TNT cancels “HawthoRNe” with Jada Pinkett Smith after three seasons
Jada Pinkett Smith's "HawthoRNe" lasted three seasons. CREDIT: TNT
Loading ...TNT has decided to put “HawthoRNe” down after three seasons. The nurse drama starring Jada Pinkett Smith saw a sizable drop in viewership this past summer.
The show averaged about 2.4 million viewers compared to about 3.2 million a year earlier.
It was TNT’s second lowest rated show of the summer, behind only “Men of a Certain Age,” which was also canceled. And critics never much liked the show.
TNT’s “Memphis Beat,” which averaged about three million viewers this season, is still up for grabs for renewal. Deadline.com, citing no particular sources, said it has a 50/50 shot at renewal.
Other summer TNT shows, including “Leverage,” “Falling Skies” and “Rizzoli & Isles,” have already been given another season.
Here’s TNT’s statement:
TNT has decided not to order a fourth season of HawthoRNe. TNT truly appreciates the tremendous dedication of everyone involved in HawthoRNe. The series gave TNT the opportunity to work with many outstanding people, including Jada Pinkett Smith and the rest of the show’s talented cast, crew, producers and writers. We wish everyone involved with HawthoRNe nothing but the best.
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120 comments Add your comment
Wayne stuck in AL
September 2nd, 2011
12:24 pm
Face it, she ain’t “Nurse Jackie”.
Lovey
September 2nd, 2011
12:49 pm
This show took a horrible turn for the third season it needed to be let go
Kara Mae
September 2nd, 2011
12:58 pm
I need closure. This was one of the greates drama’s ever! I really would like to see it at least one more season.
up north
September 2nd, 2011
1:16 pm
Now how will she hook up with Jlo’s ex?
brynigyrl
September 2nd, 2011
1:20 pm
3rd Season was the best!!!! TNT decided to cancel I think due to rumors. Maybe another network will pick it up.
Pebblebeach
September 2nd, 2011
1:24 pm
I am here for you Jada…you don’t need Hawthorne nor your soon to be ex Will…quit stalling and come to Daddy…
ALC
September 2nd, 2011
1:39 pm
BIG WILLY SHUT THAT SHOW DOWN! ALL THAT CONTROVERSY GOING ON WITH THEIR SEPARATION AND THEN HER AND MARC ANTHONY’S SEXY SCENE. COME ON, WILL SHUT IT DOWN!!
Sherice
September 2nd, 2011
1:42 pm
That Memphis show is TERRIBLE and boring as ever, yet Hawthorne is the one that gets cancelled….certainly hopes that another network picks it up.
Pandora
September 2nd, 2011
1:59 pm
I loved HawthoRNe. The show was very good. Not to worry…she will return with another show because she is really talented!
Al
September 2nd, 2011
2:03 pm
I have never watched the show. Only retired people and Losers watch network television.
jj
September 2nd, 2011
2:04 pm
We generally give shows a few tries before we give up. This one only got one. JPS is so unappealing!
The King
September 2nd, 2011
2:05 pm
I agree with ALC, I think Big Willie put an end to that one. But they also needed better writers!
GreatGal
September 2nd, 2011
2:06 pm
Leaves more time for BOTOX!
GJ
September 2nd, 2011
2:06 pm
I could never get into Hawthorne. She was too much into every aspect of the hospital. Glad it was cancelled, although I did like some of the other characters.
I love Memphis Beat, more the first season than second. They changed Dwight too much this season. I hope they renew it and bring back the “Elvis loving Dwight”.
Kay
September 2nd, 2011
2:08 pm
I like Hawthorne, but I’m not surprise about the cancellation. The show took a dark turn this season, if they would have went back to what the show was like in Season 1 & 2. Maybe they would still be on the air.
pmuckle
September 2nd, 2011
2:08 pm
probably cancel due to rumors….tnt loss
Honey lala
September 2nd, 2011
2:09 pm
I watched the show it was great. I feel TNT cancelled because of all the rumors.
Hopefully another network will pick it up. The cast was remarkable and the storyline good. Lot of haters but didn’t think they would drop it.
