TNT sets up more cases for 'Closer'
'Closer' returns for 3rd season
June 30, 2006
TNT has picked up its red-hot series "The Closer" for a third season.
The cable network has ordered 15 more episodes of the detective drama starring Kyra Sedgwick to run in summer 2007.
The announcement comes two weeks after the show's second-season premiere smashed the ratings record for a basic cable original scripted series with 8.3 million viewers.
"This show has been everything we hoped for and more," said Michael Wright, senior vp original programming for TNT and TBS. "We are extremely proud to renew it and look forward to another fantastic year working with everyone involved."
"The Closer," from the Shephard/Robin Co. and Warner Bros. TV, stars Sedgwick as Deputy Chief Brenda Johnson, a transplant from Atlanta who heads up the priority homicide division of the Los Angeles Police Department.
Greer Shephard, Michael M. Robin and James Duff are executive producing the series with Andrew J. Sacks producing.
The cable network has ordered 15 more episodes of the detective drama starring Kyra Sedgwick to run in summer 2007.
The announcement comes two weeks after the show's second-season premiere smashed the ratings record for a basic cable original scripted series with 8.3 million viewers.
"This show has been everything we hoped for and more," said Michael Wright, senior vp original programming for TNT and TBS. "We are extremely proud to renew it and look forward to another fantastic year working with everyone involved."
"The Closer," from the Shephard/Robin Co. and Warner Bros. TV, stars Sedgwick as Deputy Chief Brenda Johnson, a transplant from Atlanta who heads up the priority homicide division of the Los Angeles Police Department.
Greer Shephard, Michael M. Robin and James Duff are executive producing the series with Andrew J. Sacks producing.
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