'Alias' star joins medical drama

Michael Vartan has signed up to star in an upcoming medical drama from TNT.

The actor will feature in Time Heals alongside Jada Pinkett Smith, who will play director of nursing Christina Hawthorne at a North Carolina hospital.

Vartan, who portrayed Michael Vaughn in Alias, will play director of medicine Tom Wakefield, whose relationship with Hawthorne may go beyond their working environment.

The Wakefield character was originally played by Jeffrey Nordling in the pilot of the show.

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