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The Closer is an American crime drama, starring Kyra Sedgwick as Deputy Chief Brenda Leigh Johnson, a Georgia police detective who arrives in Los Angeles to lead the Priority Murder Squad (later Priority Homicide Division), a team that deals only with high profile murder cases. At the end of summer season four, the squad was retasked to handle a range of crimes including fraud and kidnapping, and renamed the Major Crimes Division. The Closer was created by James Duff and the Shephard/Robin Company in association with Warner Bros. Television. The 15-episode fourth season premiered July 14, 2008, and unlike previous seasons, ran in two parts, with a ten-week summer season and a five-week winter season.[1] Its 15-episode fifth season began on June 8, 2009.[2]
[edit] CharactersMain article: List of The Closer characters The main cast is led by Kyra Sedgwick as Deputy Chief Brenda Leigh Johnson, and consists largely of an ensemble of detectives who make up the LAPD's fictional Major Crimes Division1. Other main characters include Johnson's superior officer, Assistant Chief Will Pope (J.K. Simmons), Robbery-Homicide Commander Russell Taylor (Robert Gossett) and her FBI Agent husband Fritz Howard (Jon Tenney). The remainder of the cast makes up Brenda's squad, each with expertise in a specific area such as crime scene investigation or gang activity. The first departure from the cast occurred in Season Five, when actress Gina Ravera (Irene Daniels) left the cast; her character was transferred to another division in the LAPD. The main cast, in credits order as of the beginning of the fifth season, is as follows:[3]
1 Previously known as Priority Murder Squad (Season 1, Episodes 1 & 2), then Priority Homicide Division (Season 1, Ep. 3 through Season 4, Episode 9). The Division's official name was changed during Season 4, Episode 9, in response to (fictional) media interpretation of the use of "Priority", and the team first operated as the Major Crimes Division (MCD) in the following episode. Along with the change of name, the Division's brief was changed to enlarge its scope to a range of crimes including grand theft, rape and other violent crimes. Commander Taylor now coordinates interaction between the MCD and other units, reporting directly to Deputy Chief Johnson. [4] [edit] EpisodesMain article: List of The Closer episodes Each episode of "The Closer" deals with an aspect of the Los Angeles culture as it interfaces with law enforcement in the mega-city. The show deals with complex and subtle issues of public policy ethics, personal integrity, and profound questions of good and evil. The rather large character ensemble explores the human condition, touching on individual faiths, traditional religious influences in the lives and communities of contemporary society, and the breakdown and dysfunction of family systems, work teaming, and government responsibility.[citation needed] [edit] Awards and nominations
Writers Guild of America Awards
[edit] U.S. television ratingsViewer numbers (based on average total viewers per episode) of The Closer on TNT.
1 Summer finale. Season Four was divided into 10 summer and 5 winter episodes as a result of the WGA strike. As of the end of Season Three, The Closer is ad-supported cable's most-viewed scripted series of all time, ending the season with a live + same day audience of 9.21 million viewers in 6.84 million households. The third season finale holds the record for the largest live + 7 day audience for a single episode of an ad-supported cable series with 9.55 million viewers in 6.88 million households. live + 7 day (DVR) data for the season reflects 30 - 40% audience growth in three key age-based demographic groups. [12] Season Four's premiere slipped slightly from the Season Three opening, with live + same day ratings showing a 3% decline in audience from the previous year's opener. [13] For the fifth season premiere of The Closer, 7.1 million viewers were delivered, with 5.3 million households. Season 4 winter debut: 6,243,000 (week ending February 1, 2009)[citation needed] [edit] DVD releasesWarner Home Video has released the first four seasons of The Closer on DVD in Region 1.
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