• The Hollywood Reporter, Thursday, September 25, 2008 11 AM

TNT has teamed with automaker Lincoln and Mandalay Television for a crime-thriller microseries "RPM," starring Jonathan Schaech.

"RPM" will air as 20 two-minute episodes within the commercial breaks of four prime-time episodes of "Law & Order" from Oct. 21-29. The series is about a husband and father of two trying unsuccessfully to move past his former career as a homicide detective. He drives a Lincoln while tracking down a key suspect.

Mandalay executive producer Elizabeth Stephen brought the project to TNT and Lincoln. It marks the first time a TNT microseries has been developed so closely with a brand. She says Mandalay approached it as if it were an hourlong drama series and is hoping it could eventually become one.

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