Watch a sneak peek of the season finale of TNT series HAWTHORNE "Hello and Goodbye" Episode 10 airing this Tuesday August 18 2009 at at 9 p.m. (ET/PT).

Also watch any HawthoRNe Episodes Here

Episode Synopsis: HAWTHORNE "Hello and Goodbye" Episode 10 - David's cancer is back and Christina does her best to comfort him while looking to get him a new treatment. Kelly has difficulties when trying to say goodbye to a patient and Ray hears astonishing news from Candy.

Read all our Hawthorne coverage here.

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HAWTHORNE "Hello and Goodbye" Episode 10 - Season Finale

[Press Release - Released by TNT]

TNT has picked up a second season of its hit medical drama HAWTHORNE, starring and executive-produced by Jada Pinkett Smith (The Women, The Matrix trilogy) and created by Emmy® winner John Masius (St. Elsewhere, Providence, Dead Like Me). The network has ordered an additional 10 episodes of the character-driven drama, which airs Tuesdays at 9 p.m. (ET/PT). For its first season, HAWTHORNE is averaging 3.8 million viewers and ranks as ad-supported cable's #1 entertainment program on Tuesdays among adults 25-54 and women 25-54. The second season is slated to air in 2010.

HAWTHORNE co-stars Michael Vartan (Alias), Suleka Mathew (Men in Trees), David Julian Hirsh (Lovebites), Christina Moore (Hyperion Bay) and Hannah Hodson (TNT's The Ron Clark Story). The series is produced for TNT by Sony Pictures Television in association with Pinkett Smith's 100% Womon Productions, John Masius Productions, and Jamie Tarses' FanFare Productions. Pinkett Smith, Masius, Glen Mazzara (The Shield, Crash, Life) and Jamie Tarses (My Boys) serve as executive producers.

"HAWTHORNE has been a great addition to TNT's lineup of original series, and Jada Pinkett Smith's performance has been a tremendous draw with viewers," said Michael Wright, executive vice president, head of programming for TNT, TBS and Turner Classic Movies (TCM). "There are powerful episodes remaining, and we're looking forward to what is certain to be an extraordinary second season."

HAWTHORNE, which premiered Tuesday, June 16, with 4.4 million viewers (Live + 7), is one of six high-profile original dramas populating TNT's Monday-Wednesday lineup this summer. The six series, which include The Closer, Raising the Bar, Saving Grace, Leverage and Dark Blue, are the fulfillment of an aggressive TNT strategy to build a slate of quality original programming in primetime.

HAWTHORNE is scoring tremendous growth over programming in the same Tuesday 9 p.m. timeslot last year, with adults 25-54 up 90%, viewers up 69% and households up 63%. In addition to its success as part of TNT's Tuesday night lineup, the show performs well among DVR users, averaging a 38% lift when comparing Live to Live + 7 delivery of adults 25-54.

Pinkett Smith plays Christina Hawthorne, a compassionate and headstrong Chief Nursing Officer heading up a group of dedicated nurses at Richmond Trinity Hospital who spend long days and nights on the hospital's front lines. Hawthorne is the kind of nurse who fights for her patients and doesn't let them slip through the cracks. When necessary, she takes on doctors and administrators who are overworked, distracted or just unable to see the human being behind the hospital chart.

But the long days at the hospital and Christina's intense focus on helping others take a toll on her personal life. She is still coming to terms with losing her husband, who died a year ago after a battle with cancer, leaving her to raise their smart, rebellious teen-age daughter on her own. Constantly trying to strike a balance between her career and her equally important role as a parent, Christina finds little time to take care of the one person who always seems to fall through the cracks – herself.

Vartan plays Dr. Tom Wakefield, the oncologist who treated Christina's husband and serves as Chief of Surgery for the hospital. The cast also includes Mathew as Bobbie Jackson, the head ER nurse and Christina's best friend; Hirsch as Ray Stein, a nurse struggling with being accepted in a female-dominated profession; Moore as Candy Sullivan, whose stunning beauty is matched by a unique sense of duty; and Hodson as Camille, Hawthorne's daughter. In addition, special guest star Joanna Cassidy (Six Feet Under) portrays Amanda Hawthorne, Christina's mother-in-law, who also happens to be a member of the hospital board.

