A Show You’ve Probably Never Heard of Was Cancelled Due to “Sexism,” Not Its Poor Ratings or Quality

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Every time Jada Pinkett-Smith’s name came up the news, they casually mentioned that she was starring in a drama called HawthoRNe, a show that IMDB has no outline for (it only gives the show’s tagline: “Every patient needs a hero.”) and Wikipedia describes thusly:

Hawthorne (sometimes stylized HawthoRNe) was an hour-long medical drama on the TNT television network starring Jada Pinkett Smith and Michael Vartan.

Now this show, which appears to be relatively premise-less, has been canceled, causing some to cry sexism. Yahoo’s Pamela Gifford argues that the cancellation came as a result of the “rumor mill” and accusations of infidelity between Marc Anthony and …

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