TNT To Offer Nine Summer Scripted Drama Series

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TNT will roll out an industry high nine scripted series this summer as part of its original programming lineup, the network said Friday.

The “drama” network will add three new original scripted dramas—The Last Ship, Legends and Murder in the First—to its current lineup of series such as Rizzoli & Isles, Major Crimes, Perception, Dallas, Falling Skies and Franklin & Bash.

The Steven Bochco-produced Murder in the First, debuting June 9, will star Taye Diggs as a detective investigating one murder across the entire length of the series, while The Last Ship (pictured and premiering June 22) will follow a Navy destroyer that is the keeper of a cure to a global pandemic. Legends, based on the award-winning book by spy novelist Robert Littell, debuts Aug. 20, according to the network.

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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.