TNT, one of cable's top-rated networks, is television's destination for drama and home to such original series as the acclaimed and highly popular detective drama The Closer, starring Kyra Sedgwick; Saving Grace, starring Holly Hunter; Raising the Bar, with Mark-Paul Gosselaar, Gloria Reuben and Jane Kaczmarek; Leverage, starring Timothy Hutton; HawthoRNe, with Jada Pinkett Smith; and Dark Blue, starring Dylan McDermott. TNT also presents such powerful dramas as Bones, CSI: NY, Cold Case, Law & Order, Without a Trace, ER and Charmed; broadcast premiere movies; compelling primetime specials, such as the Screen Actors Guild Awards®; and championship sports coverage, including NASCAR and the NBA. TNT is available in high-definition.

Turner Broadcasting System, Inc., a Time Warner company, creates and programs branded news, entertainment, animation and young adult media environments on television and other platforms for consumers around the world.

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TNT’s Hit Series HAWTHORNE Set to Return for Second Season

Watch a sneak peek of the new TNT series HAWTHORNE "Mother’s Day" Episode 9 airing this Tuesday August 11 2009 at at 9 p.m. (ET/PT).

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Episode Synopsis: HAWTHORNE "Mother’s Day" Episode 9 - Christina leaves Bobbie in charge of the entire hospital nursing staff while she goes into budget battles with Morrissey, who gives Christina until the end of the day to lay off six nurses. The order couldn’t come at a worse time for Kelly, who gets into trouble when she refutes Dr. Marshall’s treatment for a stroke patient. Nor could it come at a worse time for the ER, which becomes the scene of a devastating tragedy.

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HAWTHORNE "Mother’s Day" Episode 9

Watch a sneak peek of the new TNT series HAWTHORNE "No Guts, No Glory" Episode 8 airing this Tuesday August 4 2009 at at 9 p.m. (ET/PT).

Also watch any HawthoRNe Episodes Here

Episode Synopsis: HAWTHORNE "No Guts, No Glory" Episode 8 - Christina treats a female patient who may have been abused by her boyfriend, but things might different than they seem at first. Bobbie winds up handling a racist with abdominal pains, while Ray assists with a young man facing the possibility of being paralyzed after injuries endured in a motorcycle accident. To make matters even more complicated, the biker was about to propose to his girlfriend. But a highly risky surgery could change everything. Camille gets a driving lesson from Kelly, who proves to be an even more aggressive teacher than Christina.

Read all our Hawthorne coverage here.

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HAWTHORNE "No Guts, No Glory" Episode 8

Watch a sneak peek of the new TNT series HAWTHORNE "Night Moves" Episode 7 airing this Tuesday July 28 2009 at at 9 p.m. (ET/PT).

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Episode Synopsis: HAWTHORNE "Night Moves" Episode 7 - Christina gets trapped into working an overnight shift and soon finds herself in the middle of a potential custody battle between a young woman in labor and the two couples who have each been promised to become the adoptive parents. Ray does a favor for Tom by serving as medic for a hockey game, but he’s a little unprepared for what he’s about to face. Tom, meanwhile, heads out to a black-tie charity event with a date, but his date ends up leaving when Tom once again chooses work over her. And Bobbie finds Isabel on the street and offers to put her up for the night.

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HAWTHORNE "Night Moves" Episode 7

Watch a sneak peek of the new TNT series HAWTHORNE episode 6 "Trust Me" airing this Tuesday July 21 2009 at at 9 p.m. (ET/PT).

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Episode Synopsis: HAWTHORNE "Trust Me" Episode 6 - Camille nearly gets in big trouble after driving Ryan's car (with only a permit) to the hospital. Ryan is thought to only have heartburn his condition gets worse.

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HAWTHORNE "Trust Me" Episode 6

Watch a sneak peek of the new TNT series HAWTHORNE episode 5 "The Sense of Belonging" airing this Tuesday July 14 2009 at at 9 p.m. (ET/PT).

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Episode Synopsis: HAWTHORNE Episode 5 "The Sense of Belonging" -Amanda (Christina's mother-in-law) gets her own nurse, and a heart patient's condition gets worse.

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HAWTHORNE Episode 5 "The Sense of Belonging"

A while back, I attended a press day for TNT's new show HAWTHORNE. Now that you have seen what the show is all about, I thought you might be curious as to what's coming up.

