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“Saving Grace” creator Nancy Miller, TV pioneer Ida Blackburn join Oklahoma Women’s Hall of Fame

Brandy McDonnell — Sat, 13 Apr 2013 03:28:25 +0000

Three women known for their work in the television field were among the six honorees inducted Thursday to the Oklahoma Women’s Hall of Fame, reports my fine colleague Michael McNutt:

- Nancy Miller, a nationally and internationally known writer, director and producer of television and film, is perhaps best known for creating and working as the creative force on TNT’s spiritual drama “Saving Grace,” which was set in Oklahoma City, aired from 2007-2010 and earned star Holly Hunter a Golden Globe nomination.

Leon Rippy to guest star on “Leverage” Sunday

Brandy McDonnell — Fri, 12 Aug 2011 03:24:47 +0000

Leon Rippy, who played the down-to-earth angel in the former TNT drama “Saving Grace,” begins his recurring guest-starring role on the cable network’s caper series “Leverage” at 9 p.m. Sunday.

Rippy’s first “Leverage” episode, titled “The Boiler Room Job,” will be the second of two new episodes airing Sunday on TNT.

Final episodes of “Saving Grace” air at 8 and 9 tonight on TNT

Brandy McDonnell — Mon, 21 Jun 2010 23:41:40 +0000

The Oklahoma City-set spiritual/cop drama “Saving Grace” will end its four-season run with back-to-back episodes at 8 and 9 tonight on TNT.

The final season ends with nine episodes. TNT had wanted a full-season order, but Fox Television Studios, which owns the show, declined for budgetary reasons, reports my colleague Mel Bracht.

“Saving Grace” finale airing Monday night on TNT

Brandy McDonnell — Sun, 20 Jun 2010 16:58:29 +0000

After four seasons on TNT, the often-controversial spiritual/cop drama “Saving Grace” will make its series finale Monday night. Created, produced and written by Oklahoma native Nancy Miller, the show centers around Oklahoma City police detective Grace Hanadarko, played by Academy Award winner Holly Hunter.

“Saving Grace” creator Nancy Miller serving has honorary chairwoman of Oklahoma Red Cross fundraiser

Brandy McDonnell — Fri, 28 May 2010 03:58:46 +0000

“Saving Grace” creator Nancy Miller and actor Leon Rippy will attend Friday’s Operation: Relief, a fundraiser for the American Red Cross of Central Oklahoma. (The Oklahoman Archives photo)

The American Red Cross of Central Oklahoma is inviting supporters to back in time to a 1940s nightclub, where cigarette girls greet guests, swing music fills the air and libations freely flow.

Holly Hunter loves her “Saving Grace” experience; final season starts tonight

Brandy McDonnell — Mon, 29 Mar 2010 21:28:02 +0000

With the fourth and final season of “Saving Grace” beginning tonight, star Holly Hunter says she has loved her experience on the spiritual/cop drama.

The final, nine-episode season of “Saving Grace” starts at 9 tonight on TNT.

Hunter told The Oklahoman’s TV Editor Penny Soldan that she still adores her often-controversial character, the gutsy, hard-living Detective Grace Hanadarko, an Oklahoma City cop who is visited by a last-chance angel (Leon Rippy) who tries to get her on the path of redemption.

Final episodes of “Saving Grace” begin airing tonight on TNT

Brandy McDonnell — Mon, 29 Mar 2010 14:06:42 +0000

The final nine episodes of the TNT drama “Saving Grace” begin airing at 9 tonight on the cable channel.

In the series, Oscar winner Holly Hunter (“The Piano”) plays a hard-living Oklahoma City cop regularly visited by an unconventional angel named Earl (Leon Rippy).

Holly Hunter talks the final season of “Saving Grace,” starting Monday on TNT

Brandy McDonnell — Fri, 26 Mar 2010 03:41:24 +0000

For the past three years, Oscar winner Holly Hunter (“The Piano”) has played a hard-living Oklahoma City cop regularly visited by an unconventional angel named Earl (Leon Rippy) in the TNT drama series “Saving Grace.”

Hunter’s performance as Detective Grace Hanadarko has earned her two Emmy nominations and three Screen Actors Guild Award nominations.

Celebrate Valentine’s Day with Skate Date at Tulsa’s BOK Center

Brandy McDonnell — Thu, 11 Feb 2010 22:09:10 +0000

People skate around the BOK Center during Skate Date 2009.

Dust off that pair of ice skates—it’s back by popular demand! Tulsa’s BOK Center has announced the return of Skate Date, a Valentine’s Day event that will give Oklahomans another opportunity to take center ice inside the iconic arena and skate beneath a mirrored disco ball.

Creator Nancy Miller wants to give “Saving Grace” “great, great” send-off

Brandy McDonnell — Sat, 15 Aug 2009 15:11:26 +0000

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.