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December 13 2006

Morena Baccarin's pilot "Heartland" picked up by TNT. The cable network has given a go-ahead to this series about heart transplant surgeons, starring Treat Williams.

It will probably replace "Saved" in the TNT schedule as a better match to air in the timeslot following their big hit series, "The Closer."

billz | Cast&Crew | 14:47 CET | 23 comments total | tags: morena baccarin, heartland, tnt, inara, the closer

Oh, bad, bad pun. But good for her! I hope it works out, but, well. Like any good Browncoat, I regard the television business cynically.

thatfangirl | December 13, 15:33 CET

Saved isn't coming back? Man that stinks. :(

Odysseus | December 13, 16:02 CET

More Morena on TV is a good thing.

Lucidmind | December 13, 16:39 CET

Yay for Morena!

madmolly | December 13, 17:04 CET

Nice one Morena ! Sounds worth checking out at least and being cable presumably it'll have shorter seasons thus leaving her free to fulfill her upcoming Wonder Woman commitments ;).

(also 'Grace' sounds interesting, sort of an adult 'Joan of Arcadia' maybe, not hurt by the fact that i'd gladly watch - and listen to - Holly Hunter read the phonebook)

Saje | December 13, 17:33 CET

:D Treat Williams is a surgeon again? Yay for more-Morena. ;)

non sequitur | December 13, 18:19 CET

Medical drama + Morena = OMGYAY!!! Sorry I'm a huge fan of medical shows seeing as I'm studying to be a surgical PA...and Morena is just amazing so that rocks.

kballgetlost | December 13, 18:20 CET

I thought the same thing non sequitur, what an odd thing to be typecasted as.

MySerenity | December 13, 19:14 CET

Ah...but whappens for us schmucks who don't get TNT? Much as I would buy expensive cable TV packages to see Morena on TV again on a long-term basis...I doubt my housemates wanna get partially saddled with the skyrocketed cost of TV;)

BlueEyedBrigadier | December 13, 20:53 CET

This is great news! I cannot wait to see Morena on TV again.

Ameer | December 13, 20:59 CET

I'm happy for Morena but to be attached to a Treat Williams project. Yikes!

The Ninja Report | December 13, 21:04 CET

Ah...but whappens for us schmucks who don't get TNT?

Good point. Do original TNT shows get released on DVD or shown as re-runs on basic cable channels?

Simon | December 13, 21:05 CET

I believe "Into the West" (Christian Kane, Alan Tudyk)was a TNT original that got a dvd release. Please correct me if I'm wrong.

Willowy | December 13, 21:12 CET

Good for Morena.

TamaraC | December 13, 21:14 CET

I love Treat and I love Morena..so YAY!!!

SillyD | December 13, 23:17 CET

We get "The Closer" on basic cable service here in southern Ontario after it's run on TNT - the channel is available by antenna as well. I guess is depends on interest/cost whether local stations pick these shows up.

redfern | December 14, 00:06 CET

Isn't TNT on basic cable in most markets? I'm pretty sure it is in Los Angeles.

TamaraC | December 14, 00:26 CET

Isn't TNT on basic cable in most markets? I'm pretty sure it is in Los Angeles.

Not up here in the Great White North, TamaraC...TNT is considered a specialty channel like HBO, Showtime or Cinemax.

BlueEyedBrigadier | December 14, 01:53 CET

Good for Morena, and she's listed as a Co-Star (which is a step up for any actor). I like Treat Williams and can probably buy him as a surgeon. Too bad that right now I'm like many of you and don't get TNT since it is on "extended" cable. So I may just have to bite that bullet for this and other reasons.

Kyrax | December 14, 03:46 CET

My dance of joy over seeing Morena regularly on my TV again was abruptly stopped when I realized, I don't get TNT. Just fuzzy basic five networks through rusty rabbit ears, Crap. Well congratulations anyway Morena. :)

onthedrift | December 14, 04:56 CET

I like Treat Williams and can probably buy him as a surgeon.

Hey, he already has four years of experience.

Dirk | December 14, 07:07 CET

Yeah, as happy as I was for Morena, I was sorry to see Saved cancelled (I liked that), and sad to be reminded that Everwood got the ax. But, as Dirk Lance says, at least all that time Treat Williams spent at Television Medical School won't go to waste. ;-)

billz | December 14, 11:28 CET

Shows on cable, if popular, do get made into DVDs - MONK, The Closer, to name a few.

angel fan | December 14, 22:08 CET

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