TNT is getting ready to light up summer with another dramatic lineup of original series. TNT will roll out a total of 10 shows this summer, including new seasons of the blockbuster hits “The Last Ship,” basic cable’s #1 new series of 2014; “Rizzoli & Isles” and “Major Crimes,” which joined “The Last Ship” to rank as basic cable’s Top 3 originals last summer; and “Murder in the First,” one of last year’s Top 10 new series on basic cable. This summer, TNT will also present the fifth and final season of the epic sci-fi drama “Falling Skies,” along with a new season of the nail-biting undercover drama “Legends” and new episodes of the powerful real-life investigation series “Cold Justice.”
Three new series are set to make their debut on TNT this summer, including the 1960s-set police drama “Public Morals,” from writer, director, executive producer and star Edward Burns and executive producer Steven Spielberg; the unique drama “Proof,” starring Jennifer Beals and Matthew Modine and executive-produced by Kyra Sedgwick; and “Cold Justice: Sex Crimes,” the first spinoff of TNT’s “Cold Justice” from Wolf Reality and Magical Elves.
In addition to airing on TNT’s linear television platform, each of the shows on the summer slate will be available via VOD and digital on-demand, including the TNT Drama website and the Watch TNT mobile and tablet apps. New episodes will be made available the day after they premiere on linear television.
Below is a complete rundown of TNT’s original scripted dramas slated for summer 2015.
Major Crimes – Season 4 Premiere: Monday, June 8, at 9 p.m. (ET/PT)
Murder in the First – Season 2 Premiere: Monday, June 8, at 10 p.m. (ET/PT)
Rizzoli & Isles – Season 6 Premiere: Tuesday, June 16, at 9 p.m. (ET/PT)
Proof – Series Premiere: Tuesday, June 16, at 10 p.m. (ET/PT)
“Proof” also stars Callum Blue, Edi Gathegi, Annie Thurman and newcomer Caroline Rose Kaplan. The series is produced by TNT, with Kyra Sedgwick, Rob Bragin, Tom Jacobson, Jill Littman and Emmy® winner Alex Graves serving as executive producers.
The Last Ship – Two-Hour Season 2 Premiere: Sunday, June 21, at 9 p.m. (ET/PT)
“The Last Ship” also stars Travis Van Winkle, Charles Parnell, Christina Elmore, Marissa Neitling, John Pyper Ferguson and Jocko Sims, with Emmy® winner Alfre Woodard set to guest-star in a multi-episode arc.
Falling Skies – Final Season Premiere: Sunday, June 28, at 10 p.m. (ET/PT)
Cold Justice – Summer Premiere: Friday, July 31, at 8 p.m. (ET/PT)
Spring Episodes: April 10 – June 5
Justice Served special with John Walsh: May 29
Summer premiere with Cold Justice: Sex Crimes: July 31
In May, John Walsh will be back to host a new “Cold Justice: Justice Served” special, in which Siegler and McClary update viewers on the status of recent cases and the remarkable results that the show has helped achieved. And when “Cold Justice” returns for its summer premiere at the end of July, it will be joined by the new spinoff series, “Cold Justice: Sex Crimes.” “Cold Justice” is produced for TNT by Wolf Reality and Magical Elves. Emmy® winners Dick Wolf, Dan Cutforth & Jane Lipsitz and Tom Thayer serve as executive producers.
Cold Justice: Sex Crimes – Series Premiere: Friday, July 31, at 9 p.m. (ET/PT)
Emmy® winners Dick Wolf, Dan Cutforth & Jane Lipsitz and Tom Thayer serve as executive producers on “Cold Justice: Sex Crimes,” with “Cold Justice” expert Kelly Siegler also serving as an executive producer on the new show.
Legends – Season 2 Premiere: Tuesday, Aug. 25, at 10 p.m. (ET/PT)
Public Morals – Series Premiere: Monday, Aug. 17, at 9 p.m. (ET/PT)
Also starring in “Public Morals” are Ruben Santiago-Hudson, Wass Stevens, Keith Nobbs, Austin Stowell, Patrick Murney, Katrina Bowden, Lyndon Smith, Brian Wiles and Cormac Cullinane. In addition, Public Morals will feature guest appearances by Oscar® winner Timothy Hutton, Golden Globe® winner Brian Dennehy, Satellite Award® winner Neal McDonough and Satellite Award nominee Robert Knepper. “Public Morals” is produced in collaboration with Amblin Television and executive producers Steven Spielberg, Justin Falvey and Darryl Frank, the team behind the network’s hit series “Falling Skies.” Also serving as executive producer is Aaron Lubin.
