It's No BULL TNT Announces First Original SeriesOrder.

Entertainment Editors &TV Writers

ATLANTA--(ENTERTAINMENT WIRE)--Jan. 21, 2000

Turner Network Television (TNT) has picked up 13 episodes of BULL, the one-hour drama series produced by Warner Bros. Television, it was announced today by Julie Weitz, executive vice president,

original programming, TNT. Michael Chernuchin (Law &Order, Brooklyn South), writer of the original pilot script, will executive-produce with Eric Laneuville (I'll Fly Away, 413 Hope Street). George Newbern (Father of the Bride, The Evening Star), Peter Gallagher (House on Haunted Hill, American Beauty), Christopher Wiehl (Can't Hardly Wait), Donald Moffat (Cookie's Fortune), Malik Yoba (New York Undercover, Copland) and newcomer Ian Kahn will star. BULL will premiere on TNT in the summer of 2000.

BULL is the story of six ambitious investment bankers and traders who rock Wall Street when they break away from an established financial firm to start their own company. Their leader is the brilliant but eccentric grandson of the founder of their former company, who must betray his family heritage in order to stake a claim to his own life. His partners, each with a separate agenda, risk losing everything to join him in the new venture.

Turner Network Television, currently seen in 77.1 million homes, is Turner Broadcasting System, Inc.'s 24-hour, advertiser-supported service offering original motion pictures and miniseries; contemporary films from the world's largest film library; the combined Turner and Warner Bros. Film libraries; exciting NBA sports action; exclusive coverage of both the 2000 Winter and 2001 Summer Goodwill Games; and popular television series.

Turner Broadcasting System, Inc., a subsidiary of Time Warner Inc., is a major producer of news and entertainment product around the world and the leading provider of programming for the basic cable industry.