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Turner to Showcase TNT, truTV, CNN and TBS at TCA's Winter 2017 Press Tour
#TurnerTCA
Turner is ready to charge into 2017 with a packed slate of premium original content from across its leading portfolio of multiplatform brands, four of which will take center stage at the Television Critics Association's Winter 2017 Press Tour. CNN, TNT, TBS and truTV will each present panels on Saturday, Jan. 14, beginning with two new TNT series: Will, starring newcomer Laurie Davidson and Olivia DeJonge (The Visit), and the wickedly funny dramedy Claws, starring Niecy Nash (Getting Along). Next up, truTV will showcase three new shows: the lifestyle series Upscale with Prentice Penny; the hilarious mash-up series Talk Show the Game Show, starring comedian Guy Branum; and the scripted comedy I'm Sorry, created by and starring Andrea Savage (Veep, Episodes, Sleeping with Other People). CNN will highlight two new series, Believer with Reza Aslan and The History of Comedy, as well as a pair of returning hits, This Is Life with Lisa Ling and United Shades of America with W. Kamau Bell. And TBS will close out the Turner session with a panel featuring its award-winning late-night series Full Frontal with Samantha Bee.
Turner's presentation begins Saturdayat 12:17 in the Huntington Ballroom. A lunch buffet sponsored by Turner will be available half an hour before the start of Turner's panel sessions. And tonight, be sure to stop by The Tap Room Patio for cocktails and desserts at a special party celebrating truTV's Upscale with Prentice Penny.
Turner @ Winter Press Tour Schedule
Saturday, Jan. 14
11:45 a.m. - Lunch Buffet Sponsored by Turner
Outside Huntington Ballroom
12:17 p.m. - Turner Session Begins
The Huntington Ballroom
TNT's Will
Panel: Laurie Davidson, Olivia DeJonge, Craig Pearce (EP) and Shekhar Kapur (EP/Director)
Introduced by Sarah Aubrey, Executive Vice President of Original Programming for TNT
TNT's Claws
Panel: Niecy Nash, Carrie Preston, Jenn Lyon, Judy Reyes, Karrueche Tran, Rashida Jones (EP), Will McCormack (EP), Janine Sherman Barrois (EP/Showrunner), Eliot Laurence (Co-EP/Pilot Writer) and Nicole Kassell (Pilot Director)
Introduced by Sarah Aubrey, Executive Vice President of Original Programming for TNT
truTV's Upscale with Prentice Penny, Talk Show the Game Show and I'm Sorry
Panel: Prentice Penny, Andrea Savage and Guy Branum
Moderated by Chris Linn, President of truTV
CNN's Believer with Reza Aslan, This Is Life with Lisa Ling, United Shades of America with W. Kamau Bell and The History of Comedy
Panel: Reza Aslan, Lisa Ling, W. Kamau Bell, Sean Hayes (EP - The History of Comedy), Todd Milliner (EP - The History of Comedy), Mark Herzog (EP - The History of Comedy)
Moderated by Amy Entelis, Executive Vice President of Talent and Content Development for CNN Worldwide
TBS's Full Frontal with Samantha Bee
Panel: Samantha Bee, Pat King (Supervising Producer), Miles Kahn (EP), Jo Miller (EP/Showrunner/Head Writer), Ashley Nicole Black (Writer/Corresondent), Michael Rubens (Sr. Field Producer/Contributor) and Allana Harkin (Co-Producer/Contributor)
Introduced by Brett Weitz, Executive Vice President of Original Programming for TBS
TNT's programming evolution continues in 2017 with the launch of several new dramas, two of which will be showcased at the Winter Press Tour: Will, the story of a young William Shakespeare told in a bold, contemporary style, and Claws, a wickedly funny dramedy set in the world of a South Florida nail salon.
