TNT released their 2008 - 2009 Fall TV schedule this week and from the notes in their press release it sounds like they’re working hard to come up with their own original programming for most nights. This worries me for my multi-hour Law & Order nightly marathons! So there will be a lot of new shows on TNT between now and 2010 to go along with the return of Saving Grace and The Closer.

Here are the new announcements for additional new shows on TNT:

• DELTA BLUES (working title) tells the tale of an outstanding but unusual Memphis cop: an Elvis impersonator who lives at home with his mother. DELTA BLUES comes to TNT from Warner Horizon Television and SmokeHouse and is executive-produced by George Clooney (Michael Clayton), Grant Heslov (Good Night, and Good Luck), Abby Wolf-Weiss, Liz Garcia and Josh Horto. The series is written by Garcia and Horto.
• MORSE CODE (working title) is a crime drama about a young war hero/Drug Enforcement Administration officer who works in his hometown of Boston. The pilot is from Warner Horizon Television and is expected to star Donnie Wahlberg (Boomtown). It will be produced by Wahlberg, Jon Avnet (Boomtown, The Starter Wife) and Walon Green (Law & Order, ER), with Green writing and Avnet anticipated to direct.
• UNTITLED JOEL SURNOW PROJECT is a fast-paced, gritty drama about the life of an agent with the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms. The pilot is being executive-produced and written by Joel Surnow (co-creator of 24) and Todd Robinson.
• ANGEL CITY (working title) features six cops in three cars during one shift, in the spirit of such classic dramas as Adam-12 and Hill Street Blues. The show, conceived by Los Angeles police officer Will Beall, will be written by Beall and Barry Schindel (Law & Order) and directed by Steve Schill (Dexter). ANGEL CITY comes to TNT from Mandalay Television.
• TOUGH TRADE is a dramatic but humorous look at the Nashville music scene. The show, which focuses on a family of country stars who live like the lyrics to a country song, comes to TNT from Lionsgate Television. It is written by novelist Chris Offutt and executive-produced by Offutt, Sean Furst and Bryan Furst.
• UNTITLED ROB ULIN PROJECT is a quirky yet authentic family drama in the mold of Little Miss Sunshine. It is is executive-produced by Rob Ulin (Roseanne, Malcolm in the Middle).

Previously announced, though I missed it, were three other series coming to TNT:

• RAISING THE BAR is a new legal drama series from Steven Bochco (Hill Street Blues, L.A. Law, NYPD Blue). The series comes to TNT from ABC Studios and stars Mark-Paul Gosselaar (NYPD Blue), Gloria Reuben (ER) and Jane Kaczmarek (Malcolm in the Middle).
• LEVERAGE is an action-packed drama series starring Oscar® winner Timothy Hutton (Ordinary People, Nero Wolfe) and executive-produced by Dean Devlin (Independence Day, TNT’s The Librarian movie franchise) and John Rogers (Transformers). The series comes to TNT from Electric Entertainment.
• TRUTH IN ADVERTISING stars Eric McCormack (Will & Grace) and Tom Cavanagh (Ed). The series comes to TNT from Warner Horizon Television. It is executive-produced by Greer Shephard, Michael M. Robin, Hunt Baldwin and John Coveny (all of TNT’s The Closer) and written by Baldwin and Coveny.

A few more shows have episodes ordered, but I can’t tell when they’ll be arriving though it probably won’t be this fall. First up is the return of Ray Romano to television (hopefully it’ll be more successful than the canceled show of his previous TV wife, Patricia Heaton) in Men Of A Certain Age which centers around three middle age men. That could be good, but we’ll have to wait and see who the other two men are.

Lastly, TNT is getting into some reality TV with an unscripted series called Wedding Day. Yikes! This one sounds like it’ll leave some folks crying. The most deserving couple, presumably from a group like in Survivor or Big Brother, will get the wedding of their her dreams.

So obviously a lot going on over there at TNT. Smart move to start stocking up on their own shows, but please just leave me a few L&O scraps!