Disappointed
September 2nd, 2011
2:11 pm
This 3rd season was by far the best. I, too, need closure and hope another network will pick up the show. I think Jada is being railroaded b/c of all of the speculation.
Angie
September 2nd, 2011
2:12 pm
Seasons 1 and 2 of HawthoRNe were good, Season 3 sucked. I hated what the writers did to the show. I am not at all surprised at the cancellation. I think the timing is actually coincidental – the show lost viewers long before the rumors started.
PC
September 2nd, 2011
2:13 pm
Noooo, I’m hotter than fish grease!! That was my show!!
Counterpoint
September 2nd, 2011
2:17 pm
Did not know that Jada Pinkett had a show until the rumors of a failed marriage to Will Smith and those jaw dropping sex scenes with Anthony.
Maybe it is her own fault, too much bad publicity killed her show. Maybe her hubby made her shut it down as mentioned earlier.
You folks needs to be more concerned about our country going down the socialist toilet and turning into a toxic waste dump instead of watching so much low class television. The reason shows don’t survive on all these days is because there are too many networks and not enough decent TV. Listen up Tyler Perry, if Oprah fails you have NO hope!
Angela
September 2nd, 2011
2:18 pm
Oh, no!! How am I going to find out who shot Nick? Say it ain’t so.
Wilton
September 2nd, 2011
2:18 pm
I watched the first episode this season and the tone of the show was drastically different than the previous two seasons. One episode of this season was enough for me.
Vicki
September 2nd, 2011
2:18 pm
I was a loyal fan of Hawthorne and love Jada Pinkett-Smith. Season 1 and 2 were great however the show seem to have lost its way in season 3. I hung in there hoping there would be some light at the end of the tunnel. It never came. I am not surprised it was cancelled.
DdT
September 2nd, 2011
2:19 pm
Sistas in leading roles just are not appealing to a Main Stream Audience. No one wants to see a ANGRY B____K WOMAN. But she perfect for VH1.
DdT
September 2nd, 2011
2:20 pm
Sistas in leading roles just are not appealing to a Main Stream Audience. No one wants to see a ANGRY B____K WOMAN. But she is perfect for VH1.
JLo
September 2nd, 2011
2:20 pm
You know I am one of the most powerful people in the entertainment World! This diva can get revenge!
YVETTE
September 2nd, 2011
2:22 pm
PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE don’t cancell Hawthrome. If you do, I guess I will stop looking at TNT. Hawthrome had drama and action and keep you on your toes.
Christy
September 2nd, 2011
2:25 pm
Glad to hear Hawthorn RN is canceled and we won’t see Marc Anthony kissing around on Mrs Will Smith- Jada anymore on a weekly TV series. If the rumors are true about these two Jennifer should sue Jada Pinkett for alienation of affection. Teach little Mrs Smith (and other home wrecking adulterers) some hard “karma” for the injustice she inflicted on the Anthony Family’s children.
Bob in Sandy Springs
September 2nd, 2011
2:26 pm
Guess this proves that you can’t buck the system and continue to get away with it…..
coachx
September 2nd, 2011
2:27 pm
Keep Rizzoli and Ilse.
I miss Saving Grace and will miss The Closer.
Marie
September 2nd, 2011
2:28 pm
The only show on TNT worth watching is The Closer. The other shows initially piggybacked off of The Closer (including R&I now) when they were first introduced, but, when moved to another day and time they just could not hack it. In order for a show to be successful it must be realistic and sorry a nurse just does not wield this much power in any hospital. TNT needs to find out what USA is doing because they are landing one good show after another.
DW
September 2nd, 2011
2:28 pm
@Al- The show was on cable (TNT), not a broadcast network.
coachx
September 2nd, 2011
2:30 pm
Thank you for not writing about on of the stupid Housewife shows. They are a step down from Jerry Springer.
bigdawg88
September 2nd, 2011
2:30 pm
Don’t worry, BET will probably pick it up…. heh
TheBlackMarvel
September 2nd, 2011
2:34 pm
They shouldn’t have added Derek Luke. He totally sucks as a actor.
