TNT has opted not to pick up a fourth season of crime drama Murder in the First. The series, created by Steven Bochco and Eric Lodal, was a departure for TNT when it premiered in 2014 as it was an anthology — each serialized season chronicling one murder investigation — instead of a standard procedural like the…

TNT has rescheduled the two-hour Season 3 premiere of The Last Ship for this Sunday, June 19 at 9 PM PT/8 PM CT and moved the debut of Murder In The First, which was to have premiered on the 19th, to Sunday, June 26 at 10 PM PT/ 9 PM CT. The Last Ship was to have premiered last Sunday, June 12, but it was postponed…

Dylan Gelula (Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt) has booked a recurring role on the second season of Hulu's comedy series Casual. Written by up-and-coming scribe Zander Lehmann, Casual follows the story of a dysfunctional family with a bachelor brother (Tommy Dewey) and his newly divorced sister (Michaela Watkins). Together…

TNT today has officially renewed adventure drama The Librarians and serialized crime drama Murder In The First for third seasons and crime procedural Major Crimes for fifth. The Librarians, which is in the midst of its second season, has been picked up for 13 episodes. Major Crimes, also currently airing, will return…

TNT has renewed Murder In The First for a third season to air in 2016. The crime drama, created by Steven Bochco and Eric Lodal, averaged an OK 2 million viewers in its second season, which wrapped its run on August 25. Taye Diggs and Kathleen Robertson star. Murder In The First marked a departure from TNT’s…

Murder In The First executive producer Eric Lodal has left the TNT crime drama series, which he co-created and co-ran with Steven Bochco. I hear the abrupt departure happened yesterday, midway through production on the show’s upcoming second season. Veteran Bochco will continue as the sole executive…

Entourage alumna Emmanuelle Chriqui has joined the cast of TNT’s crime drama series Murder In The First as a regular for the upcoming second season opposite Taye Diggs and Kathleen Robertson. Murder, executive produced by Steven Bochco and Eric Lodal, is a departure for procedural-driven TNT as it chronicles a complex…

Mo McRae (Wild, Sons Of Anarchy] has been cast opposite Taye Diggs and Kathleen Robertson in TNT's Murder In The First. The cop drama series from Steven Bochco and Eric Lodal chronicles a complex homicide investigation that spans an entire season. McRae, repped by CAA and Untitled Entertainment, will lay Malcolm…

AJ Buckley (CSI: NY) has landed a series regular role opposite Taye Diggs and Kathleen Robertson in TNT’s Murder In The First. The cop drama series from Steven Bochco and Eric Lodal chronicles a complex homicide investigation that spans an entire season. Buckley, repped by Global Artists Agency, Thruline Entertainment…

EXCLUSIVE: TNT has given a 10-episode second season order to Murder In The First, its cop drama series executive produced by Steven Bochco and Eric Lodal. Murder is the second new drama series that TNT launched this past summer to get a renewal, joining The Last Ship. It’s still early to tell on the third, Legends,…

TNT kicked off its summer original lineup last night with the third season premiere of Major Crimes and the series debut of Steven Bochco’s new crime drama Murder In The First. At 9 PM, The Closer spinoff Major Crimes drew 5.2 million total viewers, 1.2 million adults 18-49 and 2 million adults 25-54. That was up 3%…

UPDATE, 3:30 PM: The network has now announced its full summer schedule joining the series premieres of The Last Ship and Legends. It includes the series premiere of Steven Bochco’s new crime drama Murder In The First on Monday, June 9 at 1o PM, following the Season 3 premiere of Major Crimes at 9 PM. The full…