TNT is preparing to roll out a summer lineup of 10 original series, including five returning hits – , MAJOR CRIMES, PERCEPTION, DALLAS and Franklin & Bash – and the launch of MURDER IN THE FIRST, a powerful new crime drama from 10-time Emmy-winning executive producer Steven Bochco. These six shows join the previously announced season premiere of FALLING SKIES and the debuts of the exciting new series THE LAST SHIP and LEGENDS in giving TNT a total of nine scripted dramas this summer, the most ever for a basic cable network. In addition, TNT’s unscripted crime-investigation series Cold Justice, which is currently in its second season, will join the lineup with a run of new episodes.TNT’s summer slate includes some of the most popular dramas on cable, including four of basic cable’s 15 most-watched dramas of 2013: , MAJOR CRIMES, FALLING SKIES and PERCEPTION. In addition, and FALLING SKIES ranked among basic cable’s Top 10 series of the year with adults 25-54 and among the Top 20 with adults 18-49.
TNT has ordered a pilot for the action-packed drama series THE LAST SHIP, based on the popular novel by William Brinkley and executive-produced by blockbuster filmmaker Michael Bay (Transformers). The project comes to TNT from Platinum Dunes Partners Brad Fuller and Andrew Form, whose credits include A Nightmare on Elm Street and The Texas Chainsaw Massacre, with showrunner Hank Steinberg (WITHOUT A TRACE) and Steven Kane (THE CLOSER) also serving as executive producers. Steinberg and Kane wrote the pilot script.