Fans of TNT's Hit Series THE CLOSER Get a Sneak Peek at What's Coming Up on Season 3 During Live June 7 Web Cast hosted by TVGui
June 04 2007 - 5:08PM
PR Newswire (US)
Golden Globe(R) Winner Kyra Sedgwick To Be Joined by Series Creator
James Duff and Other Cast Members for Interactive Web Cast at 4
p.m. ET/1 p.m. PT ATLANTA, June 4 /PRNewswire/ -- Fans of TNT's THE
CLOSER, ad-supported cable's #1 series of all time, will have a
chance to ask questions of the series' cast members, including
Golden Globe(R) winner Kyra Sedgwick, and find out what is in store
for the upcoming third season when TVGuide.com hosts a special
interactive Web cast live from the set on Thursday, June 7,
beginning at 4 p.m. (ET)/ 1 p.m. (PT). Joining Sedgwick will be the
series creator and executive producer James Duff as well as fellow
cast members Jon Tenney, J.K. Simmons, Corey Reynolds, Robert
Gossett, G.W. Bailey, Tony Denison, Raymond Cruz and Michael Paul
Chan. Craig Tomashoff, TV Guide's Los Angeles bureau chief, will
moderate the chat, which invites fans to send questions in via
email and watch the cast live as they offer their insights on their
characters, the show, the upcoming third season and the show's
enormous popularity. (Photo:
http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20070604/CLM154) To join the
live web cast, fans should go to the http://www.tvguide.com/
homepage and click on the link. The web cast will also be simulcast
on TNT.tv and CNN Pipeline. THE CLOSER's eagerly anticipated third
season will kick off Monday, June 18, at 9 p.m. (ET/PT), with the
first episode presented uninterrupted and commercial-free,
sponsored by Toyota. Each episode will also be made available via
broadband at tnt.tv and iTunes, as well as through VOD, following
its run on TNT. Sedgwick took home the Golden Globe for Best
Actress in a Drama Series this year for her performance as the
feminine yet forceful, offbeat yet indomitable CIA-trained Deputy
Police Chief Brenda Leigh Johnson, a former Atlanta detective
brought to Los Angeles to head a special LAPD unit charged with
cracking sensitive, high-profile murder cases. She is an expert at
digging into a person's secrets and obtaining confessions, despite
constantly struggling with her own imperfections and neuroses.
Ratings for THE CLOSER's first and second seasons combine to rank
it as ad-supported cable's #1 original series of all time among
viewers and households, according to data from Nielsen Media
Research. Last year's second-season launch in June scored
ad-supported cable's largest audience delivery ever for an original
scripted series telecast, beating its own record set with the
premiere episode of season one. THE CLOSER comes to TNT from The
Shephard/Robin Company in association with Warner Bros. Television
and is executive-produced by Greer Shephard (Nip/Tuck, The D.A.),
Michael M. Robin (Nip/Tuck, The D.A., NYPD Blue) and James Duff
(The D.A., The Agency), and produced by Andrew J. Sacks (The D.A,
Adaptation, Two Soliders). Gil Garcetti, Los Angeles district
attorney from 1992 to 2000, is a consulting producer. Turner
Network Television (TNT), television's destination for drama and
one of cable's top-rated networks, offers original movies and
series, including the acclaimed detective drama The Closer,
starring Golden Globe(R) winner Kyra Sedgwick; Saving Grace, a bold
new drama starring Oscar winner Holly Hunter; Heartland, a powerful
medical drama with Treat Williams and Kari Matchett; and this
summer's eagerly anticipated television event The Company,
executive-produced by Ridley Scott and starring Chris O'Donnell,
Michael Keaton and Alfred Molina. TNT is also home to powerful
one-hour dramas, such as Without a Trace, Law & Order, Las
Vegas, Cold Case, ER and Charmed; broadcast premiere movies;
compelling prime-time specials, such as the Screen Actors Guild
Awards(R); and championship sports coverage, including NASCAR and
the NBA. TNT is also available in high-definition. Turner
Broadcasting System, Inc., a Time Warner company, is a major
producer of news and entertainment product around the world and the
leading provider of programming to the cable industry. CONTACTS:
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