Though Major Crimes didn’t bring in big ratings like The Closer, the spin-off still did very well. Will it continue to do so or, will the ratings fall in season two? Will the TNT series be cancelled or renewed for a third year? We’ll have to wait and find out.
Airing on Monday nights, Major Crimes features the talents of Mary McDonnell, GW Bailey, Tony Denison, Michael Paul Chan, Raymond Cruz, Kearran Giovanni, Phillip P. Keene, Jonathan Del Arco, Graham Patrick Martin, Robert Gossett, and Nadine Velazquez. There are 19 installments this time — vs last season’s 10. The latest ratings are below and the list will be updated after each episode.
UPDATE: Major Crimes has been renewed for a third season of 15 episodes.
Final season averages: 0.8 rating in the 18-49 demographic with 4.74 million total viewers.
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Compared to the series debut last August, the season opener was down by 30% (vs 7.18 million). However, it was on par with the end of last season’s finale (5.13 million).
Reference point: The first season of Major Crimes averaged a 0.9 demo rating and 5.18 million viewers.
Cable ratings are typically released within a day or so of the show’s airing, except for in the case of weekends and holidays. They are sometimes harder to come by so there may be occasional delays or gaps.
What do you think? Do you still like the Major Crimes series? Do you think it should be cancelled or renewed for a third season?
Add Joe Flanigan to the main cast and it will be renewed to third season 🙂
It was renewed for a third season back in August!
Who is Flannigan? Never heard of him.
Think you should consider making Joe Flanigan a regular on the show!
Exactly 🙂
Great stories, using Rusty to get into crime against youngsters.Learning to love Raydor. Can’t wait for more episodes.
Get rid of Rusty its a crime show not social work.
I agree.
Stable ratings this season, glad for MC team! Great season, very emotional, more action, more diversity – can’t wait for autumn episodes!
I was a huge fan of The Closer! Although I didn’t like the way they handled the end of Brenda’s character, I decided to give Major Crimes a chance. The “Rusty” character caught my attention from his appearance on The Closer and I wait each week to find out what will be happening with him!! Just found out we will now have to wait until November to find out! I agree with previous writer, DDA Rios doesn’t add anything good to the show. Overall I don’t love it as much as I did Closer BUT as far as TV goes… Read more »
I was a huge fan of The Closer! Although I didn’t like the way they handled the end of Brenda’s character, I decided to give Major Crimes a chance. The “Rusty” character caught my attention from his appearance on The Closer and I wait each week to find out what will be happening with him!! Just found out we will now have to wait until November to find out! I agree with
I love Major Crimes, even more than The Closer. I feel that we see more of indvidual cast members as part of the team as opposed to the Brenda Leigh Johnson show.
at first i was really hesistant to watch major crimes because i dont like capt. raydor. but as you watch all episode you’ll eventually like her…i love this tv series….i hope it’ll have a lot of seasons to follow….i like them all but lt. provenza & flyn can really make me laugh….good job….
I love major crimes, but if they want to look for a reason for falling ratings, how about the fact that they did not bring it back for Christmas and made viewers wait all that time. You can’t do that with one show and not the spin off and expect the same results. Bringing back The Closer for Christmas made a whole lot of difference because the viewers got a taste of their favorite characters for more than just one season. Hence, they became faithful die hard viewers.
Major Crimes will be returning on November 25th with 8 new episodes which takes it into January.
We get our winter fix of Major Crimes!!!
I was very pleased that the end of the Closer did not mean the end of our Major Crimes detectives. They are awesome. And, surprisingly, I have really gotten to like Captain Raydor. But, what is a little scary is the fact that there is no way this show is going to survive the new DDA Rios. She can’t act and is nothing short of obnoxious! Had lunch with some friends today, friends who also think Major Crimes is one of the best shows on TV. Three of them have stopped watching the new season already because of DDA Rios.… Read more »
I love the new show!! I watched The Closer and was sorry to see it end, but I am enjoying Major Crimes. I like that they kept a lot of the Closer cast, and I think Mary McDonnell is terrific. I hope Fritz is included in the upcoming plots, too. I do not think that adding Capt. Raydor’s ex-husband is a good idea.
Love this show and Mary McDonnell, and the other detectives. Rusty is okay, but I don’t want to see the “husband” of Capt. Raydor make this into a silly show or soap opera. She is in charge of the detectives and her authority should not be diminished by putting up with the antics of her come/go husband.
I loved the Closer, so I decided to give Major Crimes a chance, and I love it. Glad they kept most of the cast (Julio is my favorite). I like the Rusty character. It shows Sharon’s soft side. Please give this show a chance
We also love this show. Mary McDonnell is amazing, and I love the rest of the cast, too. I love the addition of the Rusty storyline. It seemed like all the shows were down this Monday (6/18) compared to last (6/11).
LOVE this show! Even though we’re only two episodes into the new season — it’s great with the new cranky DA and the writers are giving the other characters more lines…not sure why the ratings are down. My household would not miss an episode of this show!