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Reality TV

Cold Justice gets second season on TNT

With three success stories already in the works since its September debut, TNT’s true-crime series Cold Justice has scored a second season, which will bow in early 2014. Cold Justice, executive produced by Law & Order‘s Dick Wolf,  features former Houston prosecutor Kelly Siegler and former Las Vegas crime-scene investigator Yolanda McClary taking on some of America’s 200,000 unsolved murder cases. • RELATED: Channel Guide interviews Kelly Siegler and Yolanda McClary of TNT’s Cold Justice The series has proven to be as effective a crime-fighting enterprise as it is compelling TV. Thanks to Siegler and McClary’s efforts, cases featured in Cold Justice‘s first three episodes have headed […]

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Interview

Cold Justice: Meet TNT’s new crime solvers Kelly Siegler and Yolanda McClary

C.S.I. fans, if you’ve ever wondered if Catherine Willows was based on an actual person, you’re about to get your answer. In TNT’s latest true-crime outing, Cold Justice, Dick Wolf, executive producer of the Law & Order franchise, takes on some of America’s 200,000-plus real-life cold cases, spotlighting former Las Vegas crime scene investigator Yolanda McClary — on whom Willows was based —  and former Houston prosecutor Kelly Siegler (68 wins, 0 losses) as they team up to tackle small-town murder cases that were previously thought unsolvable. With a team of two homicide detectives plus local authorities backing them up, the pair […]

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TV News & Program Updates

Fall 2013 Reality Shows: New series from E!, Bravo, Oxygen and more!

Reality fans, the fall TV season has plenty of brand-new unscripted offerings for your viewing pleasure — plus the welcome return of some popular favorites.  Here’s a sampling of Fall 2013 reality shows. (All times Eastern/Pacific) Patrick Dempsey: Racing Le Mans (pictured) Velocity Premieres: Aug. 28 Airs: Wednesdays at 10pm What’s It All About? Grey’s Anatomy star Patrick Dempsey has set himself an enormous goal — to compete at the most prestigious race in motorsports, the 24 Hours of Le Mans. Dempsey’s passion and commitment to racing has earned him respect in the racing community, but the road to Le Mans isn’t without […]

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Sports

PGA Championship 2013 TV schedule

PGA Championship 2013 TV schedule: Golf’s final major of the year takes place at Oak Hill Country Club in Rochester, N.Y., Aug. 8-11 on TNT and CBS. Golf’s final major of the year, the PGA Championship, takes place at Oak Hill Country Club in Rochester, N.Y., as the best in the game look to take home the Wanamaker Trophy and end the season on a high note. Rory McIlroy won last year with a dominant tournament-record 8-shot victory, breaking Jack Nicklaus’ record for PGA Championship margin of victory. McIlroy will go up against top players Tiger Woods, Justin Rose, Adam […]

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Sports

NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Coke Zero 400 Saturday on TNT

NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Coke Zero 400 takes place on Saturday, July 6, on TNT for a race under the lights at Daytona International Speedway. Sprint Cup stars Jimmie Johnson, Carl Edwards, Clint Bowyer, Kevin Harvick, Matt Kenseth, Dale Earnhardt Jr., Kasey Khane and others return to famed Daytona International Speedway for a race under the lights at the Coke Zero 400 on Saturday, July 6. TNT has live coverage of the race at 7:30pm ET. Tony Stewart won last year’s race in a green-white-checkered restart to claim his fourth career win in Daytona’s summer race.

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Drama

Heather Locklear and “Franklin & Bash” are a perfect fit on TNT

Heather Locklear and Franklin & Bash are a perfect fit on TNT,  but that shouldn’t surprise anybody who saw her resurrect a struggling Melrose Place in the ’90s. Franklin & Bash (9pm ET Wednesdays) is one of those cable dramas that can drive a viewer crazy. I initially despised the series when it premiered two years ago, and then it kind of grew on me. Unfortunately, there was still something missing, and it turned out that something was Locklear. The main problem with the premise of Franklin & Bash is that you really have to suspend belief to accept that any firm […]

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Drama

Major Crimes Season 2 begins June 10 on TNT

Summer is here and so is the art of the deal on Major Crimes. Don’t forget to tune in Monday, June 10 (and set your DVRs), when Capt. Sharon Raydor (Mary McDonnell) and one of television’s best ensemble casts returns for a second season. Seven million viewers watched Major Crimes last year, ranking Major Crimes as basic cable’s No. 1 new series of 2012. As their second season opens, Lt. Provenza (GW Bailey) continues to drop hints about retiring while Lt. Flynn (Tony Denison) commits to 10,000 steps a day to help his health. Rusty (Graham Patrick Martin) has settled […]

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Drama

Jon Tenney is the King in TNT’s detective drama “King & Maxwell”

TNT adds more ampersands and more private eyes to its drama lineup. Jon Tenney and Rebecca Romijn star as best-selling author David Baldacci’s popular characters Sean King and Michelle Maxwell, former Secret Service agents who use their unique skills — not to mention their razor-sharp chemistry — to give them a leg up on conventional law enforcement.   By Jay Bobbin Clearly, TNT loves Jon Tenney. And the feeling is mutual, since the actor has worked for the cable network for the better part of the past decade. After his long run as FBI Special Agent Fritz Howard — longtime […]

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Competition

Contestants on 72 Hours race to find suitcase of cash

The clock is ticking for contestants on 72 Hours, TNT’s new heart-pounding competition series debuting Thursday, June 6 at 9pm ET. When it comes to the new reality competition series 72 Hours, it has the intensity of a Jason Bourne action-thriller and the drama expected from any mismatched team of unknowns thrown together and dropped in unknown terrain in a high-stakes race to find a treasure. The treasure is a briefcase filled with $100,000 cash awarded to the first team to find it. The teams consist of three random strangers from diverse backgrounds, each possessing their own unique survival skills, […]

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The Rock is holding out for “The Hero” in new TNT competition series

Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson continues his dominating summer of turning up in just about everything as he headlines and co-executive produces the new TNT competition series The Hero, premiering June 6 at 8pm ET/PT. In The Hero, a diverse group of nine people face extraordinary situations and see who can emerge as the ultimate champion. With Dwayne Johnson as mentor and motivator, the contestants are encouraged to reach far beyond their personal limits, being tested physically, mentally and morally as they try to prove that they deserve the title of “The Hero” and the life-changing grand prize that goes with […]