TNT Postpones The Last Ship Season Premiere After Orlando Shootings

Tonight's premiere episode featured gunmen opening fire in a nightclub

By Lauren Piester Jun 12, 2016 9:15 PMTags
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TNT is making a couple of scheduling changes in the wake of last night's tragedy in Orlando.

The network has decided to pull tonight's season three premiere episode of The Last Ship, which featured gunmen opening fire in a Vietnamese nightclub. 

"As a result of the shootings this weekend in Orlando, tonight's originally scheduled season premiere of The Last Ship has been postponed. Our hearts are with the victims and their families," the network said in a statement. 

More than 50 people were killed and at least 50 others were wounded when a gunman opened fire in a gay Orlando nightclub late Saturday night in what is being called the deadliest mass shooting in U.S. history. The attack came not even days after singer Christina Grimmie was shot and killed after her concert in Orlando. 

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No announcement has been made about when or if the episode will eventually air, but according to TVLine, the nightclub sequence was setting up a major storyline for the season. 

Tonight's Tony Awards broadcast will be dedicated to the families of the victims, and will air on CBS at 8 p.m. 

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