Ready for a Spinoff of ‘The Closer’?
Am I ever!
Now that all of the (unnecessary and undeserved) hype over The CW’s tepid 90210 has (finally) subsided (I hope and pray), here’s some news that’s actually worth going ga-ga over: TNT is in the beginning stages of producing a spinoff of its hit Kyra Sedgwick crime drama The Closer. Can you hear me screaming with joy?!
According to reports, the network has issued a script order for the potential new series. That means a chosen team of writers — in this case Closer creator and executive producer James Duff, Closer co-executive producer Adam Belanoff, and Closer writer Michael Berchem — are currently working on a script for an episode.
After it’s finished, relevant network executives will review the script to determine the proposed spinoff’s chances of success. Given The Closer’s consistent excellence from episode to episode — admittedly, there have been occasional weak installments, but never any outright duds — we can pretty much predict a spinoff would have a comparable level of quality.
So, excellent move TNT. Let’s get this series on the tube, stat. And since I love all of the characters on the original show, a rarity for me, I won’t mind who stars in the spinoff if there’s any character overlap or crossover.
NOTE: Reviews of the first two underwhelming episodes of 90210 are coming up — I bravely overcame the rush to publish since the show really doesn’t warrant that kind of obsessiveness.
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