Tweet
Welcome to ‘What Would Sharon Raydor Do?‘, the podcast devoted to getting an in-depth view at Major Crimes Captain Sharon Raydor by the woman who knows her best, Mary McDonnell.
We will be including a few listener questions on the podcast each week – ask your questions below, or tweet them to us @MaryMcDonnell10 and @MajorCrimesTV using hashtag #WWSRD, and listen next week to see if your question has been answered!
Major Crimes returned up last night, with 3.61 million viewers tuning in to see Captain Raydor and the team solve the murder of a missing teen in the season five premiere. That number is an increase of over 200,000 viewers over the season four winter finale, and easily besting the season four winter ratings highs.
In key demos, Major Crimes fell only slightly from last winter’s highs, to .42 million viewers 18-49.
The growth in total viewers impressive, especially considering Major Crimes move to the 10pm hour this year, where viewership is traditionally 20-30% lower over the 9pm time slot. Major Crimes season premiere numbers also outperformed last week’s Rizzoli and Isles season premiere, which took over Major Crimes traditional time slot.
Major Crimes is all-new this Monday at 10pm/9c on TNT.
Want more Major Crimes? Listen to the ”What Would Sharon Raydor Do?” Podcast with Mary McDonnell , now streaming on MajorCrimesTV.net!
“N.S.F.W.” – Monday, June 20, 2016 at 10 p.m. (ET/PT)
The murder of a detective in the Sex Crimes unit leads Major Crimes into the world of “barely legal” porn, where they find rampant drug use and questionable ethics. Meanwhile, Rusty’s biological mother, Sharon Beck (Ever Carradine) returns with some surprising news.
Directed by Sylvain White
Written by Kendall Sherwood
Created by James Duff
Production Photos
Tweet
MajorCrimesTV.net has learned that Anne-Marie Johnson has been cast in the upcoming season five premiere of Major Crimes,
and we have your exclusive first look from the episode.
Johnson portrays Jane Wolf, an activist for the homeless in Los Angeles. Wolf and her homeless shelter becomes the focal point of an investigation for the Major Crimes team when a teen who was volunteering there mysteriously disappears, and it becomes clear the shelter was her last known location.
A screen veteran with dozens of credits to her name, Johnson is currently recurring on the NBC soap Days of Our Lives. She has recently also had roles on Castle, Grey’s Anatomy and Pretty Little Liars. 
Major Crimes season 5 premieres Monday, June 13th at 10pm/9c on TNT.
Tweet
Major Crimes returns in just 5 weeks, and we have your first look at the brand new promos for the upcoming season, premiering Monday, June 13 at the brand new time of 10pm/9c on TNT!
Promo #3
Thanks to our friends at AUSXIP for sharing this video with us!
Tweet
Mary McDonnell and Edward James Olmos took the stage for a joint panel at last month’s C2E2 convention in Chicago. The sold-out crowd was treated to behind-the-scenes anecdotes from the set of Battlestar Galactica, and much more, and we’re pleased to present video of that panel for those that weren’t able to attend the show.
Special thanks to the Reed Pop Media Team for providing this footage.
TNT today announced the return date for Major Crimes, and a new time slot for the series fifth season.
According to the Hollywood Reporter, Major Crimes season 5 will premiere on Monday, June 13, 2016 on TNT. For the first time since its series premiere, the show will be moving to 10pm, following the final season of Rizzoli and Isle at 9pm.
MajorCrimesTV.net has reached out to TNT for comment, and will update this story as more information is available.
From the TNT Press release:
Major Crimes – Season 5 Premiere: Monday, June 13, at 10/9c
Major Crimes centers on a special unit of Los Angeles Police Department detectives responsible for investigating high-profile crimes. The series features a stellar ensemble cast headed by two-time Oscar® nominee Mary McDonnell as Captain Sharon Raydor. Also starring are G.W. Bailey as Lieutenant Provenza, Tony Denison as Lieutenant Andy Flynn, Michael Paul Chan as Lieutenant Mike Tao, Raymond Cruz as Detective Julio Sanchez, Phillip P. Keene as tech expert and reserve officer Buzz Watson, Kearran Giovanni as Detective Amy Sykes, Jonathan Del Arco as Dr. Morales and Robert Gossett as Assistant Chief Russell Taylor. In addition, Graham Patrick Martin stars as Rusty Beck, a formerly homeless teen who was adopted by Captain Raydor in the third season.
Major Crimes returns with more mysteries in its fifth season as the squad sets out to solve some of the worst and most challenging homicides in America’s second largest city. Whether it involves hunting for a missing teenage girl who vanished while helping the homeless, hunting down the killer of a potentially dirty cop, following up on an ISIS-related beheading in an isolated corner of Los Angeles, or putting back together a body burnt to cinders in an Elysian Park grilling pit, the investigators strive to return balance to the scales of justice. This season, Sharon also strives to push her adopted son, Rusty, through college while figuring out where she wants to go in her ongoing romance with Andy Flynn; Julio Sanchez decides to try to adopt a child himself; Provenza develops some sensitivities related to his new marriage to Patrice (recurring guest star Dawnn Lewis); Buzz Watson picks up where the LAPD left off on their murder investigation of his father and uncle 30 years ago; Mike Tao wins an award for his work as a Hollywood consultant; and Amy Sykes confronts whether she wants to have children or stay focused on her career.
In season four, Major Crimes reached an average of 10.3 million viewers per episode across TNT’s linear, mobile and digital platforms. The series is produced by The Shephard/Robin Company and Walking Entropy, Inc., in association withWarner Bros. Television. James Duff, Greer Shephard & Michael M. Robin, Rick Wallace, Adam Belanoff, Mike Berchem and Duppy Demetrius serve as executive producers.
The season finale of Major Crimes brought with it Patrice and Provenza’s long-awaited nuptials, and a strong finish in the ratings.
3.4 million viewers turned in for the resolution to the Hindsight five-episode winter arc, and it won the night as the most watched scripted show for the 5th consecutive week. In key demographics, the episode remained steady with its winter high, with 0.5 million viewers 18-49.
Last week’s episode continued to perform strongly, ending the week as the second most-watched scripted series of the week, behind only The Walking Dead.
Episode 403 Major Crimes continued to see strong growth in time-delayed ratings, gaining 52% in Live + 3 day to a total of 4.5 million viewers. Even greater increases were seen in the key demographics, which rose a 75% to 0.7 million viewers 18-49.
MajorCrimesTV.net wishes to congratulate the cast and crew on a truly stellar season.
Major Crimes will return for season 5 this summer on TNT.