“TNT’s refreshed and recharged drama brand is soaring this summer, and that is due in large part to these three enormously popular dramas,” said Michael Wright, president, head of programming for TNT, TBS and Turner Classic Movies (TCM). “The Last Ship has become this summer’s top drama among key adult demos with its epic scale and visceral storytelling. Major Crimes continues to be one of the most enduring and popular crime-drama franchises on television. And Falling Skies has begun an ambitious and thrilling story arc this summer as it sets the stage for next year’s climactic final season.”

While The Last Ship has become basic cable’s #1 scripted series this summer in adults 18-49 and the TNT target demo of adults 25-54, Major Crimes has seen an uptick in total viewership that has put it behind only Rizzoli & Isles and Falling Skies has been averaging some 5.5 million total viewers in L+7. Interestingly, Perception and Murder in the First have been left out of the TNT mass renewal; it’s not necessarily a sign of doom for either show, considering that each still has several episodes remaining in which to make a case for their renewal, but it’s hard not to look at this as an indication of vulnerability. With TNT looking to go younger with its programming choices, Perception not breaking out following the biggest lead-in on the network and Murder in the First failing to stir up much in the way of buzz might cause both to lost their spots on the schedule.

The Last Ship airs Sundays at 9:00 on TNT, with Falling Skies following at 10:00 and Major Crimes airing Mondays at 9:00.

Have you been watching The Last Ship? What have you thought about this season of Major Crimes? Are you sad that there’s only one season of Falling Skies remaining?

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The cable network has ordered 10 episodes of a scripted drama based off The Librarian film franchise, entitled The Librarians, and has tapped Rebecca Romijn to star.

Librarian crator Dean Devlin will return to the project to executive produce alongside John Rogers and Marc Roskin, who previously served as co-EP on the three films.

Noah Wyle, star of the TNT movie trilogy, will also be reprising his role as Flynn Carsen while also serving as one of the show”s executive producers.  This is in addition to his casino online regular role on the same networks” sci-fi drama Falling Skies.

The new series, expected to premiere in late 2014, will ceter on four people from around the world who are enlisted by Flynn to serve as “Librarians”: members of an ancient organization who are dedicated to protecting the world from the secret, magical reality of history.

Romijn will star as Eve Baird, a highly skilled counterterrorism agent, responsible for protecting the group.  John Larroquette will oversee the new team of Librarians as Jenkins, an expert in ancient lore.

Also starring, Christian Kane (Leverage) will play Jake Stone, an Oklahoma oil worker with a 190 IQ and encyclopedic knowledge of art history.  Lindsey Booth (Dawn of the Dead) will play Cassandra, a “quirky woman” with a special gift of auditory and sensory hallucinations linked to memory retrieval, and John Kim (The Pacific) will portray Ezekiel Jones, master of new technologies and expert of classic crimes.

Falling Skies” Matt Frewer will also recur as Dulaque, a mysterious immortal who oversees a ancient cult.

Bob Newhart and Jane Curtin will also reprise their roles from the films for the series.

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While Falling Skies returns Sunday, June 22nd at 10:00, the show gets a lead-in for the first time in the form of The Last Ship, which premieres the same night at 9:00. Executive produced by Michael Bay, the series stars Eric Dane (Grey”s Anatomy) as Naval Captain Tom Chandler, in charge of the U.S.S. Nathan James. With a global catastrophe that decimated the world”s population in their rearview mirror, the crew must confront the idea that they”re some of the few remaining humans on Earth. In addition to Dane, The Last Ship stars Rhona Mitra (Strike Back) as Rachel Scott, the ship”s paleomicrobiologist and Adam Baldwin (Firefly) as XO Mike Slattery, Chandler”s second-in-command.

Wednesday, August 20th will see the premiere of Legends, a thriller based on the award-winning book by spy novelist Robert Littell. Starring Sean Bean (Game of Thrones), the series tells the story of Martin Odum, an undercover FBI agent with the ability to completely transform himself into online casino another person for each job. Soon enough, though, he”s confronted with the notion that the man he thinks himself to be isn”t who he truly is. In addition to Bean, the series stars Ali Larter (Heroes) as Crystal Quest, an FBI operative who has history with Odum; Morris Chestnut (Nurse Jackie) as Tony Cimarro, a DCO agent; Tina Majorino (Veronica Mars) as Maggie Harris, the newest member of the DCO team; Steve Harris (Awake) as Nelson Gates, director of the DCO task force; and Mason Cook (The Lone Ranger) as Martin”s pre-teen son Aiden.

Premiere dates for Major Crimes, Perception, Rizzoli & Isles, Franklin & Bash, Dallas, and Stephen Bocho drama Murder in the First will all be revealed at a later date.

What do you think will happen on Falling Skies this season? Will you be watching either Legends or The Last Ship? Do you expect either one to be the next big hit for TNT?

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Starring Noah Wyle (ER) as former college professor Tom Mason, Falling Skies tells the story of a group of survivors who struggle to maintain order after an alien invasion. This season skipped ahead seven months following the arrival of the 2nd Mass, with Tom being elected President of the New United States and tasked with working closely with a Volm ambassador. However, all is not what it seems and Tom’s leadership is under attack before long, whether it be a spy for someone the entire town long thought dead or one of the newcomers disregarding his authority and putting him in a difficult position. Will he be able to assert himself as a respected leader with so many outside influences trying to take him down? Or is the country still in too unstable a place for anyone to have a chance at succeeding as President?

In addition to Wyle, Falling Skies features the likes of Moon Bloodgood (Terminator Salvation), Drew Roy (Hannah Montana), Connor Jessup (Blackbird), and Maxim Knight (Special Agent Oso).

Falling Skies airs Sundays at 9:00 on TNT. You can check out a promo for the next episode, where Lourdes experiments with a new medical procedure and Charleston’s government receives a massive shift, below.

What have you thought about Falling Skies this season? Is there anything that you’d like them to change for next season? Where do you think the show is going in the final five episodes of season three?

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