That was back in 1993.  I had been in Atlanta fresh from college for only a year and was already working at Turner Broadcasting.  My entry-level job involved telemarketing but I was ready to express the immense amount of creativity I knew I had and that one of the many Turner channels was thirsty for.  So I applied blindly to many of the job postings at CNN, TBS, Cartoon Network, Turner Classic Movies, and yes...TNT.  In my 23-year-old mind this was bound to work because MELISSA HAD ARRIVED IN ATLANTA!

It only took me another year to realize I was going nowhere up the Writing or Production ladder in the company and moved on to radio.  That proved to be the fruitful path for me, but there was always the sense of the "one that got away" - Turner Programming.

Now, 16 years later, I have been chosen to endorse TNT's new series, "HawthoRNe."  In essence, I have been hired as an Ambassador of sorts for TNT to inform our listeners that Jada Pinkett Smith is starring (finally) in her own show and that Nurses are going to have their say within it.  The show premieres this Tuesday at 9pm on TNT.

If only that hiring manager that threw my resume in the trash could see me now.  HA! is what I would tell them.   

Or should I say HA-thorne.

"HawthoRNe" stars Michael Vartan and Jada Pinkett Smith

Looks like I'm still trying to be part of TNT programming...