TNT's reality tag-team with "The Rock" seeks to pin down male demo Tapping into Dwayne Johnson’s tough-guy movie image, “The Hero” has the more vague premise, pitting nine contestants against each ...

I suppose it has something to do with summertime, these extreme stunt-challenge contests in which people do physically difficult, psychologically intimidating things in the hope of winning big money.

TNT appears to have settled on a reality-programming strategy centered on big, cinematic concepts to promote during the NBA playoffs, with an emphasis on buff bodies and physical stunts — “Survivor” ...

As a network, TNT has rarely missed an opportunity to trumpet the fact that it knows drama. It’s a reasonable enough claim considering the lengthy runs of such series as The Closer—which has now ...