Monday, November 02, 2009

Cops on the Move

Excellent news for fans of the Los Angeles-based police drama Southland, which was suddenly canceled last month by NBC-TV. From Jeremy Lynch at Crimespree Cinema:
It is official: TNT has picked up Southland. After weeks of speculation, the cabler has purchased the 13-episode second season of the canceled NBC crime drama. ...

“This is a great win for fans of Southland and a perfect opportunity to introduce the series to new viewers,” said Steve Koonin, president of Turner Entertainment Networks. “It’s also another outstanding example of how TNT has established itself as the go-to place for the best dramas on television.”
Lynch’s whole piece is here. Meanwhile, Pop Crunch reports that TNT will begin broadcasting Southland in January 2010. Plans are to “re-air the series’ original seven episodes plus the six new hours that NBC ordered but chose not to air.” Watch for it on Tuesday nights at 10 p.m., opposite NBC’s beleaguered Jay Leno Show.

It seems all those viewer pleas to save Southland really worked.

5 comments:

MysterLynch said...

The show will debut on Jan 12th.

Anonymous said...

Funny how they canceled it to make room for Leno. Now it's going to be opposite Leno.

And probably get better ratings.

Mack said...

This is good news. I though Southland had lots of potential. I've been pining for a good ensemble cop show that mixed uniforms and detectives since the end of The Shield and The Wire.

pattinase (abbott) said...

I hope they go on to make more episodes after these.

Fleur said...

Seems like the best crime shows are on TNT now. Nice to hear it was saved!