"Southland" is close to landing at TNT.
The cable network began conversations with corporate sibling Warner Bros. TV, which produces the cop drama, shortly after "Southland" was abruptly canceled by NBC earlier this month.
Though a deal has not been completed, it now appears likely.
It will be interesting to see if new episodes (besides the 7 produced and aired last season on NBC and the 6 produced but not aired yet for this season) are produced as part of the deal. The economics of picking up the episodes that have already been produced may be quite different than those for producing new episodes.
Great news! I Love Southland, i now i love TNT too
Great news! I love Southland, I hate NBC now I can watch Southland and not have to give a seconds time to NBC.
Awesome news! I love this show.
Great news! I love Southland, and a cannot waitto see then.
i am having a really great fall season this year!!!!!!
thanks TNT for saving Southland
Great news. It will fit in perfectly on TNT.
The downside is that this probably means Dark Blue is toast. It’s the only show from the summer that wasn’t renewed yet.
How close does anyone think it is at?
Rasing the Bar hasnt been renewed yet either
For me I think it is a 50/50 shot.
I think it’s way better than 50-50 that the 13 episodes already produced will air on TNT. But when they air and whether TNT signs up for any NEW episodes is another story.
If it’s just the 13, there really is no story other than Southland is canceled!
How high do you think tough?
According to Nikki Finke: “People working on the show are being told to prepare for a projected November 2nd re-start date”
If she’s right that might mean more than just 6 new episodes.
I’d put the chances of the already produced episodes of Southland airing on TNT at 85%. I don’t have a good feel for producing new episodes but just for grins I will say 12%.
GOOD NEWS!
Oh Man, Thanks Robert
Michal, regardless of what happens, I will be very surprised if there’s a November 2nd start date for new production unless the six episodes already filmed for S2 require additional work to get on the air (which may be the case). But that strikes me as a small staff.
Unless TBS really wants to ride the “NBC bashing wave” (and even just picking up the already made eps allows them to do that) I would be very surprised if they made a decision on additional episodes without seeing how existing episodes do on TNT first. I suppose it’s possible they think it is can’t miss and want to lock up everyone involved, but that seems doubtful to me.
Robert, I took that to mean November 2nd is the day they (potentially) restart production. Am I reading that wrong?
Edit: Ok, I see that I’m reading that right, and you just don’t see that happening.
That’s fair enough. But as a fan of the show, I hope you’re wrong.
Julia, I am only giving my view which may well be wrong. It is certainly understandable why you or anyone else would read it that way. What isn’t so understandable to me is the motivation TNT would have to be in a hurry to restart production.