From Indiewire.com:

While we were all obsessively watching the Olympics, one thing happened in TV land that didn’t get much note.  A 60 year old woman took over as the lead on a TV show.  Now techincally Major Crimes is a new show, but anyone who watched The Closerknows it’s basically the same show with a new name.

Mary McDonnell who played President Laura Roslin on Battlestar Galactica took over the squad as Kyra Sedgwick left her show after 8 seasons.  The two female characters are completely different types.  Sedgwick’s Brenda Leigh Johnson was nice and southern, as she got those confessions, and McDonnell’s Sharon Raydor is a whole different brand of cop.  She made her mark in internal affairs and that is leading to lots of trouble with the squad.  It’s almost like they are replaying the beginning of The Closer where all the male cops had to hate their new leader and break her down until they were convinced she was competent to have the job.  Women have to earn that respect whereas when a guy gets that job they are assumed to be qualified.

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