The heist drama series ‘Leverage’ has been renewed for a fifth season by TNT, Deadline is reporting. There’s no word yet when the next season of the successful series, which stars Timothy Hutton as the leader of a gang of hackers and thieves who set out to settle scores against the rich and powerful, will premiere. The current fourth season ends its summer run August 28, 2011, and will return with the conclusion in November.

‘Leverage,’ which debuted in 2008, is the latest series to be renewed by TNT this summer, following ‘Rizzoli & Isles,’ ‘Falling Skies’ and ‘Franklin & Bash.’ While ‘Men of a Certain Age’ has been canceled, ‘Hawthorne’ and ‘Memphis Beat’ are still awaiting their fates. ‘Leverage,’ which has averaged 4.8 million viewers during the current season, has grown in its audience during each of its four seasons.

Written by: Karen Benardello