The season premiered on June 14, , and ended on August 16, On September 2, , it was announced that TNT had decided not to renew Hawthorne for a fourth season, so the season 3 finale, a cliffhanger , was the series finale. She is very passionate about her work and always advocates for her patients and her staff, even when it threatens her job.
While acclimating to the new work atmosphere, she must also deal with a new relationship that she has formed with Dr. Tom Wakefield, the Chief of Surgery.
Wakefield wants commitment and she is still unsure if she can become close with someone else. In season three they get married and face challenges including loss and infidelity.
John Masius created the program and served as executive producer for the first season. In September , The Press of Atlantic City reported that Jada Pinkett Smith signed on as both the star of the television pilot , and to serve as executive producer of the program.
Will said to take the meeting and see. In the pilot, Jeffrey Nordling portrayed Dr. Tom Wakefield, director of medicine. Tom Wakefield in the series. Masius continued on as executive producer in the second season.
