Leverage is an American television drama series on TNT which premiered in 2008. The series is produced by director/executive producer Dean Devlin’s production company Electric Television.
Leverage follows a Los Angeles-based team of thieves, computer experts and con artists, headed up by former insurance investigator Nate Ford, who use their skills to right corporate and governmental injustices visited on the little person. On February 2, 2009 it was announced that TNT had renewed the show for a second, fifteen episode season, to premiere in Summer 2009. The second season will also see the Leverage team relocate to Portland, Oregon following the destruction of their headquarters.
Plot: A crew of high-tech crooks attempt to steal from wealthy criminals and corrupt businessmen.
Main cast
* Timothy Hutton as Nathan Ford,
* Gina Bellman as Sophie Devereaux,
* Christian Kane as Eliot Spencer,
* Beth Riesgraf as Parker,
* Aldis Hodge as Alec Hardison,
Notable guest stars
* Mark A. Sheppard as James Sterling, Nate’s former business partner, now rival.
* Saul Rubinek as Victor Dubenich, the Chicago businessman who put the team together and brought Nate in to lead it.
* David S. Lee as Serbian arms dealer Nicolas Obrovic in “The Stork Job.”
* Jeremy Roenick, forward for the San Jose Sharks of the NHL, as a security guard in “The Mile High Job.”
* Sara Rue as a reluctant accountant turned victim in “The Mile High Job.”
* Danny Strong as the smart son of an unscrupulous contractor in “The Snow Job.”
* Brent Spiner, Armin Shimerman and Lauren Holly as William Quint, the doctor testifying for the corporation, and Toby Earnshaw respectively in “The Juror #6 Job.”
Ratings
The series ranks as ad-supported cable’s #1 entertainment program in the Tuesday 10 p.m. (ET/PT) timeslot among viewers, households and adults 25-54. The Dec. 7 premiere was watched by 5.6 million viewers and scored TNT’s best original series telecast ever in delivery of adults 18-49 during the regular broadcast season. Through its first nine episodes, Leverage has averaged 3.2 million viewers and 1.4 million adults 18-49 in Live + Same Day viewing. The first six episodes scored strong growth when comparing Live to Live + 7 numbers, with total viewership rising 33% to 4.1 million and adults 18-49 rising 42% to 1.9 million.
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