Tuesday Night Mystery/TNT

[Little Star]

Tuesday Night Mystery on TNT will be in November & December 2011

They will be making 6 books into made for tv movies

Innocent by Scott Turow
Silent Witness by Richard North Patterson
Ricochet by Sandra Brown
Hide by Lisa Gardner
Good Morning, Killer by April Smith
Deck the Halls by Mary Higgins Clark & Carol Higgins Clark

This seems to be like a good idea that TNT has. I like mysteries, books made into movies and made for TV movies. My DVR will have a busy two months!

[Little Star]

1. I just found some more information on the Tuesday Night Mystery

TNT Mystery Movie Night

Scott Turow’s Innocent – Tuesday, Nov. 29, at 9 p.m. (ET/PT)Bill Pullman stars as Rusty Sabich, a judge charged with the murder of his wife, a situation that comes 20 years after he was cleared in the death of his mistress. During this latest trial, a secret affair from Rusty’s recent past threatens to hamper his defense and fracture his relationship with his son. Oscar® winner Marcia Gay Harden plays Rusty’s wife, while Alfred Molina is his friend and defense attorney. Emmy® winner Richard Schiff (The West Wing, The Lost World: Jurassic Park), Callard Harris (TBS’s Glory Daze, Intermedio), Mariana Klaveno (True Blood, while the Children Sleep) and Tahmoh Penikett (Battlestar Galactica, Dollhouse) also star. Scott Turow’s Innocent is a sequel to Turow’s bestseller Presumed Innocent. The movie is written and directed by Mike Robe (TNT’s HawthoRNe, Nightmares & Dreamscapes: From the stories of Stephen King), with Robe and Frank von Zerneck (We Were the Mulvaneys, Miracle on Ice) serving as executive producers.

Ricochet – Wednesday, Nov. 30, at 9 p.m. (ET/PT)Two homicide detectives find their careers – and lives – on the line when they get caught up in a case of murder and betrayal in high-society Savannah. Emmy nominee John Corbett is set to star in this atmospheric tale based on the book by #1 new York Times best-selling author Sandra Brown. Corbett plays Det. Sgt. Duncan Hatcher, who is investigating a corrupt judge (Gary Cole) while also becoming romantically involved with his wife (Julie Benz). Kelly Overton plays Det. Deedee Bowen, Hatcher’s blue-collar partner; Kadeem Hardison (Panther, made of Honor) is Detective Bob Worley; and Haaz Sleiman (The Visitor, Nurse Jackie) is drug dealer Robert Savich. Nick Gomez (Dexter, Drowning Mona) is directing Ricochet from a script by Donald Martin (The Craigslist Killer). Howard Braunstein (The Informant!) and Jim Head (On Strike for Christmas) serve as executive producers.

Hide – Tuesday, Dec. 6, at 9 p.m. (ET/PT)In this movie based on Lisa Gardner’s book, Carla Gugino plays Boston Police Detective D.D. Warren, who is called to the grounds of an abandoned mental hospital where a buried chamber is discovered. Inside are the mummified remains of six young women, who have all been missing for years. The case leads D.D. to Annabelle, a young woman who spent her childhood moving from city to city, from identity to identity, hiding from someone or something totally unknown to her. D.D. uses clues from Annabelle’s secret past to unravel the mystery behind her twisted family history. Mark-Paul Gosselaar and Kevin Alejandro also star. Hide is written by Janet Brownell (Eloise at the Plaza), directed by John Gray (Ghost Whisperer, Helter Skelter) and executive-produced by Stephanie Germain (The Day After Tomorrow).

Silent Witness – Wednesday, Dec. 7, at 9 p.m. (ET/PT)This legal drama based on Richard North Patterson’s novel stars Dermot Mulroney as prominent defense attorney Tony Lord, who returns to his hometown to defend an old friend, played by Michael Cudlitz. The friend is a teacher accused of murdering one of his students, and the case re-opens the heartache from Tony’s own high school days, when he was a student falsely accused of murdering his first love. Lizzie Friedman and Greg Little, the team behind One Lucky Elephant, Whiz Kids and Sex and Death 101, serve as executive producers along with Howard Braunstein (The Informant!). Peter Markle (Bat*21, Flight 93) is set to direct from a script by Thomas Michael Donnelly (Our Fathers).

Good Morning, Killer – Tuesday, Dec. 13, at 9 p.m. (ET/PT)Adapted by April Smith from her own novel, this thriller stars Catherine Bell as FBI Special Agent Ana Gray, an undercover operative tracking down a serial kidnapper. As Ana develops a rapport with the kidnapper’s latest victim, the suspect suddenly changes his pattern. now Ana must race to find him before he strikes again. Cole Hauser (Chase, K-Ville) co-stars as Detective Andrew Berringer. in addition to writing the screenplay, Smith is set to executive-produce good Morning, Killer with Frank von Zerneck (We Were the Mulvaneys, Miracle on Ice). Maggie Greenwald (Songcatcher, The Ballad of Little Jo) will direct.

Deck the Halls – Tuesday, Dec. 20, at 9 p.m. (ET/PT)Based on the first book in Mary Higgins Clark and daughter Carol Higgins Clark’s series of holiday mystery novels, this warm-hearted story brings together two of the authors’ most popular characters: Cleaning-woman-turned-private-eye Alvirah Meegan (Kathy Najimy) and Detective Regan Reilly (Scottie Thompson). The women investigate the kidnapping of Regan’s father and a young female driver just before the holidays. The race is on to rescue the pair and get them home in time for Christmas. Two-time Emmy® winner Jane Alexander plays Regan’s mother, famed mystery writer Nora Regan Reilly. Ron Underwood (Tremors, City Slickers) will direct from a script by Howard Burkons (John Q, TNT’s The Ron Clark Story), who also serves as executive producer with Brenda Friend (Joan of Arc, TNT’s The Ron Clark Story) and Frank von Zerneck (We Were the Mulvaneys, Miracle on Ice).

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2. I feel I have just won a lottery. I am thrilled

about this. I love RN Patterson and Sandra Brown. I remember years ago P.D. James mysteries with Roy Marsden playing the lead. There used to be very good T.V. All Creatures Great and Small, Upstairs, Downstairs. The British always know how to put on a very good show!

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3. If you have not yet seen The Charmer, I recommend it.

Older 6 part BBC mystery, very well done, picks up speed and suspense as it goes along, pic and sound very good ( which is often not the case in some older BBC series).
I rented the 2 disc series from Netflix.
Stars Nigel Havers as a larcenous man who charms then steals from women, eventually murder is involved.

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4. Thats a great one!

I haven't thought about that one for ages, first saw it on the old Mystery series on PBS. Nigel Havers was so good in it, as usual. Thanks for mentioning this, will have to go and find it. I totally agree with your recommendation!

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5. Has he been in anything else as good?

I am not familiar with him.

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6. Oh yes

He was often in British series, programs, movies. Sleepers (where he plays a Russian spy in England that has been a 'sleeper' who is being recalled to Russia but likes his life and doesn't want to go back.) Manchild is the most recent thing I saw him in, on BBC America a few years back.(Middle aged divorced men trying to have a second childhood basically) Coronation St, Upstairs/Downstairs, Chariots of Fire, Farewell to the King (a supporting role w/Nick Nolte as star but a good movie imo)

He is one of those guys that was used in many many British pieces, but not necessarily as the star. But he has a great range and is not hard to look at either, lol. You can look him up on www.imdb.com and see his filmography to see all that he's done.

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7. I can't wait either

I love mysteries.