Jada Pinkett Smith to make "Time" for TNT

Jada Pinkett Smith arrives to attend the premiere of the film ''Lakeview Terrace'' in New York September 15, 2008.

LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - Jada Pinkett Smith is returning to television in TNT's drama pilot "Time Heals."

She will play a strong but caring director of nursing at Charlotte Mercy Hospital in North Carolina, a single mother who always puts others first. The actress will also serve as an executive producer alongside the project's writer, John Masius.

As a procedural with a strong female character at the center played by an A-list actress, "Time" fits nicely with TNT's crime dramas "The Closer," starring Kyra Sedgwick, and "Saving Grace," starring Holly Hunter.

Pinkett Smith co-starred on the NBC comedy "A Different World" for two years before moving to features. Currently in theaters playing a lesbian in "The Women," she recently wrapped her writing and directorial feature debut, "The Human Contract."

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