DP
September 2nd, 2011
2:36 pm
CRAPPY, and I mean CRAPPY SHOW! OMG after 2 shows it was terrible. THen the big thing was to bring in Marc A, to save it???? OMG he is such a neverwas!
Jody
September 2nd, 2011
2:42 pm
It would have helped a lot if the show was on at a consistent time that wasn’t so late!
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September 2nd, 2011
2:42 pm
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Stacey
September 2nd, 2011
2:57 pm
Marc and Jennifer’s problems has nothing to do with Will and Jada. Jada would never leave Will and I wouldn’t either. TNT made a mistake cancelling the show at this time of rumors, they should of waited til next season. Cancelling now just feeds into all the rumors. People read into tabloids way too much. Grow up people. Loved the show Jada. Sorry it was cancelled.
Donald
September 2nd, 2011
2:59 pm
I like the show. Would love to see another season. The only thing I didn’t like ,was the time slot. It came on a little late. No problem though, I would still stay up to watch it.
Angie
September 2nd, 2011
3:00 pm
I like Memphis Beat, Closer and Rizzoli & Isles. Those are my favorites on TNT Hawthorne can go. I did not like Marc Anthony on the show. It got to weird.
Ivan Cohen
September 2nd, 2011
3:03 pm
If there is a massive campaign for HawthoRNe like there was for The Game then maybe BET might pick it up. Acting is a craft and the actors are in character doing their roles but it is astounding how some still have an inability to tell the difference from reality and make believe. So DdT contends that sistas in leading roles are not appealing to a mainstream audience and no one wants to see a ANGRY B_K Woman. Well in the 21st century throwbacks to Beulah or Julia ain’t going to get it. One can only endure so much of watching W_E women whose characters in essence are “train wrecks”. Writers of today tend to throw everything up against the wall in the hope something will stick. None of them would have lasted during the golden age of television (circa the 1950’s and 1960’s)
Brown Eyed Girl!
September 2nd, 2011
3:04 pm
As several others have already mentioned, seasons 1 and 2 were great. You got to see their interactions with patients and how they were affected by them. This year it was all about them and nothing about actual patients Several of the storylines I didn’t understand (ex. sudden injection of faith in the show). While I don’t have a problem with it, that was not a storyline at any other time. It felt more like them trying to patronize viewers more than it felt real and it was just out of the blue! This is one show that was clearly messed up by its own writers. I don’t buy Will having anything to do with it. After the first few shows, I was just about done with it and the Marc Anthony/Jada PSmith sex scene made me a little uncorfortable because it seemed real. They ruined a very promising show. But I do love me some Leverage! Glad they will be back!
Cammi317
September 2nd, 2011
3:04 pm
I only watched the 1st season before my interest drifted. I think I stopped watching Leverage after the 2nd season…good show my interest just drifted. Love Memphis Beat and Rizzoli and Isles. Falling Skies is AWESOME! Can’t wait for next season!
My2cents
September 2nd, 2011
3:07 pm
I’m sick of the Smiths AND Pinkett-Smith and your remakes! Just Go Away all of ya’ll. Thank you.
Hammond
September 2nd, 2011
3:10 pm
Thank God I never liked that show
LG
September 2nd, 2011
3:13 pm
Off topic, but…Oprah, please! Go the ‘forget you’ away! Who the heck does she think she is, telling people to NOT go on a show [DWTS]? EGO. She is disgusting. Has been for a while now.
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The only reason why Oprah now likes DWTS is that is seems to now be more ‘gay-friendly,’ with Chaz and Carson Pressley. Oprah needs to just GO AWAY!!!! She can’t stand it that the world actually survived without her show being on regular TV and NO ONE is watching her rainbow-logo’d network. She thinks she is God. ha ha, O. O for Overexposed. Go Away.
beebee
September 2nd, 2011
3:23 pm
I was made they made her {gulp} only a nurse. (No offense to the nurses out there).
Why couldn’t she be a tough-a.z.z., no nonsense doctor?
Or does Hollywood seem to believe there are no black female doctors in this dayum country?
bee
beebee
September 2nd, 2011
3:24 pm
should have read, “I was mad …”