After being on the air for just three weeks, TNT’s new Rizzoli & Isles TV show has already been renewed for a second season.
Rizzoli & Isles follows tough detective Jane Rizzoli (Harmon) as she teams up with serious forensic pathologist Maura Isles (Sasha Alexander). Others in the cast include Bruce McGill, Lee Thompson Young, Lorraine Bracco, and Jordan Bridges.
The premiere garnered a 1.5 rating in the 18-49 demo and 7.55 million total viewers. Rizzoli & Isles also set a record for the debut of a commercial-supported cable series. Week two’s demo number was steady at a 1.5 but viewership fell to 7.27 million. In week three, the demo fell to a 1.3 and viewership took a big drop, to 6.55 million.
Despite this week’s big tumble, TNT has decided to give Rizzoli & Isles a second season. The cable channel has ordered 13 episodes for season two and they’re expected to air sometime in 2011.
The 10 episodes of season one are expected to finish airing in late September.
What do you think? Are you glad to hear Rizzoli & Isles has been renewed? Do you think the ratings will keep going down?
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Waiting with baited breath for the the return of my two favorite female actors with excellent writers!
Rizzoli and Isles is our favorite show and we are really looking forward to Season 2. Why are you making us wait soooo long????? It’s the only show my husband and I sit down and watch together. We even watch the returns. Hurry back! We are hoping it returns for many more seasons!!!
I love this show. It is great to see the friendship between those women. It is a fresh show that deals with the daily lives of the characters. They resemble real people with real problems and feelings. It is so much better than watching those stupid reality shows that are not so real. I hope it renews for many seasons to come
I am THRILLED that Rizzoli and Isles is returning. Wonderful show with great performers!
SASHA ALEXANDER IS SOOOO HOTTT!!!!!
Thrilled to see that it will be back. Love the story line and the chemistry among the characters!
HELL YES!!!!!!!!!!! absolutly love this show cannot wait for it to start up, even taping the old ones to rewatch until the new ones start up again, yahoo and thanks for coming back hope its real real soon,.
I love the show and can’t wait for it to come back for season 2!!! I am so happy there is going to be a season 2 and I also hope for a season 3.
Super excited there will be a season two!!
Love this show hope it can stick it out for the long run.
Love the show, finally two intelligent, humorous, women. Can’t wait for the new season.
Can’t wait for the next season to start! Wish I’d known about the marathon they had last month – saw only the last one because it was in the evening.
Sasha Alexander had a little boy today. Her mother-in-law is the gorgeous Sophia Loren.
So glad to hear the show is renewed! It is the best show on tv as far as I’m concerned and so much better than all this reality stuff on these days! Thanks a million
I’m thrilled that the show has been renewed. It is smart and the relationship between the two women is smart and real. Thank you
Love the show looking forward to the next season.