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[01/28/11 - 02:02 PM]
2010 Year in Review/2011 Year in Preview: TNT
By The Futon Critic Staff (TFC)

Please note: As a courtesy, please do not reproduce these tables to newsgroups, forums or other online places. Links only please.

LOS ANGELES (thefutoncritic.com) -- With the TCA Winter Press Tour officially behind us, we thought a recap was in order to give our readers an overview of the flurry of announcements from the past month.

To that end we're offering up 25 capsules - five each day - of our most trafficked cable networks' plans for 2011, plus a look back at the numbers from 2010. Together they should help give you a better idea of their respective performances and goals moving forward.

As always, our daily and monthly list of premiere dates as well as our quarterly programming grids can assist in planning your viewing accordingly.

Network: TNT

2011 Premiere Dates (Announced):

"Southland" (Season 3 premiered Tuesday, January 4 at 10/9c)

2011 Premiere Dates (Date TBA):

"The Closer" (Season 7, Summer)
"Falling Skies" (New Series, June)
"Franklin & Bash" (New Series, June)
"Hawthorne" (Season 3, Summer)
"Leverage" (Season 4, Summer)
"Memphis Beat" (Season 2, Summer)
"Men of a Certain Age" (Season 2.2, Summer)
"Rizzoli & Isles" (Season 2, Summer)

2010 Primetime Averages for Original Episodes:

millions of viewers (adults 18-49 rating) - series
7.214 (1.4) - The Closer S6.1
6.886 (1.5) - Rizzoli & Isles S1
5.797 (1.0) - The Closer S6.2
3.630 (0.8) - Memphis Beat S1
3.331 (1.0) - Leverage S3.1
3.090 (0.9) - Hawthorne S2
3.041 (1.0) - Leverage S2.2
2.547 (0.8) - Men of a Certain Age S1
2.403 (0.6) - Leverage S3.2
2.308 (0.5) - Men of a Certain Age S2.1
2.249 (0.6) - Dark Blue S2
2.138 (0.8) - Southland S2
2.024 (0.5) - Saving Grace S4
1.484 (0.5) - Southland S1 (Repeat)

Source: Nielsen Media Research, Live+SD (1/1/10-12/31/10)





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· CLOSER, THE (TNT)
· DARK BLUE (TNT)
· FALLING SKIES (TNT)
· FRANKLIN & BASH (TNT)
· FUTON'S RATINGS SURVIVAL GUIDES (TFC)
· HAWTHORNE (TNT)
· LEVERAGE (TNT)
· MEMPHIS BEAT (TNT)
· MEN OF A CERTAIN AGE (TNT)
· RIZZOLI & ISLES (TNT)
· SAVING GRACE (TNT)
· SOUTHLAND (TNT)





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