Saving Grace (TV Series)

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Saving Grace is an American television crime drama series on Turner Network Television, which premieres in the summer of 2007 and stars Academy Award-winner Holly Hunter, Kenny Johnson, Laura San Giacomo, Leon Rippy and Bokeem Woodbine. The drama focuses upon the troubled life of Grace Hanadarko (Holly Hunter), an alcoholic Oklahoma City police detective. She is given a chance at redemption and the chance to save the life of a man, whose fatal injuries she caused while drinking and driving, by an angel named Earl, who appears to her as a homeless man (Leon Rippy). The accident is erased on the condition that she changes her attitude towards life, stemming from the death of her sister in the Oklahoma City bombing. Grace is tough and unforgiving, with a hard-nosed approach to her job, although she has a reputation for closing cases. Grace is having an intense affair with her partner, Det. Ham Tipton (Kenny Johnson) who also has tumultuous life, caused by his strained marriage with his wife, Darleen. He feels guilty about his extramarital affair with Grace, yet he continues to go back and forth between both women. Det. Butch Stillwater (Bailey Chase) also had an affair with Grace, although very briefly, and is very frank with her about her life. Leon Cooley (Bokeem Woodbine), a convict, can also see the angel. Rhetta Rodriguez-Ardmore (Laura San Giacomo) works in the crime lab and is Grace's best friend. The hour-long show is set to air in the 10:00 p.m. slot.

It was written by Nancy Miller of "CSI: Miami" and produced by E. Duke Vincent, Artie Mandelberg, and Gary A. Randall, in conjunction with Fox Television Studios.