Turner Broadcasting System International partners with TNT

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New Delhi, January 28, 2011

Turner Broadcasting System International is partnering with TNT on the much-anticipated upcoming series Falling Skies, which will debut on TNT in the United States in June, followed by premieres on many TNT international networks. In addition, Turner Broadcasting System International will make Falling Skies available for syndication in many territories worldwide later this year.

Falling Skies, from DreamWorks Television, stars Noah Wyle, Moon Bloodgood, Will Patton and Drew Roy. Falling Skies opens in the chaotic aftermath of an alien attack that has left most of the world completely incapacitated. In the six months since the initial invasion, the few survivors have banded together outside major cities to begin the difficult task of fighting back. Each day is a test of survival as citizen soldiers work to protect the people in their care while also engaging in an insurgency campaign against the occupying alien force.

Wyle (ER, TNT's The Librarian) plays Tom Mason, a Boston history professor whose family has been torn apart. Moon Bloodgood (Terminator Salvation) co-stars as Anne Glass, a pediatrician who works with the surviving children. Will Patton (Armageddon, TNT's Into the West) plays Weaver, a fierce leader of the resistance. Drew Roy (Secretariat) plays Mason's eldest son and fellow- fighter, Hal. The series also stars Sarah Carter (Shark), Colin Cunningham (Living in Your Car), Seychelle Gabriel (Weeds), Connor Jessup (The Saddle Club), Maxim Knight (Brothers & Sisters), Mpho Koaho (Rookie Blue) and Peter Shinkoda (The L Word).

Falling Skies is executive-produced by Steven Spielberg, along with DreamWorks Television heads Justin Falvey and Darryl Frank, Graham Yost (Justified, The Pacific) and screenwriter Robert Rodat. Rodat, who earned an Oscar® nomination for his screenplay for Saving Private Ryan, wrote the pilot from an idea he co-conceived with Spielberg.

Mark Verheiden (Heroes, Battlestar Galactica) and Greg Beeman (Heroes, Smallville) are co-executive producers. The pilot was directed by Carl Franklin (One False Move, Out of Time).

Turner Broadcasting System, Inc., a Time Warner company, creates and programs branded news, entertainment, animation and young adult media environments on television and other platforms for consumers around the world.

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