Will
TNT is about to take viewers back in time to Elizabethan England to tell the wild, rowdy story of young William Shakespeare in the brand new drama series Will. Newcomer Laurie Davidson plays the title role in this period drama told in a bold, contemporary style and played to a modern soundtrack that exposes all of Shakespeare's recklessness, lustful temptations and tortured brilliance. Also starring are Olivia DeJonge (The Visit), Ewen Bremner (Trainspotting), Colm Meaney (Star Trek: Deep Space Nine), Mattias Inwood (The Shanara Chronicles), Jamie Campbell Bower (The Twilight Saga), William Houston (Sherlock Holmes), Lukas Rolfe (Grantchester), Max Bennett (The Hollow Crown) and Jasmin Savoy Brown (The Leftovers). Will is slated to launch in 2017 across TNT's U.S. platforms, as well as on Turner International's entertainment channels across the globe.
As Will opens, a young William Shakespeare (Davidson) has just arrived onto the punk-rock theater scene in 16th century London. It is in this seductive, violent world that his raw talent faces rioting audiences, religious fanatics and raucous sideshows. Attracted to Will's naïve genius is Alice Burbage (DeJonge), the talented, beautiful and rebellious daughter of James Burbage (Meaney), the carpenter whose vision led him to build the first theater in London since Roman times. Despite being the daughter of an impresario, Alice is forbidden by society from pursuing a career in the theater. Her brother Richard Burbage (Inwood) is innately talented, as well, but too much in love with himself and prone to overact. But a chance encounter at the theater leads him to team up with Will in what would soon become the greatest actor-writer partnership the world has ever seen.
Rounding out Will's cast of characters are playwright, poet and chief Shakespeare rival Christopher Marlowe (Bower) and wealthy and notorious law enforcer Richard Topcliffe (Bremner).
Will comes to TNT from executive producers Craig Pearce (Romeo + Juliet), Golden Globe® nominee Shekhar Kapur (Elizabeth), Alison Owen (Elizabeth) and Debra Hayward (Love Actually). Vince Gerardis (Jumper), Howard Braunstein (The Informant!) and Louise Rosager also serve as executive producers on the series. The pilot for Will was written by Pearce and directed by Kapur.
Claws
TNT's Claws is a midnight-dark meditation on female badness set in a South Florida nail salon. Niecy Nash (Getting On, The Soul Man), Carrie Preston (True Blood), Harold Perrineau (Lost, OZ), Jenn Lyon (Justified), Judy Reyes (Scrubs), Jack Kesy (The Strain), Karrueche Tran (The Nice Guys), Kevin Rankin (Dallas Buyers Club, Friday Night Lights) and Jason Antoon (Famous in Love) star in the hour-long dramedy.
Claws follows the rise of five diverse and treacherous manicurists working at the Nail Artisan of Manatee County salon, where there is a lot more going on than silk wraps and pedicures. At the center is salon owner Desna (Niecy Nash), who lives with and cares for her mentally ill twin brother, Dean (Harold Perrineau). Desna's staff includes best friend Jennifer (Jenn Lyon), a tenuously sober ex-party girl raising two children from previous relationships; Quiet Ann (Judy Reyes), Desna's enigmatic driver who also provides security for the salon; Polly (Carrie Preston), a mild-mannered preppy who recently served time in prison for identity theft; and Virginia (Karrueche Tran), who makes no effort to hide her boredom and impatience with her job.
Adding chaos to the Nail Artisan mix is Roller (Jack Kesy), a gangstered-out redneck who runs a barely legal pain clinic and uses Desna's nail salon to launder their obscene profits; Bryce (Kevin Rankin), Jennifer's husband who is also newly sober and trying to stay legit by working as an abundance coach; and Dr. Ken Brickman (Jason Antoon), a bona fide doctor at a decidedly un-bona fide and illegal drug clinic.
Claws is executive produced by Rashida Jones (Angie Tribeca, Toy Story 4, Celeste and Jesse Forever, A to Z), Will McCormack (Toy Story 4, Celeste and Jesse Forever, A to Z) and Janine Sherman Barrois (ER, Criminal Minds), who also serves as showrunner. The pilot was written by series co-executive producer Eliot Laurence (Welcome to Me) and directed by Nicole Kassell (The Americans, The Leftovers). Claws is produced by Jones and McCormack's Le Train Train, in association with Warner Horizon Television and Turner's Studio T.