Here are a few things we learned during the interview with Jada Pinkett Smith and Michael Vartan:

- Michael Vartan got involved with the show after he read the script and loved it. Then he also found out that Jada Pinkett Smith was involved and that was it for him. He also mentioned that he found the fact that she was an executive producer very comforting.

- Unfortunately, Jada Pinkett Smith will not write any of the episodes for HawthoRNE. She actually promised herself she wouldn't because she's already doing too many things on the show.

- We will learn more of the backstory between Christina and her mother in law, including what happened with her husband and why there is tension between the two.

- There is going to be an interesting dynamic between Christina and her daughter (and I think we already saw a bit of that in the episodes that already aired).

- The relationship between Christina and Wakefield will shape up and transform.

- And if you're wondering whether Christina will find love again, well Jada Pinkett Smith's answer to that is, "she's going to have to find love."
The question is, could this new love be Wakefield? Jada Pinkett Smith teased us by saying:

"Will [Smith] has given his stamp of approval on Michael [Vartan], so it really can go anywhere" [laughs].

So make sure you tune in on Tuesdays at 9pm and watch HawthoRNe on TNT to find out what happens next.

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HAWTHORNE Press Day

Watch a sneak peek of the new TNT series HAWTHORNE episode 3 "Yielding" airing this Tuesday June 30 2009 at at 9 p.m. (ET/PT).

Episode Synopsis: HAWTHORNE Episode 3 "Yielding" - Christina scrambles to create a makeshift ICU bed for a woman whose son isn’t ready to let her go. Bobbie helps Kelly handle a difficult case in which an infant has apparently ingested rubbing alcohol, and suspicion has fallen on the mother. Ray tries to spend time with Candy checking expiration dates in the drug closet, but his attention keeps getting pulled by a needy patient. And Camille spends the day sneaking around the hospital when she’s supposed to be working on an English essay.

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HAWTHORNE Episode 3 "Yielding"

Watch a sneak peek of the new TNT series HAWTHORNE episode 2 "Healing Time" airing this Tuesday June 23 2009 at at 9 p.m. (ET/PT).

Episode Synopsis: HAWTHORNE Episode 2 "Healing Time" - Christina has a big problem on her hands after a brain aneurysm patient believes Christina is his wife and wants only her opinion.

(Photos: Courtesy of TNT)

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HAWTHORNE Episode 2 "Healing Time"

TNT's new original series, HAWTHORNE premieres tonight, Tuesday June 16, 2009 at 9pm.

HawthoRNe stars Jada Pinkett Smith, as Christina Hawthorne, the Chief Nursing Officer at Richmond Trinity Hospital and Michael Vartan as Dr. Tom Wakefield, the oncologist who treated Christina's husband and serves as Chief of Surgery for the hospital.

HawthoRNe follows the stories of Christina and her group of nurses as they deal with the daily dramas of hospital life.

Now I know what you're thinking, another show about a nurse? Didn't Nurse Jackie just premiere on Showtime? Well, that's true but I can tell you that they only similarity between Nurse Jackie and Hawthorne is that they are both shows about nurses. Apart from that the main characters are different, the feel of the show is different and the format is different.

When I first watched HawthoRNe, I wasn't really sure what to expect, but as a fan of TNT shows, I was curious to find out what this new show was all about.

I was pleasantly surprised, the first episode does a good job of establishing the characters and the different personalities that make up the hospital. Plus we once more get a pretty strong female lead, who goes the extra mile for her patients.

While the first episode gave us a first look at the show, I was curious as to what the format of the show was going to be and how each episode would keep us involved. Unfortunately, I have to admit that I didn't find the next two episodes as interesting as the first one. They weren't bad, but they just didn't have that little extra something that just grips me to a show. Plus the episodes are a little too procedural-like. While they are some stories that overlap from one episode to the next, I would like for the show to expend a little more on them.

I'm still going to watch HawthoRNe a little more because I do enjoy the characters and am curious as to what's coming up for them. Plus Michael Vartan is another great excuse to tune in to the show weekly.

Overall, I think it's worth giving HawthoRNe a shot, especially if you are a fan of medical dramas. So don't miss the premiere tonight at 9pm on TNT.
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HawthoRNe Synopsis: Jada Pinkett Pinkett Smith plays Christina Hawthorne, a compassionate and headstrong Chief Nursing Officer heading up a group of dedicated nurses at Richmond Trinity Hospital who spend long days and nights on the hospital's front lines. Hawthorne is the kind of nurse you want on your side when you or someone you love is in the hospital. She is the kind of nurse who fights for her patients and doesn't let them slip through the cracks. When necessary, she takes on doctors and administrators who are overworked, distracted or just unable to see the human being behind the hospital chart.

