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May 11 2013 10:00 AM ET

Goodbye 'Southland': The stars discuss the cop show's legacy

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Sometimes being great just isn’t good enough. After five years of beautifully crafted storytelling, realistic portrayals, award-worthy performances, and some of the most shocking moments on television, Southland has reached the dreaded end of watch.

The cop show that was watched by few but loved enough for many told the stories of the LAPD in a way that viewers had never seen before. For five short seasons, the perfectly rough-around-the-edges drama sucked fans into the professional and personal lives of its complex heroes. From the rookie cop who lost his moral center to the veteran who tried desperately to find happiness in a sea of devastation, Southland‘s stories left an impact on everyone who chose to partake in the show’s journey.

And now, we say goodbye to Coop, Ben, Sammy, Lydia, Dewey and all those in blue whom we got to know. But before we let go, we chatted with Southland stars Michael Cudlitz, Ben McKenzie, Shawn Hatosy and Regina King for our finale post-mortem, and we asked them about the show’s legacy if this were the end: READ FULL STORY »

May 10 2013 03:40 PM ET

TNT orders 'Undercover Boss'-meets-'Real World' reality series

TNT has greenlit a new reality series that follows companies on their search to fill their open executive positions with the best candidate possible. But there’s a gimmick, naturally.

On TNT’s Inside Job, four job candidates will compete for a six-figure executive position by living and working together for one week during the interview and hiring process. But what they don’t know is that one of their fellow candidates is already a high-level employee at the company they wish to join. This mole will then report all his or her findings to the top boss, in order to inform the final decision. Each week will feature a new batch of candidates.

The series is being produced  by All3Media America/Studio Lambert, which also produces CBS’s Undercover Boss

The first season will consist of six episodes, launching in 2014.

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Mar 21 2013 05:12 PM ET

TNT announces summer premiere dates for new Dwayne Johnson series, 'Rizzoli & Isles,' 'Falling Skies,' more

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The countdown to the final episodes of the 2012-2013 season for many broadcast network shows began last week, as ABC, Fox, NBC, CBS and the CW announced their season finale dates. But fans of TNT shows can now mark their calendars for the return of shows like Falling Skies and Rizzoli & Isles. The cable network announced their summer premiere dates today.

TNT has four new series lined up for this summer. The first to debut is The Hero, a reality competition series that Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson hosts. TNT describes it as a show that “will bring nine ordinary people together and assign them various missions testing their brains, their brawn and even their morality.” The Hero will be the lead-in for another new competition series, the Survivor-esque 72 Hours, which drops three competing teams in the wilderness with only one bottle of water and a GPS. The contestants have three days to find a hidden briefcase full of cash.

Check out the full list of TNT’s summer premieres below: READ FULL STORY »

Jan 17 2013 08:35 PM ET

Geena Davis to star in TNT bounty hunter pilot

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Geena Davis has landed another TV show: TNT announced today that it has ordered an untitled drama pilot starring the Oscar winner (The Accidental Tourist) as an unorthodox bail bondswoman. Inspired by the true story of Mackenzie Green, the show chronicles the tales of a bounty hunter who relies on unconventional methods to get the job done. READ FULL STORY »

Dec 6 2012 08:26 PM ET

'Leverage': Upcoming season 5 finale may be the series finale, says executive producer

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In the name of proper closure, the writing staff of TNT’s Leverage has written this month’s season 5 finale as if it is the heist show’s very last episode. Still waiting to find out whether the show will be renewed for a sixth season, executive producer Dean Devlin and his team decided to go forward with writing and producing the series finale they had had planned since starting the show.

Devlin announced this news in an open letter to fans published on Leveragefans.com today. Read a portion of it below: READ FULL STORY »

Oct 12 2012 06:40 PM ET

TNT cancels 'The Great Escape'

It turns out the The Great Escape wasn’t so great for TNT.

The adventure reality show, the first non-scripted program for the cable network, has received the ax, EW has confirmed.

TNT currently has two other non-scripted shows in the pipeline. One, an unscripted series from Donnie Wahlberg about the Boston Police Department, is set to debut Feb. 27. And the other, a competition series titled The Hero, received the green light back in September.

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Aug 24 2012 05:00 PM ET

'Falling Skies': Drew Roy weighs in on our 6 grossest, creepiest, most shocking moments

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How often do the masterminds behind Falling Skies sit around the writers room saying, “OK, so how can we totally gross out our audience in this episode?”

“Oh, every day,” showrunner Remi Aubuchon admitted to EW following last weekend’s season 2 finale.

All that bouncing around of ideas about how to creep out the viewers at home certainly produced plenty of scares in the sci-fi TNT show’s first two seasons.

Here EW re-visits the six grossest, creepiest, most shocking moments of Falling Skies, with a little help from actor Drew Roy (Hal Mason) filling us in on how it all went down on set. READ FULL STORY »

Aug 23 2012 06:47 PM ET

'Falling Skies' casting: Sci-fi fave Doug Jones joins the show. Plus: An 'ER' reunion

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Production on season 3 of TNT’s Falling Skies started in Vancouver, B.C. this week, and that means new characters are joining the 2nd Mass in their fight against the aliens that have turned Earth into a post- apocalyptic wasteland/war zone.

