TNT
Tuesdays @ 9pm / Premieres tonight
TNT is definitely the smarty-pants network of the summer. While most channels have paltry offerings for new material, TNT is all new, and all good. They have a stock pile of returning shows like ‘The Closer,’ ‘Saving Grace,’ ‘Raising the Bar’ and ‘Leverage’ plus new shows, ‘Dark Blue’ and ‘ Jada Pinket Smith in ‘Hawthorne.’ The latter centers on a Chief Nursing Officer (Pinkett Smith) at a very busy Richmond, Virginia hospital. She has plenty on her plate trying to run the place, and while she has a tough life (recently widowed, a single mom), she handles it with more verisimilitude than Nurse Jackie over on Showtime. The casting also brings Michael Vartan back to the tube, which we’re most excited about. Plus there’s a nice little gaggle of supporting players whose lives we can effortlessly jump into. Amazingly enough, it feels as if this show has been on for years. There’s a certain worn-in feeling about it, as if we’re returning to the halls of ‘ER.’ I almost expected to see John Stamos come around the corner. ‘Hawthorne’ is another great show to add to TNT’s slate and Ms. Pinkett Smith carries it remarkably well.
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Wow. What kinda crack are you smoking?
Hawthorne sucked big time. The characters had no depth. Acting was substandard. Nurse Jackie is WAY better.
Who’s paying you for this “promotional” review, anyway?
–KK
As a Richmonder, I was deeply disappointed in Hawthorne. The show failed big-time to capture the essence of Richmond; it could’ve just as easily taken place in Rochester, NY as it could Richmond. One of the things I enjoyed about ER was its ability to capture the essence of Chicago; ER could never work in Detroit. All I saw was two shots of the Richmond Skyline and a reference to Grove Ave and I-95. I can only assume there will be more weak references in coming episodes.
This is a great opportunity to help bring Richmond to peoples homes. I grew up in Detroit, and when people ask me what growing up in Detroit is like I tell them to watch 8 Mile or Gran Torino. Hawthorne and, and should, be Richmond’s Gran Torino.
As an ardent fan of TNT dramas, I eagerly awaited the premiere of Hawthorne. I have seldom been so disappointed. Who is the technical adviser to this show? Obviously someone who has never been in a hospital or worked in a licensed profession. How Nurse Hawthorne has any time to run around the hospital is beyond me. She must be 3 years behind in her required paperwork. The situations she finds herself in are ludicrous and her reactions are troubling. When a street person turns up with a newborn baby, she doesn’t even wonder what may have happened to the mother. When a patient calls her at home and says he is on the hospital roof, she gets out of bed and madly drives there to talk him out of jumping. Unfortunately her “talk” consists of saying good by and he jumps. A previous commenter lamented the fact that his home city was not featured. Personally, I wouldn’t want anyone to think that my city was home to this hospital.
Hawthorne is WONDERFUL! My son-in-law holds her position in a very famous ER and though Hawthorne may not be totally accurate, it is a tribue to nurses that has been a long time coming. Jada Pinkett Smith is a breath of fresh air. She shows us what it’s like to believe in the work you do and to fight for those beliefs. By the way, my daughter is a doctor and doesn’t feel offended by the portrayal of doctors at Richmond. IT’S TV, folks. It’s another one of TNT’s amazing summer line-up and a pleasure to watch at the end of the day. Give it a chance. The producers are smart enough to know how to fix what needs to be fixed and in the meantime, it’s just plain old fashioned good TV. A nurse who’s Kildare and Casey, both! GREAT!
jada smith’s new series it just like the rest of her work, not worthy I knew when I saw the commerical for it that I would not waste my time watching it. but it gives her something to do but be Mrs. Will Smith.
A lovely tribute to a nurse it might seem but come on! A nursing director is not a mobile problem solver as depicted. ER had a lot more grit and realness about it with none of the doctor vs nurse crap that is so irritatingly portrayed in this show! Their technical advisor needs to be fired and although Pinkett-Smith’s character is feisty and determined her methods are troubling and unprofessional. I would have to agree with the reviewer. Weak but well meaning in its delivery but over all very disappointing. I can imagine RNs all over the place will be turning off in droves! Embarrassing!