TNT’s HawthoRNe Preview

TNT’s HawthoRNe Preview
by Wilson Morales

June 2, 2011

HAWTHORNE returns for it’s third season on June 14 with star and executive producer Jada Pinkett Smith as Christina Hawthorne, a Chief Nursing Officer ready for battle on the front lines of a war against declining patient services and hospital budget cuts.

From the looks of things, this will be the series’ most dramatic season ever as Christina Hawthorne navigates a love triangle between “Detective Nick Renata” (singer/actor Marc Anthony) and on-again/off-again flame Dr. Tom Wakefield (Michael Vartan).

Add to that a wedding and the fact that Christina is pregnant and you’ve got yourself a very juicy season premiere episode.

HAWTHORNE is told from the point of view of nurses as they struggle against the odds to deliver the best care possible. The series also stars Michael Vartan as Dr. Tom Wakefield, Richmond Trinity’s Chief of Surgery; Suleka Mathew as Bobbie Jackson, a fellow nurse and one of Christina’s best friends; Vanessa Lengies as Kelly Epson, who continues to find her footing as a nurse; and Hannah Hodson as Christina’s daughter Camille.

Marc Anthony will also be joining the cast for season three as Police Detective Nick Renata, and so will Derek Luke as Dr. Miles Bourdet, who arrives at James River Hospital to become the protégé of Dr. Tom Wakefield.

Created by Emmy winner John Masius (St. Elsewhere, Providence, Dead Like Me), HAWTHORNE comes to TNT from Sony Pictures Television in association with Pinkett Smith’s 100% Womon Productions, John Masius Productions and Jamie Tarses’ FanFare Productions. HAWTHORNE is executive-produced by Pinkett Smith; Masius; Glen Mazzara (The Shield, Crash, Life); and Jamie Tarses (My Boys).