TNT losing Holly Hunter’s “Saving Grace” in 2010
Atlanta-based TNT is closing down its pricey drama "Saving Grace" starring Oscar winner Holly Hunter next summer.
Interestingly, TNT wanted a full-blown 15 episode fourth season but Fox TV studios decided it was too expensive in relation to the fees they were getting from TNT. And presumably, TNT wasn’t going to pony up more given the good — but not outstanding — ratings.
The show has been averaging just over 3 million viewers this summer. This is less than half of what “The Closer” gets but in the ballpark of sister dramas “Raising the Bar,” “Dark Blue” and “Leverage.”
Instead, TNT will do nine episodes which will air in the summer of 2010, enough to tie up storylines and end the show in a dignified fashion. If it had done 15, it would have aired six in the winter and nine in the summer.
The pending end of "Saving Grace":
- A sin! I'm going to miss this offbeat drama.
- Leaving us is grace indeed. It failed to grab me.
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“Grace,” arguably the most complex and edgiest of TNT’s original dramas, features Hunter as a detective who has a guardian angel and grapples with a bevy of personal and spiritual issues.
"It's been a fantastic beacon for the network, which has both challenged and entertained viewers in ways few other shows on television ever dare," he said.
Hunter this year has been nominated for an Emmy for best actress in a drama for the second year in a row.
Comedy Central, in the meantime, has cancelled its comedy “Reno 911″ after six seasons
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