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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 Shifts Four Summer Series Premieres

By NELLIE ANDREEVA | Wednesday April 10, 2013 @ 10:49am PDTTags: Cold Justice, Franklin & Bash, Perception, Rizzoli & Isles, TNT
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TNT has tweaked the premiere dates for four of the nine original series (scripted and unscripted) it is running this summer. The change is biggest for Franklin & Bash, whose third season will launch June 19 … Read More »

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TNT’s ‘Perception’ Renewed For 2nd Season

By NELLIE ANDREEVA | Friday August 17, 2012 @ 1:23pm PDTTags: Perception, TNT
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TNT has ordered a second season of Perception, its freshman drama starring Eric McCormack. Perception, produced by ABC Studios, currently ranks second behind TNT’s just launched Closer spinoff Major Crimes among basic cable’s top new scripted series this year. The network has ordered 13 episodes for season two, which is slated to air in 2013. “Perception has captured the imagination of TNT’s audience of armchair detectives with wonderfully intricate cases, emotionally charged situations and, of course, a terrific cast led by Eric McCormack,” said TNT’s head of programming Michael Wright.

Perception, which airs Mondays at 10 PM, is averaging 7 million viewers (Live + 7), with 1.8 million adults 18-49 and 2.3 million adults 25-54. It centers on Dr. Daniel Pierce (McCormack), an eccentric neuroscience professor with paranoid schizophrenia who is recruited by the FBI to help solve complex cases. Read More »

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TV Ratings: ‘Good Afternoon America’ Bow Improves On Canceled ‘Revolution’

By THE DEADLINE TEAM | Tuesday July 10, 2012 @ 1:37pm PDTTags: ABC Daytime, Good Afternoon America, Perception, The Closer, The Revolution

The premiere of ABC’s nine-week run of Good Afternoon America drew 1.923 million total viewers and 359,000 women 18-49 on Monday, according to fast national data released today. The one-hour extension of Good Morning America hosted by Lara Spencer … Read More »

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Two TNT Pilots Not Going Forward

By NELLIE ANDREEVA | Tuesday March 22, 2011 @ 8:21pm PDTTags: Bird Dog, Perception, TNT, TNT Allan Loeb Project
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As it picked up drama pilot Perception to series today, I hear TNT passed on the other two pilots that had been in contention: Mike Robe’s Bird Dog, about a father-daughter cop team, and Allan Loeb’s untitled project based … Read More »

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It’s Official: TNT Picks Up ‘Perception’ To Series, Renews ‘Southland’ For Season 4

By NELLIE ANDREEVA | Tuesday March 22, 2011 @ 11:39am PDTTags: Drama, Perception, Pickups, pilots, Renewals, Southland, TNT
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TNT Pilot ‘Perception’ Nears Series Pickup

By NELLIE ANDREEVA | Monday March 21, 2011 @ 9:00pm PDTTags: Perception, TNT
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Eric McCormack seems headed back to TNT’s primetime. Word is that TNT is closing in on a series order for the drama pilot Perception starring the Will & Grace alum. The project, from ABC Studios, centers on Dr. Geoffrey Pierce (McCormack), an eccentric, frequently erratic and brilliant … Read More »

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Steven Weber And D.L. Hughley Set As The Leads Of Allan Loeb’s TNT Pilot

By NELLIE ANDREEVA | Tuesday November 9, 2010 @ 11:17am PSTTags: D.L. Hughley, Eric McCormack, Perception, Steven Weber, The Rabbit Factory, TNT Allan Loeb Project, TNT Perception Casting, TNT Pilots, TV, TV Deals
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EXCLUSIVE: Former Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip co-stars Steven Weber and D.L. Hughley are reuniting on TNT. Weber and Hughley have  been tapped as the two leads of TNT’s untitled pilot from Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps writer Allan Loeb. In other TNT pilot casting, Arjay Smith has landed a lead role opposite Eric McCormack in the network’s drama Perception.

Based on Marshall Karp’s novel The Rabbit Factory, the Lionsgate TV-produced Allan Loeb project centers on recently widowed police Detective Mike Lomax (Weber) and his newly married partner, Terry Biggs (Hughley), who delve into a world of mystery, intrigue and occasional hijinks. Lomax, who continues to receive humorous and heartfelt weekly letters from his wife a year after her death, tries to navigate the singles world while also maintaining his pedigree as one of L.A.’s finest. Loeb wrote the pilot script and is executive producing with Steven Pearl. Ken Topolsky is co-executive producing. Weber, repped by UTA and Brillstein Entertainment, is already in business with TNT. He has a 3-episode arc on the network’s upcoming sci-fi series Fallen Skies. Hughley, who has an arc on TBS’ upcoming comedy series Glory Daze, is with ICM and 3 Arts. Read More »

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It’s Official: Eric McCormack To Star In TNT Pilot ‘Perception’

By NELLIE ANDREEVA | Thursday October 28, 2010 @ 11:29am PDTTags: Cable TV, Eric McCormack, Eric McCormack Perception, Kenneth Biller, Mike Sussman, Perception, TNT Perception Casting, TNT Pilot, TV, TV Deals
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Following some pretty intense final negotiations, Eric McCormack has closed a deal to return to TNT as the star of the network’s pilot Perception. The Will & Grace alum will play the lead in the project, Dr. … Read More »

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