SNEAK PEEK: "FRANKLIN & BASH

 Premiere Date:  Wednesday, June 1
 
Show Description:  This light-hearted legal drama follows two fly-by-the seat-of-their-pants lawyers working for a button-down law firm.

Principal Cast:   Breckin Meyer   (Robot Chicken, King of the Hill)
                            Mark-Paul Gosselaar  ( Raising the Bar)
                          

MISS TV GIRL'S PICK: MAY 30 - JUNE 5

 Men of a Certain Age (Wednesday, 10/9c, TNT)

This wonderful drama about the trials and tribulations of three best friends and their midlife crises returns for the second half of its season two. The first six episodes finished in January.

What can we expect ? Joe ( Ray Romano), the divorced, slightly neurotic party-store owner and father of two, finds himself drawn into a friendship with his neighbor and former bookie, who has been diagnosed with cancer. Joe is also working hard to rekindle his professional golf career by training for a spot on the senior tour. Though he has managed to overcome his gambling problem, a new temptation arises.

Owen (Andre Braugher), who has a wonderful wife (LisaGay Hamilton) and three young children, is finally starting to assert himself after his father turned over the keys to the family automobile dealership. But so far, the job has been a nightmare. Resistant to the idea of retiring, Owen’s father (Richard Gant) constantly tries to undermine his authority and has told Owen that the dealership is financially in the red.

Terry (ScottBakula) has decided to give up his acting career and go to work for Owen as a car salesman, a job that seems well suited to his ample charms and need for stability. Terry also reconnected with Erin (Melinda McGraw), a woman who once played opposite him in a popular commercial. But their relationship has left him confused about the possibility of pursuing a life together.

MORE GREAT NEWS FOR US "SUPERNATURAL" FANS : TNT CONJURES UP PRE-SEASON MARATHON FOR SEPT. 23-24

 


TNT Press Release

TNT will air a 20-hour marathon of favorite Supernatural episodes to get fans ready for the latest season of the hit series. The haunting drama will take over TNT's lineup Thursday, Sept. 23, at midnight (ET/PT) through Friday, Sept. 24, at 8 p.m. (ET/PT) to build excitement for the series' sixth season premiere on The CW (Friday, Sept. 24, at 9 p.m.). The marathon will include several episodes from Supernatural's fifth season, including the season premiere and season finale.

The following is a complete schedule of TNT's Supernatural marathon:

Thursday, Sept. 23

Midnight "Lucifer Rising" (Season 4 Finale) - As the Apocalypse approaches, Castiel and Zachariah inform Dean that his moment of glory draws nigh. Sam, disagreeing, goes with Ruby to take on Lilith.

1 a.m. "Sympathy for the Devil" (Season 5 Premiere) - Sam, Dean and Bobby must deal with the aftermath of the Devil's escape from Hell. They also receive startling news from the Prophet.

2 a.m. "Mystery Spot" (Season 3) - Dean is killed after looking into a case about the disappearance of a man with Sam. The next morning, Sam is shocked to find Dean alive and realizes that he is reliving the day before.

3 a.m. "In My Time of Dying" (Season 2 Premiere) - In the aftermath of the car crash, the surviving Winchesters go to the hospital, where one is stalked by a Reaper while another must consider sacrificing himself to save the others.

 4 a.m. "Jus in Bello" (Season 3) - FBI Agent Henricksen finally captures Sam and Dean, but he is caught in the middle when a horde of demons descends on the small-town jail to eliminate the brothers.

5 a.m. "Ghostfacers" (Season 3) - While investigating the haunted Morton Mansion, Sam and Dean run into a couple of familiar faces and become inadvertent participants in a new reality show named Ghostfacers. As events turn deadly and the team is trapped in the house, the investigation becomes a battle to survive until morning.

Friday, Sept. 24

6 a.m. "Bloodlust" (Season 2) - Sam and Dean encounter a vampire hunter whose obsession may get them all killed.

7 a.m. "Sin City" (Season 3) - The brothers investigate a town where the citizens have turned to drinking and gambling. Meanwhile, Bobby gets an unexpected ally as he attempts to rebuild the Colt.

8 a.m. "In the Beginning" (Season 4) - Dean gets transported back in time and ends up in Lawrence, Kan., where he crosses paths with a young version of his parents, who have just fallen in love.

9 a.m. "Nightshifter" (Season 2) - The Winchesters investigate a series of crimes where robbers with no criminal past commit suicide after the hold-ups.

10 a.m. "The Real Ghostbusters" (Season 5) - Sam and Dean are tricked into attending a Supernatural convention by their super-fan Becky. The brothers are in for a shock when many of the fans are dressed up like them.

11 a.m. "Changing Channels" (Season 5) - Dean and Sam find themselves mystically trapped in a series of real-life TV shows, from which there appears to be no escape. They believe their old enemy the Trickster is responsible, but discover it could involve someone or something else.

