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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Great show! I can’t believe how the season ended!!!! I don’t want to wait for 2011 for it to come back!
I love the show sad to have it end and cant wait for season 2 cant wait to see what has happened to Razzoli!!!!!!!!!
I love!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! this shoe these two women are amazing together!!!!!!!
I am so happy it is coming back for a second season it is a really great show. Can’t wait for season two.
LOVE THE SHOW DON’T WANT IT TO END
I loooove love this show!!!! Keep it going =)
Thank goodness Rizzoli and Isles has been renewed!!! There are very few programs on TV that are worth my time, but this is one of them.
BRING IT BAAAACK!
I have read all the books and although the show is not staying completely true to the books the show is still wildly entertaining! The characters are much more like bestfriends in the show whereas in the books I feel they were not as close. And… the hair colors are switched, in the book Jane is a dirty blond and Maura has black hair… anyway, with all the differences the show is still awesome! I love monday nights now! I do wish it came on before the Closer, but I can handle it. The season needs to be longer and… Read more »
Keep it! Love it! Two strong female actresses in two outstanding roles. Love the books too!
LOVE the books and LOVE the show! Harmon and Alexander are amazing together!
I love the show, my friend told me to watch it so I took quick look at the promo’s and I got hooked from the start.
loooove this showw<3 angie hrmon is my favoriteee ; she's gorgeous… and frankie is HOT!!! anyway, I don't want this show to end, it keeps me gooooinn! 🙂 anyway, im only 16 and im OBSESSED, so this show is obviously worth it 🙂
I love it! Now I’m reading the books. Best show on TV. Can’t wait for Monday nights.
Don’t like it. Bring back ‘The Bridge”