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TNT’s ‘Major Crimes’ Gets Order For Four Additional Episodes, ‘Perception’ For One

By NELLIE ANDREEVA | Tuesday April 30, 2013 @ 5:16pm PDTTags: Major Crimes, Perception
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EXCLUSIVE: TNT drama Major Crimes is getting its upcoming second season supersized. The network has ordered four additional episodes from The Closer spinoff, bringing its second season order to 19 episodes. That is almost twice the size of Major Crimes‘ first season, which consisted of 10 episodes. Additionally, another TNT drama going into its second season, the Eric McCormack starrer Perception, has received a pickup for one additional episode, bringing its Season 2 order to 14 episodes. Major Crimes’ second season debuts on June 10, Perception‘s on June 25. Major Crimes‘ debut, which aired immediately after the blockbuster series finale of The Closer last August, drew 9.5 million viewers, a new record as basic cable’s most-watched series launch ever. With an average audience of nearly 7 million, Major Crimes’ first season ranked as cable’s No. 1 new series for last year.

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TNT’s ‘Major Crimes’ Taps Nadine Velazquez As New Regular, Promotes Robert Gossett

By NELLIE ANDREEVA | Thursday March 21, 2013 @ 9:45am PDTTags: Major Crimes, Nadine Velazquez, Robert Gossett, TNT
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EXCLUSIVE: My Name Is Earl alumna Nadine Velazquez has joined TNT drama series Major Crimes as new regular for the upcoming second season. Additionally, former Closer co-star Robert Gossett, who recurred as Assistant Chief … Read More »

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Jonathan Del Arco Upped To Regular On ‘Major Crimes’, Colton Haynes On ‘Arrow’

By NELLIE ANDREEVA | Wednesday March 13, 2013 @ 2:20pm PDTTags: Arrow, Colton Haynes, Jonathan Del Arco, Major Crimes
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Jonathan Del Arco, who has been recurring as the snarky but lovable medical examiner Dr. Morales on five seasons of TNT‘s The Closer and the first season of spinoff Major Crimes, has been promoted to a … Read More »

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Global Showbiz Briefs: ‘Major Crimes’ In UK, ‘Sapphires’ Star Makes Impression

By THE DEADLINE TEAM | Friday February 8, 2013 @ 10:09pm PSTTags: Global Showbiz Briefs, Major Crimes

‘Major Crimes’ Coming To The UK
Major Crimes, the Mary McDonnell police procedural hit for TNT, will go out on the Universal Channel in the UK. The Warner Bros. International Television Distribution show, which spins off from … Read More »

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TNT’s ‘Closer’ Spinoff ‘Major Crimes’ Renewed For Second Season

By NELLIE ANDREEVA | Thursday September 27, 2012 @ 10:12am PDTTags: Major Crimes, The Closer, TNT
Nellie Andreeva

TNT has gone 3-for-3, giving all of its freshman series a second-season pickup. The cable network has renewed The Closer spinoff series Major Crimes with a 15-episode second-season order. The series starring Mary McDonnell will end its first-season run in mid-October, with Season 2 slated to roll out next summer. Major Crimes hails from The Closer creator James Duff and Warner Horizon. “With Major Crimes, James Duff and his amazing production team have crafted an incredibly entertaining show that not only honors the spirit of The Closer, but also stands alone with its own voice and spirit,” said TNT’s head of programming Michael Wright. Read More »

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‘The Closer’ Finale Draws 9.1 Million, Spinoff ‘Major Crimes’ Opens With 7.2 Million

By NELLIE ANDREEVA | Tuesday August 14, 2012 @ 11:49am PDTTags: Major Crimes, The Closer
Nellie Andreeva

TNT’s flagship drama The Closer ended its seven-season run last night with 9,075,000 viewers in Live + Same Day to become cable’s No. 1 series telecast for the summer-to-date. Among adults 18-49, The Closer averaged 2 million viewers, its 25-54 tally … Read More »

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Hayes MacArthur Boards ‘Rebounding’, Kearran Giovanni Joins ‘Major Crimes,’ Sophia Bush Cast In ‘Partners’

By NELLIE ANDREEVA | Wednesday February 15, 2012 @ 5:00am PSTTags: Major Crimes, Partners, Rebounding
Nellie Andreeva

Actor-comedian Hayes MacArthur (Perfect Couples) has been cast in Fox’s single-camera comedy pilot Rebounding. The project, written by Joe Port and Joe Wiseman and directed by Jason Winer, is an uplifting comedy about a man recovering from the death of … Read More »

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TV Castings: Lenny Venito To Star In ABC’s Dan Fogelman Pilot, Graham Patrick Martin Cast In ‘Closer’ Spinoff

By NELLIE ANDREEVA | Friday January 27, 2012 @ 7:03am PSTTags: Dan Fogelman, Major Crimes
Nellie Andreeva

Lenny Venito (Men In Black 2 & 3, The Sopranos) has landed a lead role in ABC’s untitled Dan Fogelman comedy pilot. The single-camera project, from ABC Family and Kapital Entertainment, centers on Marty Weaver (Venito) who, in order to … Read More »

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‘The Closer’ Spin-Off Has More Freedom With Format Than Mothership Series: TCA

By THE DEADLINE TEAM | Saturday January 14, 2012 @ 5:54pm PSTTags: Major Crimes, The Closer, TNT

Ray Richmond is contributing to Deadline’s TCA coverage.

As a spinoff of The Closer – TNT’s most popular scripted drama series ever — Major Crimes, which premieres in the summer, has its work cut out to match its predecessor. But the … Read More »

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NBC Buys Legal Drama From ‘Outlaw Country’ Scribes, Producer Michael London

By NELLIE ANDREEVA | Tuesday November 1, 2011 @ 12:32pm PDTTags: Groundswell Productions, Josh Goldin, Major Crimes, Michael London, NBC, Rachel Abramowitz, Sony Pictures TV
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With their Nashville pilot Outlaw Country heating up for a series pickup at FX, Josh Goldin and Rachel Abramowitz have sold a second drama project to NBC. The legal … Read More »

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