#TurnerTCA
Turner is ready to charge into 2017 with a packed slate of premium original content from across its leading portfolio of multiplatform brands, four of which will take center stage at the Television Critics Association's Winter 2017 Press Tour. CNN, TNT, TBS and truTV will each present panels on Saturday, Jan. 14, beginning with two new TNT series: Will, starring newcomer Laurie Davidson and Olivia DeJonge (The Visit), and the wickedly funny dramedy Claws, starring Niecy Nash (Getting Along). Next up, truTV will showcase three new shows: the lifestyle series Upscale with Prentice Penny; the hilarious mash-up series Talk Show the Game Show, starring comedian Guy Branum; and the scripted comedy I'm Sorry, created by and starring Andrea Savage (Veep, Episodes, Sleeping with Other People). CNN will highlight two new series, Believer with Reza Aslan and The History of Comedy, as well as a pair of returning hits, This Is Life with Lisa Ling and United Shades of America with W. Kamau Bell. And TBS will close out the Turner session with a panel featuring its award-winning late-night series Full Frontal with Samantha Bee.
Turner's presentation begins Saturdayat 12:17 in the Huntington Ballroom. A lunch buffet sponsored by Turner will be available half an hour before the start of Turner's panel sessions. And tonight, be sure to stop by The Tap Room Patio for cocktails and desserts at a special party celebrating truTV's Upscale with Prentice Penny.
Turner @ Winter Press Tour Schedule
Saturday, Jan. 14
11:45 a.m. - Lunch Buffet Sponsored by Turner
Outside Huntington Ballroom
12:17 p.m. - Turner Session Begins
The Huntington Ballroom
TNT's Will
Panel: Laurie Davidson, Olivia DeJonge, Craig Pearce (EP) and Shekhar Kapur (EP/Director)
Introduced by Sarah Aubrey, Executive Vice President of Original Programming for TNT
TNT's Claws
Panel: Niecy Nash, Carrie Preston, Jenn Lyon, Judy Reyes, Karrueche Tran, Rashida Jones (EP), Will McCormack (EP), Janine Sherman Barrois (EP/Showrunner), Eliot Laurence (Co-EP/Pilot Writer) and Nicole Kassell (Pilot Director)
Introduced by Sarah Aubrey, Executive Vice President of Original Programming for TNT
truTV's Upscale with Prentice Penny, Talk Show the Game Show and I'm Sorry
Panel: Prentice Penny, Andrea Savage and Guy Branum
Moderated by Chris Linn, President of truTV
CNN's Believer with Reza Aslan, This Is Life with Lisa Ling, United Shades of America with W. Kamau Bell and The History of Comedy
Panel: Reza Aslan, Lisa Ling, W. Kamau Bell, Sean Hayes (EP - The History of Comedy), Todd Milliner (EP - The History of Comedy), Mark Herzog (EP - The History of Comedy)
Moderated by Amy Entelis, Executive Vice President of Talent and Content Development for CNN Worldwide
TBS's Full Frontal with Samantha Bee
Panel: Samantha Bee, Pat King (Supervising Producer), Miles Kahn (EP), Jo Miller (EP/Showrunner/Head Writer), Ashley Nicole Black (Writer/Corresondent), Michael Rubens (Sr. Field Producer/Contributor) and Allana Harkin (Co-Producer/Contributor)
Introduced by Brett Weitz, Executive Vice President of Original Programming for TBS
TNT's programming evolution continues in 2017 with the launch of several new dramas, two of which will be showcased at the Winter Press Tour: Will, the story of a young William Shakespeare told in a bold, contemporary style, and Claws, a wickedly funny dramedy set in the world of a South Florida nail salon.