EW has confirmed that sci-fi fave Doug Jones has joined the show’s cast, as Jones and showrunner Remi Aubuchon tweeted on Sunday. Jones is known for such roles as Abe Sapien and the Angel of Death in the Hellboy movies and the Silver Surfer in Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer. A TNT rep tells EW that Jones will portray the new alien introduced at the end of last weekend’s season 2 finale.

No word yet on whether Jones, known for his performances in prosthetics and rubber suits, will don makeup for the bat-like — but humanoid — new species, or whether he’ll portray the character through performance capture, as done with Falling Skiesoverlord aliens.

Season 3 will also feature some new human characters. EW has confirmed that Gloria Reuben, who played Jeanie Boulet on ER, will be reuniting with fellow ER alum Noah Wyle for a five-episide arc. Robert Sean Leonard will also be joining the cast for five episodes.  Deadline first reported the news. READ FULL STORY »

Aug 20 2012 01:00 AM ET

'Falling Skies': Season 2 is over. Time to review the mysteries yet to be solved -- EXCLUSIVE VIDEO

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The sophomore season of Falling Skies wrapped up tonight with an emotional, frightening, intense, heartwarming, heartbreaking, cliffhanger-y (I could go on, but I’ll stop myself here…) finale, leaving us to impatiently wait until Summer 2013 to find out what happens next.

Showrunner Remi Aubuchon chatted with EW, revealing answers to some of our burning questions we had after watching the finale, but there are still plenty of mysteries that will have fans debating for months.

EW has an exclusive video that features Aubuchon, along with some of his fellow Falling Skies masterminds, discussing the complexities that were thrown into the mix in the season 2 finale. Check out the video below to review some of the show’s remaining unanswered questions. Let it be a springboard for your speculation and discussion – then you might want to bookmark this page and return to it next summer, when, hey, let’s admit it, you’ll probably need a refresher before the long-awaited season 3 premiere. READ FULL STORY »

Aug 19 2012 10:00 PM ET

'Falling Skies' season finale: Showrunner Remi Aubuchon answers your burning questions!

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Falling Skies has been spicing up its addicting recipe of sci-fi, family drama, action and major creep-outs throughout its second season, and it all came to a head in tonight’s finale.

SPOILER ALERT! Be afraid, very afraid, almost as afraid as you are of crawlies, to read on if you haven’t yet watched the Falling Skies season finale.

The 2nd Mass’ season-long journey to Charleston ended in disappointment and new lessons for the Revolutionary War-alluding show. Fans got some fun surprises (and spine-tingling ones!) in “A More Perfect Union,” the season 2 capper to the Steven Spielberg-produced TNT show.

After watching the cliffhanger-filled finale (and taking some time to catch our breath afterward) EW chatted with showrunner Remi Aubuchon. The writer/producer is currently knee-deep in prep for season 3, which begins shooting in less than three days! But he took a break from his work in Vancouver, Canada to talk at length with us about shooting the finale and what fans can expect when Falling Skies returns next summer for another 10-episode season.

Aubuchon talked about the new addition to their lineup of alien species, revealed what Red Eye was silently saying to Ben as he died and cleared up a point of confusion about the skitters that’s been a subject of great debate among fans since Lourdes and Anne made a major discovery last season. Read on for answers to your burning questions. READ FULL STORY »

Aug 2 2012 10:00 AM ET

Skitters and crawlies and fishheads, oh my! The making of the 'Falling Skies' aliens

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Building molds of giant, insect-like legs, directing a motion-capture performer to move like an alien, bouncing around ideas of how to freak out the viewers at home – it’s all in a day’s work for the team behind alien invasion show Falling Skies.

The TNT sci-fi drama, now nearing the end of its second season, has brought the invasion’s survivors face-to-face with all manner of extraterrestrial foes from the six-legged to the massive and metallic to the tall and regal.

And at any moment there could be a new threat to the 2nd Mass, the Boston-born militia regiment at the center of the show. The most recent episode introduced fans to crawlies – and yes, they’re as squirm-inducing as they sound.

Falling Skies, which just earned an Emmy nomination for Outstanding Special Visual Effects, features the work of two vfx companies: MASTERSFX, which primarily works on the show’s practical effects, and Zoic Studios, which focuses on the digital side. The two companies have teamed up before for such shows as Six Feet Under, True Blood and Fringe.

It’s a hybrid approach – the marrying of the practical and the computer-generated – that’s becoming increasingly popular in the entertainment industry. READ FULL STORY »

Jul 16 2012 07:26 PM ET

Michael Bay-produced series 'The Last Ship' gets pilot order from TNT

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Fourteen years after Armageddon, Michael Bay has another apocalyptic project in the works — this time for television. TNT has ordered a pilot for drama series The Last Ship and Bay is set to produce.

After a couple decades of success on the big screen, Bay is now turning his attention to TV. He and his company Platinum Dunes also got a straight-to-series order from Starz in May for another sea-set project: a Treasure Island prequel titled Black Sails.

Here’s the logline for The Last Ship from TNT: READ FULL STORY »

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