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Jada Pinkett Smith Heals in New TNT Pilot

Jada Pinkett Smith is coming back to television. Pinkett Smith has signed on to play the lead in TNT's new drama pilot, Time Heals. She will play Nancy Hawthorne, a unsung hero and single mom who works as the nursing director at Charlotte Mercy Hospital in North Carolina. The pilot was created John Masius (St. Elsewhere, Providence), who will also serve as executive producer. Pinkett Smith and Jamie Tarses (My Boys) will also be exec producers. TNT isn't straying far from its thus-far successful formula. Like current hits The Closer and Saving Grace, this new show focuses on a strong female lead played by an A-list actress. Pinkett Smith turned in two years of work on A Different World before moving on to the greener pastures of feature films like the Matrix trilogy and the recently released The Women.  Adam Bryant

TV GuideNews Sept. 18, 2008 at 4:27 p.m. PT

Jada Pinkett Smith is coming back to television. Pinkett Smith has signed on to play the lead in TNT's new drama pilot, Time Heals. She will play Nancy Hawthorne, a unsung hero and single mom who works as the nursing director at Charlotte Mercy Hospital in North Carolina. The pilot was created John Masius ( St. Elsewhere, Providence), who will also serve as executive producer. Pinkett Smith and Jamie Tarses ( My Boys) will also be exec producers. TNT isn't straying far from its thus-far successful formula. Like current hits The Closer and Saving Grace, this new show focuses on a strong female lead played by an A-list actress. Pinkett Smith turned in two years of work on A Different World before moving on to the greener pastures of feature films like the Matrix trilogy and the recently released The Women. - Adam Bryant