Will
TNT is about to take viewers back in time to Elizabethan England to tell the wild, rowdy story of young William Shakespeare in the brand new drama series Will. Newcomer Laurie Davidson plays the title role in this period drama told in a bold, contemporary style and played to a modern soundtrack that exposes all of Shakespeare's recklessness, lustful temptations and tortured brilliance. Also starring are Olivia DeJonge (The Visit), Ewen Bremner (Trainspotting), Colm Meaney (Star Trek: Deep Space Nine), Mattias Inwood (The Shanara Chronicles), Jamie Campbell Bower (The Twilight Saga), William Houston (Sherlock Holmes), Lukas Rolfe (Grantchester), Max Bennett (The Hollow Crown) and Jasmin Savoy Brown (The Leftovers). Will is slated to launch in 2017 across TNT's U.S. platforms, as well as on Turner International's entertainment channels across the globe.
As Will opens, a young William Shakespeare (Davidson) has just arrived onto the punk-rock theater scene in 16th century London. It is in this seductive, violent world that his raw talent faces rioting audiences, religious fanatics and raucous sideshows. Attracted to Will's naïve genius is Alice Burbage (DeJonge), the talented, beautiful and rebellious daughter of James Burbage (Meaney), the carpenter whose vision led him to build the first theater in London since Roman times. Despite being the daughter of an impresario, Alice is forbidden by society from pursuing a career in the theater. Her brother Richard Burbage (Inwood) is innately talented, as well, but too much in love with himself and prone to overact. But a chance encounter at the theater leads him to team up with Will in what would soon become the greatest actor-writer partnership the world has ever seen.
Rounding out Will's cast of characters are playwright, poet and chief Shakespeare rival Christopher Marlowe (Bower) and wealthy and notorious law enforcer Richard Topcliffe (Bremner).
Will comes to TNT from executive producers Craig Pearce (Romeo + Juliet), Golden Globe® nominee Shekhar Kapur (Elizabeth), Alison Owen (Elizabeth) and Debra Hayward (Love Actually). Vince Gerardis (Jumper), Howard Braunstein (The Informant!) and Louise Rosager also serve as executive producers on the series. The pilot for Will was written by Pearce and directed by Kapur.
Claws
TNT's Claws is a midnight-dark meditation on female badness set in a South Florida nail salon. Niecy Nash (Getting On, The Soul Man), Carrie Preston (True Blood), Harold Perrineau (Lost, OZ), Jenn Lyon (Justified), Judy Reyes (Scrubs), Jack Kesy (The Strain), Karrueche Tran (The Nice Guys), Kevin Rankin (Dallas Buyers Club, Friday Night Lights) and Jason Antoon (Famous in Love) star in the hour-long dramedy.
Claws follows the rise of five diverse and treacherous manicurists working at the Nail Artisan of Manatee County salon, where there is a lot more going on than silk wraps and pedicures. At the center is salon owner Desna (Niecy Nash), who lives with and cares for her mentally ill twin brother, Dean (Harold Perrineau). Desna's staff includes best friend Jennifer (Jenn Lyon), a tenuously sober ex-party girl raising two children from previous relationships; Quiet Ann (Judy Reyes), Desna's enigmatic driver who also provides security for the salon; Polly (Carrie Preston), a mild-mannered preppy who recently served time in prison for identity theft; and Virginia (Karrueche Tran), who makes no effort to hide her boredom and impatience with her job.
Adding chaos to the Nail Artisan mix is Roller (Jack Kesy), a gangstered-out redneck who runs a barely legal pain clinic and uses Desna's nail salon to launder their obscene profits; Bryce (Kevin Rankin), Jennifer's husband who is also newly sober and trying to stay legit by working as an abundance coach; and Dr. Ken Brickman (Jason Antoon), a bona fide doctor at a decidedly un-bona fide and illegal drug clinic.
Claws is executive produced by Rashida Jones (Angie Tribeca, Toy Story 4, Celeste and Jesse Forever, A to Z), Will McCormack (Toy Story 4, Celeste and Jesse Forever, A to Z) and Janine Sherman Barrois (ER, Criminal Minds), who also serves as showrunner. The pilot was written by series co-executive producer Eliot Laurence (Welcome to Me) and directed by Nicole Kassell (The Americans, The Leftovers). Claws is produced by Jones and McCormack's Le Train Train, in association with Warner Horizon Television and Turner's Studio T.
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