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TNT Developing Shows From Tom Clancy, Matthew McConaughey and Nigel Lythgoe

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TNT is developing 11 new series, including seven scripted shows and four unscripted projects, the network announced Wednesday.

King and Maxwell follows Sean King and Michelle Maxwell, two popular characters by best-selling author David Baldacci, who will serve as a consultant on the show. King and Maxwell are private investigators who were also former secret service agents.
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The Closer Creator James Duff Previews "Road Block"

The Closer

For most of our last season, the questions we've been asking about love deal with its passionate side. In the five winter episodes, we have veered slowly towards the costs of that passion. As I have noted before, the only real promise you ever get with love is that it must end; that we go on loving, in the face of certain loss, is one of the nobler traits of humanity; in fact, it may be our saving grace as a species.

Devotion and adoration are not restricted to things that are good for us... read more

The Closer Creator James Duff Previews the Show's "Jolly" 100th Episode

Kyra Sedgwick, Frances Sternhagen and Barry Corbin

In our season-long examination of love, The Closer would be remiss if it didn't pause to consider the fuzziest of all human passions: a fondness for our own golden past.

Hardly anything tickles warm, childhood memories like the holidays. Gifts, decorations, friendly gatherings, family feasting and favorite songs blend to paint a glowing patina over our best memories. Unfortunately, the American brand of nostalgia borders on amnesia, and holding on to our youthful attachments oftentimes requires overlooking a host of problematic truths, or so our intrepid civilian tech, Buzz Watson, discovers when dragging his younger sister, Casey, on their annual trip to a local Christmas fair... read more

The Closer Creator James Duff Previews "Necessary Evil"

Kyra Sedgwick

As The Closer returns for its last winter season ever (on its way to its series finale next summer), I think it's only right to begin with a seasonal expression of gratitude. We could not be finishing our story on such a high note if you had not come along for the ride.

So what can you expect between the first Monday after Thanksgiving and the last Monday in December? The Closer sets off by investigating the death of a high school principal... read more

First Look: The Closer Toasts 100 Episodes

Jon Tenney and Kyra Sedgwick

Kyra Sedgwick and Jon Tenney enjoyed a drink after wrapping The Closer's 100th episode (airing December 5 on TNT), which executive producer James Duff calls "a light Christmas gift" to fans. "We murder Santa Claus. We felt the world could use a little laugh at... read more

Mega Buzz: New Pairs on Good Wife and Diaries? Plus: Bloody Good Dexter Scoop

Archie Panjabi, Michael C. Hall, Candice Accola

Every week, editors Adam Bryant and Natalie Abrams satisfy your need for TV scoop. Please send all questions to mega_scoop@tvguide.com.

I need some Good Wife scoop! Anything on Kalinda? — Brittany
ADAM:
Archie Panjabi says viewers will get new insight into Kalinda's relationship with Will. "The two of them look out for each other a lot," Panjabi says. "I think we'll definitely get to see that in Season 3. They used to spend a lot of time drinking in bars." Given what we now know about Kalinda's history with Peter, we certainly hope nothing happened after those drinks.

Please give us scoop on the new season of Dexter! — Mitchell
NATALIE:
The season premiere opens on... read more

The Closer Creator James Duff Previews "Fresh Pursuit"

Kyra Sedgwick

The Closer often uses legal terms for titles, not merely to reference the jargon of police officers, but also to describe the plight of our characters, and to tie all that together with the theme. Our next episode is a case in point, as we consider the love of the chase in our summer finale, "Fresh Pursuit."
 
We begin at the end of a very long hunt. Brenda sits in a courtroom, backed up by her husband and the Major Crimes Division of the LAPD, while her attorney, Gavin Q. Baker duels with opposing counsel, Peter Goldman, on whether the case filed by the family of Turell Baylor should be dismissed... read more

The Closer Creator James Duff Previews "Star Turn"

The Closer

Of all the darker passions lurking in the ordinary psyche, none is more brilliantly deceptive than the love of glory. Fame-seeking destroys decent people in ways only an addict could truly comprehend. Wars, political debacles, the dispassionate way one's personal honor is laid aside in order to bask in the bonfire of a media burnout: the infamy of fame knows no limits and, once embraced, can hardly ever be fully released.

Sadly, most of us are more susceptible to the influence of celebrity than we would like to admit... read more

The Closer Creator James Duff Previews "Family Affair"

Mary McDonnell and Kyra Sedgwick

In "Family Affair," we examine one of love's deeper, and darker, demands. Sooner or later, in any relationship, one's worst qualities become impossible to ignore. Living together, for example, is the quickest known way to obliterate the softer edges of romance. "Will love remain," we cannot help but wonder, "when all my faults are finally laid bare, and others know the worst?"

This is the question our victim would ask, if only she could talk, as her inquiring mother shows up, insisting her daughter did not overdose on drugs; to prove it, our distraught parent must come to terms with several ugly truths about a child she has not seen in years. Will the grieving mother still love her daughter when she knows all?

Chief Johnson and Captain Raydor find themselves in something of the same dilemma as they try to discover, once and for all, how Major Crimes ended up being sued over the death of Turell Baylor.... read more

Submit Your Questions for "Conversations with The Closer"

Kyra Sedgwick, Mary McDonnell

Calling all Closer fans! Do you have a burning question about the final season of the TNT hit series? TV Guide Magazine Editor-in-Chief Debra Birnbaum will moderate a Screen Actors Guild Foundation Q&A with the cast — including Kyra Sedgwick, Phillip P. Keene and Mary McDonnell — as well as creator James Duff tonight at 11:15pm ET/8:15pm PT in Los Angeles, right after ...
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