July 12, 2017
TNT's Claws Nails Second Season Renewal
Cable's #4 New Drama This Year Among Adults 18-49
Has Grown +27% Since Premiere, Climbing to New Season Highs
And Averaging 6.3 Million Viewers Per Episode Across TNT Platforms
Turner's
TNT has renewed its new original drama series
Claws for a second season. From
Warner Horizon Scripted Television,
Claws follows the rise of five diverse and treacherous manicurists working at the Nail Artisan of Manatee County, where a lot more is going on besides silk wraps and pedicures. The series stars
Niecy Nash,
Carrie Preston,
Judy Reyes,
Karrueche Tran,
Jenn Lyon,
Jack Kesy, Kevin Rankin,
Jason Antoon with Harold Perrineau and
Dean Norris. New episodes of
Claws premiere across TNT platforms
Sundays at 9 p.m. (ET/PT), with the season finale set for
Aug. 13. The second season is slated to launch in 2018.
Claws is currently reaching a multiplatform audience of
6.3 million viewers per episode across TNT's linear, digital, mobile and on-demand platforms,
averaging 1.1 million adults 18-49 in linear Live + 7. The series, which has resonated with critics and viewers alike, ranks as
cable's #4 new drama with adults 18-49 for 2017-to-date and draws the youngest audience of any TNT drama. The show recently landed its
strongest Live + 3 delivery of adults 18-49 yet and has grown
+27% in the demo since the premiere. A social media magnet,
Claws ranks
#4 among cable's most socially engaging primetime dramas.
"Look out Manatee County, these ladies are coming back for more!"
said Sarah Aubrey, executive vice president of original programming for TNT. "These strong-willed, hilarious women represent the diverse voices this network is all about.
Claws has certainly struck a chord with audiences and continues to attract new viewers each week."
Claws is executive-produced by
Rashida Jones,
Will McCormack, showrunner
Janine Sherman Barrois and director
Howard Deutch. Series creator
Eliot Laurence serves as co-executive producer.
Claws is produced by Jones and McCormack's
Le Train Train, in association with
Warner Horizon Scripted Television and Turner's
Studio T.
About Warner Horizon Scripted Television
A division of the Warner Bros. Television Group, Warner Horizon Scripted Television was founded in 2006 and is one of the entertainment industry’s leading producers of dramatic and comedic programming for the cable and subscription/on-demand marketplace. Series produced by Warner Horizon Scripted Television include
Animal Kingdom and
Claws for TNT,
People of Earth for TBS,
American Woman for Paramount Network,
Famous in Love for Freeform,
Fuller House and
Longmire for Netflix,
Kryton for Syfy,
Queen Sugar for OWN and
You for Lifetime.
About TNT
TNT is basic cable's #1 network in primetime with young adults and is home to one of cable's most popular slates of original series, including
Animal Kingdom,
Claws,
Good Behavior,
Will,
The Last Ship,
Major Crimes,
The Librarians and the upcoming
The Alienist and more. TNT's premium non-fiction series include the upcoming
Michael Moore Live from the Apocalypse and
Who Run the World?, from Refinery29, Sarah Je ssica Parker and Morgan Spurlock. TNT also presents popular shows like
Arrow,
Supernatural,
Bones and
Castle; primetime specials, such as the
Screen Actors Guild Awards® and the
iHeartRadio Music Awards; and championship sports coverage, including the NBA and the NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Championship.
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