TNT Pulls Plug on Heartland, Eyes Thief Drama
Treat Williams in Heartland Andrew Eccles/TNT
TNT has taken Treat Williams'
Heartland off the donor list after nine episodes. The med drama opened with poor retention of lead-in
The Closer's audience, and only waned further when it got bumped to an 8 pm slot. Its audience also skewed a bit old for Madison Avenue's liking.
Looking ahead, says
Variety, TNT has greenlit production on
Leverage, a pilot directed and produced by Dean Devlin (
The Librarian) and concerning a team of high-tech thieves who target wealthy crooks, corrupt power brokers and slimy politicos. Ooh, it's as if Robin Hood watched those few episodes of
Smith!