TNT Cancels Taye Diggs-Led Crime Drama MURDER IN THE FIRST

According to Deadline, TNT has declined to order a fourth season of itscrime drama MURDER IN THE FIRST, starring Taye Diggs. Created by Steven Bochco and Eric Lodal, the anthology series premiered in 2014. Diggs portrayed homicide inspector Terry English alongside Kathleen Robertson, who played his partner Hildy Mulligan. Ian Anthony Dale, Raphael Sbarge, Lombardo Boyar, Currie Graham and Mimi Kirkland also starred.

The third and final season of the series aired on September 4th, hitting a season high audience of 1.6 million viewers in Live+same day.

Set in San Francisco, MURDER IN THE FIRST will follow a single case across an entire season. The drama centers on homicide detectives Terry English (Diggs) and Hildy Mulligan (Robertson) as they investigate the murder of an apparent drug addict. The mystery deepens, however, when the victim is found to have a connection to SILICON VALLEY wunderkind Erich Blunt (Felton), the celebrated CEO of a cutting-edge tech firm. The timing couldn't be worse for Blunt, who is preparing to take his company public. He's also Being sued by a software developer who claims Blunt stole his code for a revolutionary new hologram system.

Terry and Hildy's fellow detectives in their squad include philosopher-cop David Molk (Sbarge) The squad is supervised by Lt. Jim Koto (Dale). On the home front, Hildy is a single mom with an inquisitive daughter (Kirkland). Terry, meanwhile, is struggling to take care of his terminally ill wife, Emily, played by guest star Anne-Marie Johnson (JAG, In the Heat of the Night). Working for Blunt are Bill Wilkerson (Weber), his driver and pilot, and Ivana West (Rous), the company's chief technology officer.

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