TNT is re-opening The Closer.
EW has learned exclusively that TNT just ordered six additional episodes of its veteran hit, extending its final season to prepare for a possible spin-off. The network expects to air the previously announced 10 episodes this summer, followed by five in the winter … and now another six in the summer of 2012.
The final six will be the swan song for star Kyra Sedgwick (Brenda Leigh Johnson), while likely introducing a new central character who will headline the spin-off.
The new show’s working title is….
Major Crimes.
Details are sketchy but it looks like the show will evolve into a gritty drama that focuses on what happens when criminals aren’t sent to Death Row – the behind-the-scenes dealmaking that’s as maddening as it is brutally realistic in today’s criminal justice system. It’s that give and take, EW has learned, that ultimately paves the way for Brenda’s departure.
Though TNT has committed to the six additional hours, bringing the final season to 21 episodes, there’s still a lot of work to be done to shore up the cast (For now, it’s unclear how Sedgwick would be replaced in the spinoff – if at all). Nevertheless, the pickup should be good news to fans, who helped to make the last season of The Closer the most-watched season with 8.4 million viewers.
Source: EW
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