Whether showing humanity to a homeless woman, trying to talk a suicidal cancer patient off a ledge or exposing a doctor's near-fatal error, Hawthorne will do everything in her power to help her patients. When a patient's care is at risk, she doesn't hesitate to violate protocol, defend her staff or stand up to administrators who seem to have forgotten a hospital's true purpose.

But the long days at the hospital and Hawthorne's intense focus on helping others take a toll on her personal life. Christina is recently widowed – her husband died one year ago after a battle with cancer, leaving her to raise a smart, rebellious teen-age daughter on her own. Hawthorne is still coming to terms with losing her husband, finding a way to balance her career with her equally important role as a single parent, and finding the time to take care of someone who always seems to fall through the cracks – herself.

The rest of the cast includes Suleka Mathew as Bobbie Jackson, a fellow nurse and one of Hawthorne's best friends, David Julian Hirsh as Ray Stein, a nurse struggling with being accepted in a female-dominated profession, Christina Moore as Candy Sullivan, a nurse with a unique sense of duty, and Hannah Hodson as Camille, Hawthorne's daughter.

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HAWTHORNE Season Premiere Review

Watch a sneak peek of the new TNT series HAWTHORNE starring Jada Pinkett Smith premiere episode "Pilot" airing this Tuesday June 16 2009 at at 9 p.m. (ET/PT).

Episode Synopsis: HAWTHORNE Season Premiere "Pilot" - Christina must try and stop David, who is dying of cancer from ending his life. Christina also must try and find time to deal with her husband's death.

(Photos: Courtesy of TNT)

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HAWTHORNE Season Premiere "Pilot" Starring Jada Pinkett Smith

Just got back from interviewing Jada Pinkett Smith and Michael Vartan, the two main actors from TNT's new original show, HAWTHORNE, which premieres on June 16 at 9pm.

So I thought I would tease you with a few pictures from the event, until I write up my full post. Enjoy!

HawthoRNe Synopsis: Jada Pinkett Smith plays Christina Hawthorne, a compassionate and headstrong Chief Nursing Officer heading up a group of dedicated nurses at Richmond Trinity Hospital who spend long days and nights on the hospital's front lines. Hawthorne is the kind of nurse you want on your side when you or someone you love is in the hospital. She is the kind of nurse who fights for her patients and doesn't let them slip through the cracks. When necessary, she takes on doctors and administrators who are overworked, distracted or just unable to see the human being behind the hospital chart.

Whether showing humanity to a homeless woman, trying to talk a suicidal cancer patient off a ledge or exposing a doctor's near-fatal error, Hawthorne will do everything in her power to help her patients. When a patient's care is at risk, she doesn't hesitate to violate protocol, defend her staff or stand up to administrators who seem to have forgotten a hospital's true purpose.

But the long days at the hospital and Hawthorne's intense focus on helping others take a toll on her personal life. Christina is recently widowed – her husband died one year ago after a battle with cancer, leaving her to raise a smart, rebellious teen-age daughter on her own. Hawthorne is still coming to terms with losing her husband, finding a way to balance her career with her equally important role as a single parent, and finding the time to take care of someone who always seems to fall through the cracks – herself.

Joining Pinkett Smith in HAWTHORNE is Michael Vartan (Alias) as Dr. Tom Wakefield, the oncologist who treated Christina's husband and serves as Chief of Surgery for the hospital. The cast also includes Suleka Mathew (Men in Trees) as Bobbie Jackson, a fellow nurse and one of Hawthorne's best friends; David Julian Hirsh (Lovebites) as Ray Stein, a nurse struggling with being accepted in a female-dominated profession; Christina Moore (90210) as Candy Sullivan, a nurse with a unique sense of duty; and Hannah Hodson (TNT's The Ron Clark Story) as Camille, Hawthorne's daughter. In addition, special guest star Joanna Cassidy (Six Feet Under) portrays Amanda, Hawthorne's mother-in-law, who also happens to be a member of the hospital board.

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Jada Pinkett Smith & Michael Vartan from HAWTHORNE Pictures