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In a rare industry move, TNT has rescued Southland – after being canceled by NBC a week before its second season was scheduled to start, according to The Hollywood Reporter.
TNT has obtained the rights to show all 13 produced episodes of the Warner Bros. drama – the first original seven episodes that aired last year on NBC – and the six unaired episodes which were going to kick off the second season originally in October. TNT will then decide whether to order additional episodes.
Southland will make its TNT debut on Tuesday, Jan. 12 at 10 p.m. Hopefully, that will allow for proper promotion of the show so fans will know it has moved to a new network.
“This is a great win for fans of ‘Southland’ and a perfect opportunity to introduce the series to new viewers,” said Steve Koonin, president of TNT, according to THR.
Honestly, it’s surprising that NBC didn’t give Southland a chance considering the show was executive produced by John Wells, who brought ratings success to NBC with ER for many years.
I hope that Southland kicks butt on ratings on TNT just to teach NBC a lesson. I say that as a TV viewer who gets really irritated when shows I watch get canceled without being given a chance.
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[...] to start, NBC decided to drop the show — leaving Southland fans mystified. Thankfully, TNT picked up the series and began airing the original episodes in January as a new series, so new fans could start out from [...]