TNT Nabs Rights to 'Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug'

Peter Jackson's sequel will debut in 2016 on the cable network, which also has rights to the director's first "Hobbit" movie. TNT said Monday that it has acquired TV rights to The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug. Peter Jackson's second movie in a trilogy of films based on J.R.R. Tolkien's The Hobbit has raked in $127.5 million domestically and $403.8 million worldwide since it was released Dec. 13. PHOTOS: 'The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug' Character Posters TNT has will air the network TV pr...