Major Crimes season 6 to be final season for TNT drama
After a great run on TNT starting off with The Closer, Major Crimes season 6 is going to be saying goodbye to the series itself.
Today, it was announced that the series will be ending with the upcoming batch of episodes beginning October 13. We cannot say that we’re completely blown away by the news, but we’re nonetheless disappointed. This is a show that has seen some ratings declines over the years, but that can’t be seen as all that great of a shock given that this past season found it in competition against both Law & Order: SVU and also Criminal Minds. That’s as hard of competition as you are going to find anywhere.
In a statement (per TVLine), show creator James Duff had the following to say:
“The whole company of Major Crimes is dedicated to making [this] the best season yet … We will finish our long run on TNT with a finale worthy of our loyal viewers and their years of unstinting support.”
This news comes a little over a year after the announcement of the final season of Rizzoli & Isles, and is the last changing of the guard for the network. This used to be a network that really prioritized crime series and procedurals more than anything, but have since shifted more to serialized fare to get more attention from critics. We’re also potentially seeing one of their serialized shows in The Last Ship preparing to say farewell at some point next year — it’s not confirmed yet, but the ratings are an indicator that season 5 of that show will probably also be the last.
Hopefully, the legacy of Major Crimes is as one of the best dramas of its kind — intense, thought-provoking, and full of memorable characters. If you were to go back to The Closer, we really consider it to be one of the big three cable shows alongside Monk and The Shield that really defined what basic cable programming could be. They brought a great deal of attention to their respective channels and helped them to make more of a name for themselves. With Major Crimes ending the entire cable landscape will in some ways be different, and it’s rather sad to think about this phase of TV history coming to a close.
With this said, kudos to Major Crimes to making it to 100 episodes in its final season, and we’re going to have a rather hefty amount of coverage at CarterMatt whether it be promos, episode previews, and hopefully a few surprises along the way. There’s a lot to be excited about as the series winds down, so even if you’re sad we’re going to get a chance to see the show hopefully end with a bang.
What’s your take on Major Crimes ending?
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Sophia Bell
December 28, 2017 @ 8:53 pm
I absolutely loved this show and looked forward to it every week. I hated when TNT started taking the episodes down from On Demand within a couple of weeks of airing. I’ve been a loyal fan of the cast and watched The Closer regularly too. It was such a unique, original idea to transition an already existing hit smoothly into another show with the same characters and a different female lead. McCormick is fantastic in every part she’s played and in my opinion, didn’t get the critical acknowledgement….awards etc for her part in the 6 seasons of original, interesting and often quirky storylines and making them work. Spoiler alert: Killing her off the way they did stinks. A better, ground-breaking idea would be to bring back Kyra Sedgwick (who’s gotten screwed over by ABC with the abrupt cancellation of her excellent show 10 Days In The Valley and therefore might be ripe for the picking) to reprise her role transitioning the show, cast and crew into a new direction. Win, win all around huh? Guaranteed money maker for the network, the stars and a treat for the fans. Seems like it would be worth a try and the PR alone would attract loyal and new viewers. Too bad the “creative forces” in tv fold so easily. I’ll miss the show a lot.
Bellz Webster
October 3, 2017 @ 10:53 pm
How sad. i enjoyed this group. Rusty is a great character and has grown greatly since his first appearance with the life style he had.
James
October 3, 2017 @ 7:11 pm
The thing that IS surprising is that it doesn’t appear that creator James Duff made any efforts to sell the show to other cable stations or other outlets like Netflix or Hulu.
leeaundra
October 8, 2017 @ 1:54 pm
I may be wrong, but at this point I don’t think Duff owns the series to be sold. In most cases the network/station that airs it does. TNT would have to allow another streaming service to continue the show and they would want to be compensated for that. They (TNT) have likely already sold the rights to the show abroad so it’s a complicated process. Warner Bros. is also a complicating factor. They are not generous with their product after production.
James
October 8, 2017 @ 10:48 pm
Thanks for the information. I truly believe the show had another year or two left in the tank.