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05. 20 .10

UPFRONT 2010: TNT
TNT's upfront presentation was highlighted by an array of stars from its original shows including Kyra Sedgwick, Malcolm McDowell, the Men of a Certain Age, Jada Pinkett Smith, Dylan McDermott, Timothy Hutton, Noah Wyle, Jason Lee, Alfre Woodard, Ben McKenzie, Mark-Paul Gosselaar, Breckin Meyer and Angie Harmon. Beginning this summer, TNT will air seven new or returning original series on four different nights including: The Closer, Saving Grace, Dark Blue, Leverage, Memphis Beat, Rizzoli & Isles and Hawthorne. TNT will also bring back the series Men of a Certain Age later this year.

In 2011, TNT will premiere a new series from Steven Spielberg titled Fallen Skies starring Noah Wyle and the cop procedural Southland will return for a new season. Also recently announced, TNT approved the new buddy lawyer series Franklin & Bash, headlined by Mark-Paul Gosselaar and Breckin Meyer and produced by Sony Pictures Television.

At its upfront presentation, TNT revealed six series in development:
•    Untitled Don Cheadle Medical Show - Series set in 1971 Los Angeles where a group of idealistic doctors start an urgent-care clinic. From Lionsgate Television and Cheadle's Crescendo Productions.

•    Graysmith - Series is based on the life of cartoonist, writer and part-time detective Robert Graysmith. The series will follow Graysmith as he deploys unconventional methods to solve crimes. From Scott Free Productions.

•    Green Detective - Series from Steven Bochco and Jonathan Abrahams about an eccentric environmentalist who seeks the truth as an insurance adjuster for a big insurance company.

•    Brain Trust - Dean Devlin and Marco Schnabel go inside the world of an old-school detective as he teams with four smart, though socially-awkward academics that help him solve crimes. From Electric Entertainment.

•    Miss Philly - Series focuses on the suburbs and urban areas of Philadelphia where the mayor has hired the city's first African-American police commissioner who is a woman. From executive producers and writers Jamie Foxx and Barbara Hall and executive producers Marcus King and Jaime Rucker King.

•    Dear God - A team of humanitarians delve through letters found in the dead letters bureau at the US Postal Service to try to help those on the verge of losing their faith by answering their letters to God. From ABC Studios with executive producers Mark Gordon, Mark Burnett, Roma Downey and Deborah Spera along with writer/executive producer Joel Fields.

Both TBS and TNT continue to be the home of several sports franchises such as the NBA, Major League Baseball and NASCAR. Additionally, Turner recently announced an agreement with the NCAA to have the men's basketball tournament on both networks as well as sister network truTV commencing in 2011. The deal involving Turner and CBS has the Final Four and men's championship game on TBS every other year starting in 2016.

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