily Swallow (on the panel,) could offer “fertile story-telling ground”, adding: It only came to fruition when Sanjay agreed to stay with it. The book is what made me want to do the series, but I wanted to keep the voice that came with us. He assured me he would not abandon us, and stay with us”. Read More »

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