TNT Prescribes New Season For 'HawthoRNe'

By R. Thomas Umstead
( Broadcasting & Cable )
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TNT's medial drama HawthoRNe will live another year, after the "drama" network Wednesday greenlit a third season of the Jada Pinkett Smith-produced series.

TNT will produce 10 new episodes of the hit series, which stars
Pinkett-Smith as a caring but no-nonsense Chief Nursing Officer at
fictitious Richmond Trinity Hospital, according to network officials. Hawthorne's
sophomore season ended its primetime Tuesday run last month averaging
3.7 million total viewers, which was down from 4 million subscribers
during its 2009 freshman season, according to Nielsen.

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R. Thomas Umstead
R. Thomas Umstead

R. Thomas Umstead serves as senior content producer, programming for Multichannel News, Broadcasting + Cable and Next TV. During his more than 30-year career as a print and online journalist, Umstead has written articles on a variety of subjects ranging from TV technology, marketing and sports production to content distribution and development. He has provided expert commentary on television issues and trends for such TV, print, radio and streaming outlets as Fox News, CNBC, the Today show, USA Today, The New York Times and National Public Radio. Umstead has also filmed, produced and edited more than 100 original video interviews, profiles and news reports featuring key cable television executives as well as entertainers and celebrity personalities.