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If you like strong women on TV, the kind you've been seeing on TNT in The Closer and Saving Grace, you'll be happy to hear that the network has more formidible females on tap. TNT has given the greenlight to a new drama called Time Heals. And with the kind of top notch talent behind the scenes, I can't imagine this drama not making it to air.

The guy who is creating the show, John Masius, is an Emmy-winning writer, having grabbed two Emmys when he worked on St. Elsewhere. So, yeah, this is sounding better and better because Masius knows about medical drama and Time Heals is the story of Nancy Hawthorne, a single mother who is the head of nursing at Mercy Hospital in Charlotte, North Carolina. She's the type of woman who really cares about her patients and becomes emotionally involved in her job.

Masius is head writer and co-executive producer with Jamie Tarses (My Boys). In addition to St. Elsewhere, John has delivered other shows that I watched regularly and enjoyed including Providence, L.A. Law, and The White Shadow. More recently, he was writing Dead Like Me. He even won a Humanitas Prize for an episode of Brooklyn Bridge.

Seeing how TNT has managed to snag Kyra Sedgwick for The Closer and Holly Hunter for Saving Grace, and Glenn Close doing Damages for FX, and Edie Falco coming up in another medical show -- Nurse Jackie on Showtime -- a big name star is likely to anchor Time Heals. Hmm...you think Geena Davis is ready to give TNT a try? CBS has done nothing with Geena's cop drama from last spring.