Heartland (U.S. TV series)
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Heartland was an American television drama series airing on TNT
. The series was based in the high-stakes world of heart-transplant surgery at "St. Jude" hospital in Pittsburgh
based largely on the transplant center at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center
http://search.post-gazette.com/redir.asp?path=/pg/07168/794412-237.stm&date=6%2F17%2F2007+3%3A25%3A00+PMhttp://www.post-gazette.com/pg/07168/794206-237.stm. It followed a recently separated couple who work both sides of the trade: She convinces the survivors and loved ones to donate the organs of the newly or about to be deceased; he races against time to implant the valuable organs into patients who are struggling against time and their failing bodies to hold on just long enough to receive the life-saving gifts. It was produced by Warner Horizon Television.
On Monday, July 23, Heartland was moved to its new time beginning at 8:00pm Eastern/7:00pm Central followed by The Closer
and the series premiere of Saving Grace
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On Friday, August 31, Heartland was canceled by TNT due to disappointing ratings. http://entertainmentnow.wordpress.com/2007/08/31/heartland-canceled-by-tnt/
Turner Network Television
Turner Network Television is an American cable television channel created by media mogul Ted Turner and currently owned by the Turner Broadcasting System division of Time Warner...
. The series was based in the high-stakes world of heart-transplant surgery at "St. Jude" hospital in Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Pittsburgh is the second-largest city in the US Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and the county seat of Allegheny County. Regionally, it anchors the largest urban area of Appalachia and the Ohio River Valley, and nationally, it is the 22nd-largest urban area in the United States...
based largely on the transplant center at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center
University of Pittsburgh Medical Center
The University of Pittsburgh Medical Center is an $9 billion integrated global nonprofit health enterprise that has 54,000 employees, 20 hospitals, 4,200 licensed beds, 400 outpatient sites and doctors’ offices, a 1.5 million-member health insurance division, as well as commercial and...
http://search.post-gazette.com/redir.asp?path=/pg/07168/794412-237.stm&date=6%2F17%2F2007+3%3A25%3A00+PMhttp://www.post-gazette.com/pg/07168/794206-237.stm. It followed a recently separated couple who work both sides of the trade: She convinces the survivors and loved ones to donate the organs of the newly or about to be deceased; he races against time to implant the valuable organs into patients who are struggling against time and their failing bodies to hold on just long enough to receive the life-saving gifts. It was produced by Warner Horizon Television.
On Monday, July 23, Heartland was moved to its new time beginning at 8:00pm Eastern/7:00pm Central followed by The Closer
The Closer
The Closer is an American crime drama, starring Kyra Sedgwick as Deputy Chief Brenda Leigh Johnson, a Georgia police detective who often closes her cases using sometimes-questionable methods...
and the series premiere of Saving Grace
Saving Grace (TV series)
Saving Grace is an American television crime drama series which premiered on TNT on July 23, 2007 and ran until June 21, 2010. The show stars Academy Award-winner Holly Hunter in her first television series, as well as Leon Rippy, Kenny Johnson, Laura San Giacomo, Bailey Chase, Bokeem Woodbine,...
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On Friday, August 31, Heartland was canceled by TNT due to disappointing ratings. http://entertainmentnow.wordpress.com/2007/08/31/heartland-canceled-by-tnt/
Cast
- Treat WilliamsTreat WilliamsRichard Treat Williams is a Screen Actors Guild Award–nominated American actor and children's book author who has appeared on film, stage and television...
– Dr. Nathaniel "Nate" Grant - Danielle NicoletDanielle NicoletDanielle Nicolet is an American television and film actress.-Career:Born Danielle Diggs in Ashtabula, Ohio, Nicolet began acting in the 1990s when she appeared in a recurring role in the sitcom Family Matters. In 1996, she landed the role of Caryn on 3rd Rock from the Sun, a role she would reprise...
– Mary Singletary - Morena BaccarinMorena BaccarinMorena Baccarin is a Brazilian-born American actress most widely known for roles in several American science fiction television shows: as Inara Serra in the series Firefly; as Adria in the series Stargate SG-1; and as Anna in the 2009 version of the series V...
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– Kate Armstrong - Gage GolightlyGage GolightlyGage Golightly is an American actress. She is best known for her role as Hayley Steele in the Nickelodeon series The Troop .-Career:...
– Thea Grant - Rockmond DunbarRockmond DunbarRockmond Dunbar is an American actor. He is perhaps best known for his roles as Kenny Chadway on the Showtime television drama series Soul Food, and as Benjamin Miles "C-Note" Franklin on the FOX television drama series Prison Break...
– Dr. Tom Jonas - Chris MartinChris William MartinChris William Martin , also known as Corky Martin, is a Gemini Award-nominated Canadian actor...
– Dr. Simon Griffith - Dabney ColemanDabney ColemanDabney Wharton Coleman is an American actor, best known for his roles in 9 to 5, WarGames, You've Got Mail, Sworn to Silence, The Beverly Hillbillies and as the voice of Principal Peter Prickly in Recess and Recess: School's Out.-Early life:Coleman was born in Austin, Texas, the son of Mary...
– Dr. Bart Jacobs - Melinda DillonMelinda DillonMelinda Rose Dillon is an American actress, perhaps best known for her roles in Close Encounters of the Third Kind and the holiday classic A Christmas Story.-Early life and career:...
– Janet Jacobs - Ben Siegler – Benjamin Hastings