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TNT Sets Cable Records With NBA Playoffs

Rosario T. Calabria — Tue, 05 May 2009 03:08:38 +0000

The NBA playoffs are playing well on the court and off, as news comes in that TNT has set cable records for their first-round NBA Playoff contest Thursday. Nielsen estimates that the Chicago Bulls’ 128-127 triple overtime victory averaged 5.35 million viewers, easily cable’s top program for the night in most key categories.

The [...]

Trust Me Canceled by TNT

Rosario T. Calabria — Sat, 11 Apr 2009 03:37:14 +0000

Just three days after its season finale, TNT has canceled its low-rated freshman drama Trust Me.

Although the cancellation will no doubt disappoint fans, it really shouldn’t come at much of a surprise. The show’s series on January 26th managed just 3.40 million viewers (okay for other cable nets, but not so for TNT), [...]

TNT Orders New Pilot Called First and Last

Rosario T. Calabria — Tue, 03 Feb 2009 00:07:02 +0000

TNT has ordered a new non-fiction pilot titled First and Last. According to Broadcasting & Cable, the series would be an hour-long show split into two parts. The first half-hour would feature the stories of the first time something happens in a person’s life, while the second half-hour would focus on what happens in [...]

TNT Renews Leverage for a Second Season

Rosario T. Calabria — Mon, 02 Feb 2009 23:28:57 +0000

TNT Has announced that they’ve given a renewal to the freshman drama Leverage, which has become ad-supported cable’s #1 program in the Tuesday 10pm (ET/PT) timeslot. The series has averaged 3.2 million viewers and scores well when time-shifted viewing is factored in.

The full press release follows after the jump.TNT Renews Popular Drama Series [...]

TNT Greenlights Ray Romano’s Men of a Certain Age

Rosario T. Calabria — Tue, 13 Jan 2009 04:44:15 +0000

TNT has added another show to its lineup of original programming with the pick up Ray Romano’s midlife crisis drama Men of a Certain Age. 10 episodes were ordered by TNT and the network is targeting a January 201o premiere.

The pilot was written by Romano and Everybody Loves Raymond alum Mike Royce and [...]

Nearly 5 Million Tune in for Leverage Premiere; 5.4 Million for ‘Librarian 3′ on TNT

Rosario T. Calabria — Tue, 09 Dec 2008 19:45:52 +0000

TNT had a very successful weekend. The third TV movie from The Librarian franchise, The Librarian: Curse of the Judas Chalice got things started by drawing 5.44 million viewers on Sunday night from 8-10pm. That led into the series premiere of Leverage, which held steady from its lead-in and drew 4.99 million viewers from [...]

“The Closer” Spinoff in the Works at TNT

Rosario T. Calabria — Wed, 10 Sep 2008 18:58:47 +0000

Given how common spinoffs have been as of late, the news that TNT is developing their own spinoff from The Closer isn’t all that surprising. The Closer is cable’s #1 drama and has even attracted Emmy attention so you can hardly fault the network for trying to capitilize on that exposure.

The spinoff is [...]

“The Closer” and “Saving Grace”: New Episodes Tonight + “The Closer: Season Three” DVD Giveaway Reminder

Rosario T. Calabria — Mon, 21 Jul 2008 21:20:16 +0000

TNT has put up a few sneak peek videos for tonight’s new episodes of The Closer and Saving Grace. Check them out at the links below.

The Closer (9pm) http://www.tnt.tv/dramavision.jsp?oid=40499&eref=sharethisUrl

Saving Grace (10pm) http://www.tnt.tv/dramavision/?oid=40322&eref=sharethisUrl

And don’t forget that there’s still time to enter the DVD giveaway for the third season [...]

“Saving Grace” & “The Closer”: Rapid Recaps

Rosario T. Calabria — Mon, 14 Jul 2008 00:27:26 +0000

New seasons of Saving Grace and The Closer return to TNT tomorrow (July 14th) and since it’s been some time between new episodes, some of you may have forgotten everything that went down last season. If that’s the case, TNT has put together some really nice rapid recap clips for each show. Check [...]

TV Casting Bites: Wahlberg gets new show, Delaney Returning to Wisteria Lane

Rosario T. Calabria — Wed, 14 May 2008 19:22:04 +0000

TNT has teamed up with Donnie Wahlberg and director/producer Jon Avnet to develop a new crime drama about a war hero turned Drug Enforcement officer set in Boston. Wahlberg is expected to star in the series, tentatively titled Morse Code. [Reuters]

Enjoying the murder mystery storyline revolving around Dana Delany’s character Katherine Mayfair on [...]

“Star Wars: The Clone Wars” to Premiere in Theaters

Rosario T. Calabria — Wed, 13 Feb 2008 04:59:02 +0000

Lucasfilm has confirmed that the upcoming animated television series Star Wars: The Clone Wars will premiere in theaters on August 15 as a feature film, before becoming a weekly TV series in the fall.

The show will air on Cartoon Network and TNT.

The Lucasfilm press release follows below.

Lucasfilm has confirmed that Star [...]

Best Ratings for SAG Awards Since 1998

Rosario T. Calabria — Wed, 30 Jan 2008 00:48:39 +0000

Sunday nights dual telecast of the 14th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards on TNT and TBS drew more than 6.1 million viewers (click here to read the winners).

Viewers were split fairly evenly between the two networks with TNT attracting 3.3 million viewers and TBS 2.8 million. Among the key demos, the numbers were [...]

“The Closer” Breaks Another Record

Rosario T. Calabria — Wed, 12 Sep 2007 01:45:44 +0000

No stranger to breaking records (see here), The Closer has done it again. Breaking the Live+ Same Day record for ad-supported cable.

The series averaged an astonishing 9.21 million viewers (6.84 million of which in the A18-49 demographic), a good deal higher than the previous mark, also set by the show, of 8.81 million [...]

“Heartland” Canceled By TNT

Rosario T. Calabria — Fri, 31 Aug 2007 23:37:16 +0000

TNT has canceled its summer drama Heartland, after a disappointing run in the ratings. The series, which starred Treat Williams, never really caught on with audiences, posting a less than stellar debut and dropping each week thereafter.

After debuting with 4.297 million viewers (retention of only 49% from its lead-in The Closer–8.812 million viewers), [...]

“Saving Grace” Renewed For Season 2

Rosario T. Calabria — Thu, 09 Aug 2007 00:39:00 +0000

TNT has renewed Saving Grace for a second season, making the order for 15 more episodes after only 3 aired episodes.

The series debuted very strongly back on July 23rd (click for related story), becoming the year’s top-rated ad-supported cable premiere. Though it slid in week two (3.7/6 HH rating, 5.374 million viewers and [...]