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Video: Episode 2.03 “Under the Influence” Promo

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6/19/13- Updated with new extended version of the promo

Episode Stills 301 – “Personal Day”

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Production Stills

Episode Photos

 

 

Episode 2.02- “False Pretenses”

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“False Pretenses” – Monday, June 17, at 9 p.m. (ET/PT)
A complex murder-suicide case has the department reeling. Meanwhile, when Rusty receives a mysterious and threatening letter Emma demands that he be relocated.

Directed by Arvin Brown
Written by Michael Alaimo
Created by James Duff

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Ratings: Major Crimes Premiere Earns #1 Debut of the Year

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MAJOR CRIMESFrom a TNT Press Release:

TNT’s Major Crimes Returns with More than 5 Million Viewers,

Ranks as Basic Cable’s #1 Returning Scripted Series Premiere This Year

 TNT’s enormously popular crime-drama Major Crimes pulled in more than 5 million viewers in Live + Same Day for Monday night’s second-season premiere. In the demos, the ensemble series scored deliveries of 1.2 million adults 18-49 and 1.5 million adults 25-54. Major Crimes‘ performance Monday night is in range of its overall Live + Same Day average for season one and even outperformed last year’s average among adults 18-49 by +6%.

Compared to other returning shows on basic cable, Major Crimes ranks as this year’s #1 scripted-series season premiere with total viewers and joins Sunday night’s two-hour season premiere of Falling Skies among the Top 5 with adults 25-54.

 

With James Duff at the Helm, Major Crimes Forges Its Own Identity

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By M. Sharpe

Duff TC Finale

Major Crimes Creator/Executive Producer James Duff.
Photo by Jason Merritt/Getty Images

As the eve of the Season 2 premiere of Major Crimes approaches, Series Creator and Executive Producer James Duff can’t help but reminisce about the difference between when The Closer first premiered on TNT in 2005, and last year, when Major Crimes debuted directly after its series finale. “It’s a very different environment than when The Closer first started. Because there were only two shows on the air that season, and TNT was just beginning its thrust to original content. And now a new season has arrived and they have several one hour dramas on the air- almost a full network schedule.” Of promoting the series premiere of Major Crimes last year, he says it was problematic because, as the spin-off to The Closer, it relied on launching directly after that show’s final episode- and to say almost anything about the new show would give away the details of how The Closer would end. “It was a marketing nightmare, but we managed.”

They did more than just manage. Major Crimes set a new record as basic cable’s most-watched series launch ever and averaged 7 million viewers in its freshman season. Returning tonight for its second season, Duff is excited about the new storytelling opportunities that are being presented in Major Crimes, and while comparisons to The Closer are inevitable, he says that Major Crimes has truly developed into its own unique franchise. Continue reading →