Leverage (tv show)

TNT has added another drama to its roster of original series, picking up a show called "Leverage" from producer Dean Devlin. The series stars Timothy Hutton ("Kidnapped," "The Good Shepherd") as a modern-day Robin Hood, a former insurance investigator...

TNT will continue to apply "Leverage" to its lineup of original series. The cable announced Monday (Feb. 2) that it's picked up the show for a second season. The new batch of 15 episodes will premiere later this year. "We had an amazing experience...

"The Ghost" is getting some "Leverage." Timothy Hutton, star of TNT's crime series, has signed on to the cast of Roman Polanski's political thriller. According to The Hollywood Reporter, Hutton will play the American lawyer of a former British prime...

TNT has added two more shows to its roster of original series, which is becoming one of the most extensive lineups on cable. The network announced Thursday (Jan. 8) that it's picked up the medical drama "Time Heals" and a show about undercover cops...

Three new series are headed to TNT in the coming months, ensuring a nearly unbroken string of originals on the network into 2009. The network has stated of goal of having all original programming on three nights of the week by 2010, and the trio of new...

TNT has lined up several heavy hitters -- George Clooney, Donnie Wahlberg and Jon Avnet and "24" co-creator Joel Surnow -- for its next generation of original series. They're all developing projects for the cable network, which staged its upfront...

TNT is hoping to blow up the idea that a cable channel can't compete with the broadcast networks. The network is stepping up its original series development in a big way. TNT -- which is home to ad-supported cable's top-rated series, "The Closer" --...

TNT has greenlit the Tom Cavanagh-Eric McCormack series "Truth in Advertising" for next season, giving the cable channel three new shows for 2008-09. "Truth in Advertising," which is set at a Chicago ad agency, is scheduled to premiere in 2009. It...

ABC's buddy comedy from "Old School" director Todd Phillips has found one of its leads. Chris Johnson, who starred in the short-lived UPN series "South Beach," has been cast in "The More Things Change ...," Phillips' first TV effort. It's about four...

TNT is making good on its promise to offer three nights of original programming by 2010 -- by doing it this summer. The cable channel will roll out three new shows -- the dramas "Hawthorne" and "Dark Blue" and an unscripted show called "Wedding Day" --...