JamesG
07-13-2010, 11:01 PM
"Rizzoli & Isles" Premiere Draws Big Audience
Jul 13, 2010
by Nolan Elingburg
The premiere of "Rizzoli & Isles" attracted 7.6 million viewers, making it the second-biggest cable TV series debut ever.
Monday night's launch of the TNT crime drama finished slightly behind the 2008 unveiling of "Raising the Bar" — and it managed to keep almost all of the 7.7 million viewers for the Season 6 start of "The Closer" starring Kyra Sedgwick.
"The tremendous viewer response to 'Rizzoli & Isles' is very gratifying," said Michael Wright, the head of programming for TNT, TBS and Turner Classic Movies.
"Rizzoli & Isles" — starring Angie Harmon ("Law & Order") and Sasha Alexander ("NCIS") — is based on Tess Gerritsen's best-selling book series in which Boston Detective Jane Rizzoli teams up with her friend and medical examiner Maura Isles.
http://www.tvguide.com/News/Rizzoli-Isles-Premiere-1020543.aspx
Jul 13, 2010
by Nolan Elingburg
The premiere of "Rizzoli & Isles" attracted 7.6 million viewers, making it the second-biggest cable TV series debut ever.
Monday night's launch of the TNT crime drama finished slightly behind the 2008 unveiling of "Raising the Bar" — and it managed to keep almost all of the 7.7 million viewers for the Season 6 start of "The Closer" starring Kyra Sedgwick.
"The tremendous viewer response to 'Rizzoli & Isles' is very gratifying," said Michael Wright, the head of programming for TNT, TBS and Turner Classic Movies.
"Rizzoli & Isles" — starring Angie Harmon ("Law & Order") and Sasha Alexander ("NCIS") — is based on Tess Gerritsen's best-selling book series in which Boston Detective Jane Rizzoli teams up with her friend and medical examiner Maura Isles.
http://www.tvguide.com/News/Rizzoli-Isles-Premiere-1020543.aspx