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Hawthorne (TV series)

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.


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