Hawthorne | |
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Created by | John Masius |
Starring |
Jada Pinkett Smith Michael Vartan David Julian Hirsh Suleka Mathew Collins Pennie Christina Moore Hannah Hodson Vanessa Lengies Marc Anthony Aisha Hinds Anne Ramsay Adam Rayner Derek Luke James Morrison Vanessa Bell Calloway |
Theme music composer |
James Poyser Julio Reyes Copello Mauricio Gasca |
Composer(s) |
W. G. Snuffy Walden The Angel Julio Reyes Copello The Graves Brothers |
Country of origin | United States |
Original language(s) | English |
No. of seasons | 3 |
No. of episodes | 30 (list of episodes) |
Production | |
Executive producer(s) |
John Masius Mikael Salomon (pilot only) Jamie Tarses Jada Pinkett Smith Glen Mazzara John Tinker Miguel Melendez |
Producer(s) | Miguel Melendez Preston Ficher Sarah Thorp Erica Shelton Sang Kyu Kim Allison Robbins |
Editor(s) | Kaja Fehr Monty DeGraff Alam Baumgarten (pilot only) Elizabeth Kling Robert Bramwell Debra Weinfeld |
Running time | 42 minutes |
Production company(s) | 100% Womon Productions Overbrook Entertainment FanFare Productions John Masius Productions Sony Pictures Television |
Distributor | Sony Pictures Television |
Release | |
Original network | TNT |
Original release | June 16, 2009 – August 16, 2011 |
External links | |
Website |
Hawthorne (sometimes stylized HawthoRNe) is an hour-long medical drama on the TNT television network starring Jada Pinkett Smith and Michael Vartan. It premiered on June 16, 2009. On Thursday, September 16, 2010, it was announced that Hawthorne has been renewed for a third and final season consisting of 10 episodes. The third and final season of the show premiered on June 14, 2011, and ended on August 16, 2011.
On September 2, 2011, it was announced that TNT had decided not to renew HawthoRNe, so the Season 3 finale, a cliffhanger, was the series finale.
Christina Hawthorne is introduced as Chief Nursing Officer heading a group of nurses at Richmond Trinity Hospital in Richmond, Virginia. She is very passionate about her work and always advocates for her patients and her staff, even when it threatens her job. Richmond Trinity Hospital later closes and the staff is moved to James River Hospital. While acclimating to the new work atmosphere, she must also deal with a new relationship that she has formed with Dr. Tom Wakefield, the Chief of Surgery. Dr. Wakefield wants commitment and she is still unsure if she can become close with someone else. In season three they get married and face challenges including loss and infidelity.
John Masius created the program and served as executive producer for the first season. Glen Mazzara also served as executive producer for the first season. The program was initially going to be called Time Heals. Megan Branman and Dylann Brander of Branman/Brander Casting were involved in casting for the program. In September 2008, Jamie Tarses was reported to be an executive producer on the program.
In September 2008, The Press of Atlantic City reported that Jada Pinkett Smith signed on as both the star of the television pilot, and to serve as executive producer of the program. Pinkett Smith had previously promised never to work in television again, but changed her mind after reading the script of the pilot. She recalled getting the script from her manager: "He said, 'I would never send this to you if I didn't think it was fantastic.' I read it and then I let my husband read it. (Will) said to take the meeting and see." She decided to return to television because of the show's unique qualities.