‘Major Crimes’ season 3 spoilers: Is spin-off with Jon Tenney, Laurie Holden still possible

The Special Operations Bureau may not have been a part of every episode of “Major Crimes” season 3, but we do certainly think that the group managed to make quite an impact. Not only that, but they did very little to quiet some of the long-simmering rumors that we could eventually see a spin-off show featuring Jon Tenney, Laurie Holden, and many other well-known actors.

So is there hope for this idea still? It sounds like it. Speaking to TVLine about the show’s return Monday and more, executive producer James Duff made it clear that the real reason for the wait has been the creative swing from Michael Wright at TNT to Kevin Reilly, who is getting instilled now:

“I think there was a halt in the forward motion of everything because [TNT president] Michael Wright left to go work with Steven Spielberg — you’ve heard of him, right, Steven Spielberg? — and Turner took a very long time to land on his replacement. But there’s a lot of positive energy around what we did. The S.O.B. episodes that we did got a big jump in the ratings and DVRed very well, and tested very well. Laurie Holden is amazing in it, Jon Tenney was fantastic in it, and there’s a lot of story that’s been built around S.O.B….. I would only be speculating right now — and I hate to do that because I don’t want to second-guess my corporate masters – but we’re hoping to discuss the future of S.O.B. with Kevin Riley when he picks up the reins [later this fall].”

We figure that the news here on this subject is going to come soon enough, but for now, why not just enjoy the episodes that are coming right around the bend?