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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hey CSI : NY is good too
I absolutely love this show!!! I’m sooo happy they decided to renew this series for a 2nd season! The characters are great and they picked the perfect actors to portray them. I also agree that they are the new Cagney & Lacey and believe me, being a hardcore fan of Cagney & Lacey, that means a lot!
I was hoping for more then 13 eps for the 2nd season, but I’m already very happy that it’s returning. Hopefully we won’t have to wait too long!
Awesome series!
this is the Cagny & Lacy of 2010. These guys are great! Show is fantastic, very down to earth and fun to watch. Glad TNT decided to renew it for 2nd season in 2011. Can’t wait to continue watching it. TNT has gr8 shows, Memphis Beat, Leverage, and this one Rizolli & Isles. Actual real honest shows that are enjoyable, heart warming, have a message, get you involved in the characters, their lives, the story being told, gr8 writing, gr8 actors, believable in an everyday type way. No fakeness about them. Characters are believable and fun – make you want… Read more »
Jag kan inte vänta det är så spännande.
I absolutely love this show!!! I can’t wait for the new season. This is the best nerve-tingling show by far!!
I can’t wait… best show i’ve seen in a long time.
I love this show. It is terrific and the characters were just getting comfortable in their skins. I hope it doesn’t get cancelled. I don’t know why the shows I like get cancelled.
The show is awesome, as are the books it is based off of. Can’t wait for season two!
I can’t wait for the new season of Rizzoli and Isles to begin. It is one of the best new shows that have premeried. Thanks for listening TNT.
Love the show. It’s getting better and better. The time slot might have something to do with the viewing. It’s on at 1 am where I live in the Midwwest.
ABSOLUTLY LOVE THE SHOW!
GIVE ME MOOOOORE!!!
I liked the show. Glad it was picked up for another season.
I can’t wait for the Show to start up again, it’s the best pairing of women detectives since cagney and lacy.. I just hope I dont miss the previews of when it doese start up again so I can reset my DVR. My 20 yr old Daughter and I watch it faithfully. god going TNT for picking it up for another season… We will be waiting with bated breathe…
I loved the first season of this show. The ratin;gs certainly don’t show how great this series is. I am estatic that TNT is having a 2nd season of it!!!