Noon "The Song Remains the Same" (Season 5) - Anna travels back in time to kill Mary and John Winchester before they can conceive Sam and Dean, thus preventing the Apocalypse. Castiel transports the brothers back to save their own parents, but they must answer awkward questions when their parents begin to wonder what's going on.

1 p.m. "My Bloody Valentine" (Season 5) - Lovers begin to kill each other in a small town on Valentine's Day. When Sam, Dean and Castiel investigate, they discover that people are not starved for just love. Famine, one of the Four Horsemen, is fueling their hunger.

2 p.m. "Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid" (Season 5) - In Bobby's hometown, the dead rise from their graves and take up their normal family lives where they left off. Sam and Dean suspect something sinister is responsible, but Bobby refuses to investigate after his dead wife, Karen, returns.

3 p.m. "99 Problems" (Season 5) - Sam and Dean find a town where the angels have chosen a pastor's daughter, Leah, as a prophet to teach the townsfolk how to fight demons. The town is soon swept up in a religious fervor as Leah passes on the angels' increasingly strict commandments.

4 p.m. "Hammer of the Gods" (Season 5) - Earth's pagan gods gather and trap Sam and Dean in a hotel. While they try to decide what to do, Gabriel arrives and tries to keep the gods from engaging in futile battle.

5 p.m. "The Devil You Know" (Season 5) - Crowley contacts Sam and Dean and offers to help them find Pestilence so they can get the third ring and trap Lucifer. They capture the demon in charge of coordinating the Horsemen's activities, but Sam realizes that the demon is an old acquaintance.

6 p.m. "Two Minutes to Midnight" (Season 5) - After Bobby and the brothers recover Castiel, they search out Pestilence, who is preparing to unleash the Croatoan virus upon the planet. Meanwhile, Lucifer is using Death to create a storm that will wipe out 3 million people, but Death has a plan of his own.

7 p.m. "Swan Song" (Season 5 Finale) - The fifth season concludes with the Apocalypse, which forces Sam and Dean to make heart-shattering decisions that will alter their lives forever.

TNT RENEWS "SOUTHAND" FOR A THIRD SEASON

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TNT has renewedthe critically acclaimed drama "Southland" for a third season. The network has ordered 10 episodes for the third season, which is slated to begin airing in January 2011.

"MEN OF A CERTAIN" AGE RENEWED FOR A SECOND SEASON

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TNT has renewed one of my favorite tv "Men of a Certain Age" for a episode sescond season.

The midlife crisis drama  originally premiered in December to great ratings and has continued to be a viewers and critics favorite.

"Men of a Certain Age" stars Ray Romano, Andre Braugher and Scott Bakula and currently airs Mondays on TNT .  The current season will end February 22,

KEVIN ALEJANDRO JOINS "TRUE BLOOD"

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Kevin Alejandro, a member of TNT's "Southland" ensemble, is joining the cast of "True Blood" for its third season.

Alejandro will play a love interest for Lafayette (Nelsan Ellis), according to The Hollywood Reporter. His character, Jesus, is an orderly who's helping care for Lafayette's mom (Alfre Woodard). He's scheduled to appear "in almost every episode" of season 3, which will debut in the summer.

He's also still attached to "Southland." The former NBC series debuts on TNT on Jan. 12, but the cable channel is planning to see how it performs before deciding whether to go back into production. That leaves some room on Alejandro's schedule for "True Blood."

MEN OF A CERTAIN AGE: PILOT REVIEW ( A MUST SEE)

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 “Men of a Certain Age”, the Ray Romano-Scott Bakula- Andre Braugher new TNT series premiered last night and I hope that I am not speaking to soon, but I love this show already.

The show tells the story of three male friends who have reached that point in life called middle-age.  Romano, who co-created and co-wrote the pilot with Mike Royce, plays Joe, a party supply store owner and father of two teens.  Joe is also not quite ready to admit that his marriage is over, due to his gambling addiction.  We see in the pilot that his gambling addiction will wreck havoc in future episodes.  I was really pleasantly surprised with Romano portrayal.  He goes far beyond anything he showed his fans in ‘Everybody Loves Raymond” The anxiety and angst of Joe, tampered in with self deprecating humor was executed perfectly by Romano.

Scott Bakula co-stars as Terry, a lifelong bachelor and aspiring actor. Terry is essentially an actor, who feels that auditioning for TV-movie jobs are beneath him.  He takes random jobs that he could care less about and sleeps with random women.  I am really looking forward to seeing how this character develops.

Then there’s Andre Braugher who plays Owen, a married father of three.  He sells cars at his father’s dealership, though he doesn’t like the work and is not good at it, he feels and believes that his father will leave everything for him to run in the future. When his father tells him that he is a disappointment and he will not succeed him in the family business and walks away, well let me just that it was heartbreaking watch.

I would truly recommend this show.  “Men of a Certain Age" deals with real life situations told through the lives of three very different life long friends, who you can’t help, but root for in the end.

TNT RENEWS "HAWTHORNE FOR A SECOND SEASON

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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.