THE CLOSER
Updated 04-May-2020.
Mondo shtuff from around the internet, all about THE CLOSER!
The Closer: “They’ll bring you in. She’ll make you talk.”
Deputy Police Chief Brenda Leigh Johnson (Kyra Sedgwick) is a police detective who transfers from Atlanta to Los Angeles to head up a special unit of the LAPD that handles sensitive, high-profile murder cases. Despite a tendency to step on people’s toes, Johnson manages to convert even her strongest adversaries with her unique ability to get to the truth.
A TNT original series, The Closer is created by the producers of Nip/Tuck and The Agency.
The Closer (TV Series 2005–2012) – IMDb: Created by James Duff. With Kyra Sedgwick, J.K. Simmons, Corey Reynolds, Robert Gossett. Deputy Police Chief Brenda Johnson runs the Priority Homicide Division of the LAPD with an unorthodox style. Her innate ability to read people and obtain confessions helps her and her team solve the city’s toughest, most sensitive cases.
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The Closer Premieres To 7.1 Million, Raising The Bar Just 3.6 Million: Here’s some fodder for the Burn Notice vs. The Closer commenters! The fifth season premiere of “The Closer” at 9 p.m. delivered its typically enormous cable viewership of 7.1 mill…
‘The Closer’ opened doors for women – and for basic cable: ‘The Closer’ returns for its sixth season Monday night at 9 p.m.
The Closer Promotes Mary McDonnell for Final Season | TV Guide: Mary McDonnell is getting bumped up to series regular status for the final season of The Closer, TVLine reports.
The former Battlestar Galactica star, 58, will…
TNT extends ‘The Closer’ final season to ready potential spin-off — EXCLUSIVE: TNT is reopening The Closer. EW has learned exclusively that TNT just ordered six additional episodes of its veteran hit, extending its final season to…
My botty best at summarizing from Wikipedia: the Closer was created by James Duff and the Shephard/Robin Company . the series ran on TNT from June 13, 2005, to August 13, 2012 . Deputy Chief Johnson sometimes uses deceit and intimidation The Closer’s final six episodes began airing on Monday, July 9, 2012 . the show deals with complex issues of public policy, ethics, personal integrity . its spin-off, Major Crimes, premiered . the first season introduced Mary McDonnell as Captain Sharon Raydor of the Force Investigations Division . season five introduced a team that dealt solely with high-profile murder cases . a tangle with the press allowed Brenda the seventh season of The Closer, which began production in the spring of 2011, will be the last . the channel said that the decision to retire the show was made by Kyra Sedgwick . on December 10, 2010, T the final season will add six episodes to the usual 15-episode order . it is led by Deputy Chief Brenda Leigh Johnson, played by Kyra sedgwick . some observers have noted strong similarities first and only departure from regular cast occurred in season five . actress Gina Ravera left and her character, Detective Irene Daniels, was transferred to another division . Mary McDonnell joins the cast full-time for season Robert Gossett as Russell Taylor, LAPD captain, is assigned to Robbery-Homicide Division . he is promoted to commander in season two, and appointed LAPD interdepartmental liaison in season four “the Closer” has redefined the power balance between basic cable and broadcast networks . the series has also helped redefine the place of basic cable channels alongside network programming . author: “we’ve certainly seen women in powerful positions before the second- (8.28) and third-season (8.81) premieres broke the previous record . at the end of season three, The Closer became ad-supported cable’s most-viewed scripted series live + 7 day (DVR) data reflect 30–40% audience growth in three key age-based demographic groups . for its Season Six premiere, on July 12, 2010, the show reached an estimated 7.66 million viewers .