JamesG
11-04-2014, 03:44 PM
"The Mentalist" Final Season Confirmed by CBS, Gets Premiere Date
by Nellie Andreeva
November 4, 2014
CBS has made it official — the upcoming 13-episopde seventh season of "The Mentalist" will be the crime drama’s last. The end game was fully expected when The Mentalist clinched an 11-th hour renewal in May after spending the spring heavily on the bubble, prompting producing studio Warner Bros. TV to shop the series to other networks.
"The Mentalist" is getting a proper sendoff — creator Bruno Heller, who has a high-profile new series for WBTV, "Gotham", recently given a full-season order by Fox, is shepherding the final chapter, sharing co-showrunner duties with one of his lieutenants, Tom Szentgyorgyi.
Chris Long also is an executive producer.
WBTV was prepared for "The Mentalist" to end after Season 7 as series star Simon Baker‘s current contract expires then.
The show is leaving in a good place creatively, having undergone a successful reboot midway through Season 6 when the series’ central Red John storyline was wrapped and the setting moved from California to Texas.
The final season of "The Mentalist" will premiere on the series’ most recent regular night, Sunday, on Nov. 30, airing there for five weeks before it moves to Wednesday 8 PM on Jan. 4 to fill in for "Survivor" as the veteran reality series takes a break between its two cycles.
"The Mentalist" will conclude its run with a two-hour finale on Feb. 18.
http://deadline.com/2014/11/the-mentalist-final-season-premiere-date-undercover-boss-cbs-1201273104/
by Nellie Andreeva
November 4, 2014
CBS has made it official — the upcoming 13-episopde seventh season of "The Mentalist" will be the crime drama’s last. The end game was fully expected when The Mentalist clinched an 11-th hour renewal in May after spending the spring heavily on the bubble, prompting producing studio Warner Bros. TV to shop the series to other networks.
"The Mentalist" is getting a proper sendoff — creator Bruno Heller, who has a high-profile new series for WBTV, "Gotham", recently given a full-season order by Fox, is shepherding the final chapter, sharing co-showrunner duties with one of his lieutenants, Tom Szentgyorgyi.
Chris Long also is an executive producer.
WBTV was prepared for "The Mentalist" to end after Season 7 as series star Simon Baker‘s current contract expires then.
The show is leaving in a good place creatively, having undergone a successful reboot midway through Season 6 when the series’ central Red John storyline was wrapped and the setting moved from California to Texas.
The final season of "The Mentalist" will premiere on the series’ most recent regular night, Sunday, on Nov. 30, airing there for five weeks before it moves to Wednesday 8 PM on Jan. 4 to fill in for "Survivor" as the veteran reality series takes a break between its two cycles.
"The Mentalist" will conclude its run with a two-hour finale on Feb. 18.
http://deadline.com/2014/11/the-mentalist-final-season-premiere-date-undercover-boss-cbs-1201273104/