BAM's Blog » Saving Grace http://blog.newsok.com/bamsblog Entertainment blogging from The Oklahoman's Brandy McDonnell Mon, 23 Nov 2009 18:43:29 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 en hourly 1 Creator Nancy Miller wants to give “Saving Grace” “great, great” send-off http://blog.newsok.com/bamsblog/2009/08/15/creator-nancy-miller-wants-to-give-saving-grace-great-great-send-off/ http://blog.newsok.com/bamsblog/2009/08/15/creator-nancy-miller-wants-to-give-saving-grace-great-great-send-off/#comments Sat, 15 Aug 2009 15:11:26 +0000 brandy http://blog.newsok.com/bamsblog/?p=11369 nancy-miller-leon-rippy

Nancy Miller and Leon Rippy (Photo by Paul Hellstern/The Oklahoman Archives)

The Oklahoman’s George Lang spoke Friday with Nancy Miller, the Oklahoma City-born creator, executive producer and writer on the TNT drama “Saving Grace,” about the news that the show will end next summer.

Miller told George that TNT wanted another full-season order for the series, but the show’s studio, Fox, declined for fiscal reasons.

Instead, word came down that the show will end next summer with a shorter nine-episode season.

“Saving Grace” is set in Oklahoma City and stars Oscar winner Holly Hunter as…



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Holly Hunter in “Saving Grace”

According to The Hollywood Reporter, the TV series “Saving Grace” will end next summer with a nine-episode fourth season.

Created and executive produced by Oklahoma native Nancy Miller, the show follows the exploits of a hard-living Oklahoma City police detective (Holly Hunter) who is visited by an unusual named Earl (Leon Rippy).

Though it was filmed in Los Angeles, the show included numerous references to Miller’s home state and Oklahoma City in particular.

Click here to read the story.

-BAM



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Rodney Carrington

Tulsa comedian Rodney Carrington released his new album of humorous songs, “El Nino Loco,” the follow-up album to 2007’s popular “King of the Mountains,” today.

The album features several songs produced by fellow Oklahoman Toby Keith, who appears in the music video for “If I’m the Only One,” which is funny but just plain wrong.

The video is posted here from CMT.com:

Other CDs offered today include a collection of songs by the late George Harrison (which I’m currently listening to and loving), the…



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Holly Hunter in “Saving Grace”

The third season of the TV series “Saving Grace,” which is set in Oklahoma City but filmed in Los Angeles, starts at 9 tonight on TNT.

The series stars Oscar winner Holly Hunter as troubled Oklahoma City police detective Grace Hanadarko, who is visited by a last-chance angel named Earl (Leon Rippy), who is trying to guide the hard-drinking, fast-living Grace to salvation.

Hunter spoke with The Oklahoman TV Editor Penny Soldan about the third season of the hard-hitting series, which Hunter says is the longest, most stable…



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Detective Grace Hanadarko (Holly Hunter) and Earl the angel (Leon Rippy) in “Saving Grace.” 

Oklahoma City-set police procedural/spiritual drama “Saving Grace” resumed its second season tonight with a chase for a serial killer that ranged from Heritage Hills to Warr Acres to Penn Square Mall and several OKC area points in between.

Detective Ham Dewey (Kenneth Johnson), Grace’s former partner and lover, returns from burying his brother, who died in Afghanistan. Detective Grace Hanadarko (Holly Hunter) partners with Abby Charles (guest star Christina Ricci), a patrol cop and single mom, and they get off…



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Holly Hunter and guest star Christina Ricci in “Saving Grace.” 

The entertainment team at The Oklahoman and NewsOK – Gene Triplett, George Lang, Matt Price and me – talk about “Watchmen,” “Late Night with Jimmy Fallon” and “Saving Grace” in this week’s Entertainment Roundtable. Click here to check it out.

UPDATE: Or check out this video version of the Entertainment Roundtable:

-BAM



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Check out my NewsOK video interview with Nancy Miller, creator/executive producer and writer on the TV series “Saving Grace,” and Leon Rippy, one of the series’ stars.

The second season of the series resumes at 9 tonight on TNT.

-BAM



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Holly Hunter in “Saving Grace” 

TV Editor Penny Soldan has a great interview with ”Saving Grace” star Holly Hunter about the new developments coming to the TNT drama over on her TV Blog.

The second season of “Saving Grace” resumes at 9 tonight on the cable channel.

In the story, Penny talked with the Oscar winner about her desire to film the show in Oklahoma City. The show is currently set in OKC but filmed in Los Angeles. Both of Hunter’s parents were born in Oklahoma and her grandparents took part in the Land Run.

“Oh, man, I wish…



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“Saving Grace” actor Leon Rippy and creator Nancy Miller pose for a photo last week in The Oklahoman studio. (Photo by Paul Hellstern/The Oklahoman)

From Monday’s Life section of The Oklahoman.

This angel’s ”Saving Grace”
City-set police series resumes second season tonight on TNT 

The TV show “Saving Grace” continues to explore the issues of faith, sin and spirituality through the fictional life story of hard-drinking, fast-living Oklahoma City Police Detective Grace Hanadarko.

The TNT series, starring Oscar-winner Holly Hunter as Grace, picks up with its second season at 9 p.m. Monday, six months after the mid-season finale.

Nancy Miller,…



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