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'The Closer': TNT wants less closure from closing
When word came that "The Closer" would end at the conclusion of Season 7, TNT issued a glowing press release in which all parties praised each other for all they've accomplished and lamented having to see it's tenure on TV come to an end.
Well, apparently they're so sorry they're reconsidering the whole "ending" thing altogether.
Deadline reports that TNT is currently considering ways to get a little more life from its flagship series, which averaged more than 8 million viewers during its last season.
Several options are being discussed. There's the quick, temporary fix: an additional six episodes tacked onto the current 15-episode season. And, more ambitiously, there's a possible 9-episode order for a spin-off of sorts, in which the non-Kyra Sedgwick members of the cast carry on in a different scenario, presumably with less "closing."
Option #1 is clearly contingent on negotiations with Sedgwick, who's only contracted through the end of the 15 previously ordered episodes of Season 7. It's up in the air as to whether she'd be up for it though, as the previously announced end of the series seems to be her decision.
So, "Closer" fans, are any of these options appealing to you? A super-sized final season would certainly work -- but there's something about a Sedgwick-less spin-off that screams "Golden Palace" to us.
Well, apparently they're so sorry they're reconsidering the whole "ending" thing altogether.
Deadline reports that TNT is currently considering ways to get a little more life from its flagship series, which averaged more than 8 million viewers during its last season.
Several options are being discussed. There's the quick, temporary fix: an additional six episodes tacked onto the current 15-episode season. And, more ambitiously, there's a possible 9-episode order for a spin-off of sorts, in which the non-Kyra Sedgwick members of the cast carry on in a different scenario, presumably with less "closing."
Option #1 is clearly contingent on negotiations with Sedgwick, who's only contracted through the end of the 15 previously ordered episodes of Season 7. It's up in the air as to whether she'd be up for it though, as the previously announced end of the series seems to be her decision.
So, "Closer" fans, are any of these options appealing to you? A super-sized final season would certainly work -- but there's something about a Sedgwick-less spin-off that screams "Golden Palace" to us.
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They need to make one with Flynn and Provenza being retired and working as PI....so funny!
They need to make one with Flynn and Provenza being retired and working as PI's....so funny!
Show is overrated. Hope they cut the episode order
I guarantee that if TNT gets and extra 6 episodes, they'll just spread everything out into 1 and a half seasons. The show's still fresh though so I would be in favor.
To continue the show I think they would need a new lead. They couldn't just work with the existing cast minus Sedgwick. Maybe Kevin Bacon steps in...
I say go with the extra episodes to bring about a forthright conclusion to the series and then just move onwards, IF TNT is hell bent on wanting to continue the show. The spin-off would be a huge failure in the long term.
This is the first show that made me think "spin-off." I think that there is such an eclectic mix of characters to revolve the stories around. And with the political backdrop of this current season, a new chief for the major case squad could be an easy fix. I also like the idea of a Flynn and Provenza spin-off.
I'm sure the show could easily survive without Brenda, the rest of the cast is great.
I thought "The Closer" was like the "Lou Grant" show and was already a spinoff. Provenza's early adventures trying to reign in rookie cop Carey Mahoney were just as dark and disturbing and as any episode of "The Closer".
How about Mary McDonnell taking over the division? She'd be a GREAT closer. I also like Provenza and Flynn retiring and becoming PIs. THAT would be a great direction.
this series shouldnt end during a time where female lead character shows are doing so well. and damages is now a directv subscriber show. rizzoli and isles, fairly legal, harry's law, chase, hawthorne, the good wife, nurse jackie, the big c, shameless, united states of tara are written more brilliantly than the male-dominated shows, with the closer and damages leading the pact. i'd had to lose one of the best.