As The Closer Announces Final Season, We Say To Brenda Leigh: Thank Yew!
The Closer's seventh season will be its last, TNT announced on Friday. The tough call was made by series star Kyra Sedgwick, who has earned both Emmy and Golden Globe awards for her portrayal of Deputy Police Chief Brenda Leigh Johnson. "I cannot fathom how difficult it will be to say goodbye to the incredible family we've created on The Closer," Sedgwick said in a statement.
"I will always be grateful to [series creator] James Duff for his love and friendship, as well as for creating such a rich and complex character who I have loved living with year after year."
"I want to thank TNT and Warner Bros. Television, as well as the incredible fans of The Closer, for all of their unwavering support over the last seven years," Sedgwick added.
The Closer is currently broadcasting its sixth season, which has averaged more than 8 million total weekly viewers; the finale is set to air January 3. Production on the 15-episode final run -- landmark Episode #100 among them -- is set to begin in the spring, to air later in 2011.
"It's impossible to fully express our appreciation to Kyra Sedgwick, series creator James Duff and all of the other talented people who brought The Closer to TNT viewers," said Steve Koonin, president of Turner Entertainment Networks. "The Closer was a pivotal series in setting a new course for TNT's original programming, while also serving as a prime example of the storytelling strength possible on cable television."
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Anybody watch this show? Is it actually, you know, good? Fun to watch even? Call me an aesthete, but the Windows MovieMaker title cards turned me off. Also, it looked like a generic cop show. But not as good. I could be wrong.
It was Sedgwick's frog mouth and thick acc-sint which turned me right off.
I liked it. It was well-written, and she is a complex character (rare, for women on tv).
Sheesh. I keep on finding out I've been missing shows, then come to find out I've missed basically nothing. This, when combined the cancelation of Rubicon and Mike's Jesse Eisenberg interview series, is basically making me want to quit teevee. For real. Just quit it.
The accent is fingernails-on-the-chalkboard bad. It makes the show impossible to watch
I love the Closer...
The writers,the chemistry...even the newest actors towards the end of the series (the two lawyers), ... just beyond compare to others shows of this nature. Have been a die-hard fan ever since the end of the first show! I told my wife at that time...'this show is going somewhere'. Thank you ALL very much for rare entertainment. And THANK YOU AGAIN...Y-ALL.
THANKYEW BRENDA LEE AND THANK Y'ALL CAST AND CREW I DID'NT MISS AN EPISODE. I HATE TO SEE YOU GO.MS. SEDGWICK YOU'RE THE BEST DAMN DETECTIVE SINCE DICK TRACY!!! THANKYEW THANKYEW VERY MUCH!
I have been watching the closer since the beginning I enjoyed and I love all the characters I missed gina rivera she added flavor the cast I will miss the show I will have to get he dvds.ty for yhr show
The best detective/cop show around!!! Thank yew Brenda Lee Johnson, all the cast, Fritz, Lt.Flynn, Provenza,Tao,you all worked so well together and made such a great team. Will miss y'all very much. Thanks again
I am sitting here writing you all a note while watching a rerun. To everyone I say thank you for a truly wonderful show. I'm 74 and TV is my entertainment. I commend your casting director and writers for puting the best cast together and having a nice clean, funny,TO ME, where it should have been. I do hope to see all of the actors again. I love you all and only wish I could have met you. Best to you all always.
I love all of you. You are the best dang show on TV. Don't know what I will do once you're not doing anymore shows!! Fritzi (Mr Tenney), you are the most handsome man on TV. I love the stars who played Brenda Leigh's parents. Have them back for your final episodes-please. Again, thanks to all for the best entertainment --ever!!
My husband enjoy "The Closer" a lot. I wish the series could continue.
Thanks,
Carol
My husband and I enjoy "The Closer" a great deal. I wish the series could continue.
Carol
I will so so so miss you guys and Miss Kitty. Good shows are a thing of the past. Kyra you are amazing.
I'm going to post another comment. Maybe it will help reverse the decision to cancel this fantastic show. I always look forward to your show and watch all the reruns. Please, please, don't cancel this fantastic show. We all need a way to laugh. The guys are so funny, but it also puts out the way law enforcement should be.
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My husband and I will truely miss you, Brenda LeeJohnson and all the rest of the terrific cast. We have watched your show from the very beginning. I even get up early on Saturdays to watch the re-runs, plu the re-runs @ 12:00 noon here in Fresno. Yeh, I know I'm, I'm a hooked so bad. Love the accent, love the action, tears & excitement, we will truely miss you and all ya totally.
I am going to really miss this terrific show. It was my favorite television series, I am going to miss all of the stars that bring such enjoyment to this television police series I don't know what I'm going watch now that you are leaving. I am going to have to find another series, which will be hard, to find. I will have to watch all of the reruns, which will still make me happy. Love you all!!
Truly sorry to see this show leave. It has humor, compassion, and lots of other "stuff" which we have enjoyed over the years. The cast is just great.
why is it when I enjoy a show,it always goes off the air, it was light hearted and sometimes funny, she get herself in some trouble,like alot of women,me for one,THANK YOU AGAIN, hope to the series return.
My wife & I enjoy every episode we get to see, Live or DVR'd., I thought "Fargo" was a great movie with that female mountie outwitting those smart as guys... Brenda does it over & over, it was fun seeing her interviews where she gets them to admit their guilt. WE will miss the guys and the gals that made THIS show, "The CLOSER" one of the BEST. we're gonna miss you aLL .or as brenda says ya'all and thank yew, thank yew, God Bless you all.
There will truly be a void on Monday nights when the Closer Says goodbye.. I will miss all you wonderful
Follks who have graced my home with fun,
Laughter, tears, joys, great acting and heartfelt stories &
Messages of right and wrong in the police world.
You have provided a lot of entertainment.
I am taping all the reruns and have watched many
Episodes over and over. Thanks so much for
Seven good years. May God bless each of you with
Many successes. You are all great stars in my book !!!
i will miss this show brenda is a complex character and i LOVE the accent so sick of hearing harsh northern accents or the horrible hollywood fake accent brenda is a hard working intelligent woman something hollywood does not believe in so sick of seeing these bleached blond plastic bag inflated chest without a brain in their head
I will truly miss "The Closer." I enjoy watching all episodes including the re-runs. Such a wonderful chemistry between the team with just enough friction (Taylor and Rayder) to make it believable. I really do hope they will consider making additional episodes beyond the episodes that are scheduled to start in July 2012.
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