"Rizzoli & Isles" Lands Syndication Deal
by THE DEADLINE TEAM
Monday July 15, 2013


Warner Bros Domestic Television Distribution a broadcast weekend off-net window for the TNT drama "Rizzoli & Isles" in 95% of the country for a fall 2015 debut.

The detective series debuted its fourth season June 25 as the highest-rated cable premiere of the summer, drawing 6.6 million total viewers, with 2.3 million adults 25-54 and 1.8 million adults 18-49 — up double digits in viewership and the key demos compared with the previous season.





"Rizzoli & Isles" has been sold into 170 markets including stations owned by:

Fox
CBS
Sinclair
Hearst
Gannett
Lin
Local TV
Cox
Raycom
Weigel
Meredith
Mission
Nexstar
New Age
Journal
Scripps
Gray
Grant
Max Media
London
West Virginia
Media
Lockwood
Drewry
Cordillera
Bonten
Bahakel
Citadel
Diversified
Woods
Schurz
Mckinnon





The show was developed for TV by Janet Tamaro, who serves as executive producer with Bill Haber and Michael Katleman. The series is from Hurdler Productions and Ostar Productions in association with Warner Horizon Television.

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