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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i am soooo happy they decided to continue this series!! i absolutely love love love this tv show!! i would have been so upset if they canceled it!! good call tnt!!! =)
I like so much Rizzoli and isle
I love this show. It has intelligence, humor, drama and is wildly entertaining. The only problem is it has such a short season. It is extremely well done. The characters are well developed and it has room for expanding episodes. Finally something women can enjoy. It’s about time. I also like Bones for the same reasons. So many sitcoms are just plain insipid. This show is great. I can’t wait until next season.
I think the ratings will continue to drop. Angie was at her best in Law and Order. As for cop shows, Southland is at the top.
MORE MORE MORE
THIS SHOW IS AMAZING! haha, i love it. I have always loved Maura (also, Kate from NCIS). But putting these two characters together was brilliant. i cannot believe i have to wait until 2011 to find out hwat has happened. the finale was heart-wrenching. cannot wait!
KEEP THE SERIES!!!!!!!!! GREAT SHOW
I really enjoy this show, I can not wait until the next season air… the season finale had me on the edge of my seat! I really do not want to wait until 2011 to start watching this show again, but as long as they are coming back, i’m cool with that…. I will be purchashing the season from Target… I love this show!!!
are you kidding me, i have to wait for 2011? how will i live
They seem like real women, for a change. Maybe better looking than most of us, but flawed and uncertain , yet smart—I watched two episodes or more and really liked it.
This show is amazing, I think the next season will have more of a following as long as tnt replays the first season beofe the second season priemere!! Once poeple get to konw all the characters they will not be able to stop watching!!
Thank Goodness! I watched the season finale and was distraught over the ending! So glad that TNT had enough sense to bring back this awesome show!
This is a brilliant show! I fell in love with the characters almost immediately and the only criticism I have is that it was so short with only ten episodes! Can’t wait for the second season – great job TNT
CAN’T WAIT for the Season 2. Love the show… This has been the only cops show that i have enjoyed in a long time..
This is an excellent series. The two women compliment each other and I really like how they are building the friendship. They do have each others back. Good job TNT……