TNT Original Drama Series THE CLOSER, Starring Kyra Sedgwick,
To Premiere Commercial-Free Monday, June 13
Detective Drama Produced by The Shephard/Robin Company (Nip/Tuck)
in Association with Warner Bros. Television
TNT's new original series THE CLOSER, starring two-time Golden Globe nominee Kyra Sedgwick (The Woodsman, Something To Talk
About, TNT's Door to Door) as an Atlanta detective transferred to Los Angeles to head the Priority Murder Squad, will premiere
Monday, June 13 at 9 p.m. (ET/PT), in a special commercial-free presentation. This gripping drama series comes to TNT from
The Shephard/Robin Company in association with Warner Bros. Television. THE CLOSER is executive-produced by Greer Shephard
(Nip/Tuck, The D.A.), Michael M. Robin (Nip/Tuck, The D.A., NYPD Blue) and James Duff (The D.A., The Agency). Gil Garcetti, Los
Angeles district attorney from 1992 to 2000, is a consulting producer on the series.
An offbeat personality, a tough-as-nails approach and a track record as one of the country's leading investigators: these are just a
few of the traits exhibited by television's next great detective, Deputy Police Chief Brenda Johnson. In her first lead role in a dramatic
series, Sedgwick plays the CIA-trained detective who has been brought to Los Angeles to head a special unit of the Los Angeles Police
Department that handles sensitive, high-profile murder cases. Brenda is tapped to lead the team because she is a world-class interrogator,
and when it comes to obtaining confessions, she is a closer.
As the series' premiere episode opens, Brenda arrives in Los Angeles and immediately finds herself thrust into a very different way of
life. In her first case, Brenda is called upon to investigate a murder at the home of a multi-millionaire computer company executive.
Brenda pursues leads in her case, eventually focusing on what may be a love affair gone wrong. When forensic evidence uncovers the
truth about the victim's mysterious past, Brenda puts her skills to the test and proves to her critics that she is indeed the right woman
for the job.
THE CLOSER co-stars Corey Reynolds (The Terminal, Tony nominee for Hairspray) as Sgt. David Gabriel, Johnson's right-hand man; Robert
Gossett (Arlington Road, The Net) as Captain Taylor, head of the robbery homicide division; G.W. Bailey (M*A*S*H, St. Elsewhere) as
Detective Lt. Provenza; Jon Tenney (You Can Count on Me, Get Real) as FBI Agent Fritz Howard, a close friend of Johnson's now living
in Los Angeles.; Tony Denison (Melrose Place, The Amy Fisher Story) as Detective Andy Flynn; Raymond Cruz (Collateral Damage,
Training Day) as Detective Julio Sanchez; Michael Paul Chan (Robbery Homicide Division, The Insider) as Detective Mike Tao; and
Gina Ravera (The Temptations, Soul Food) as Detective Irene Daniels.
The first episode, directed by Robin from a script by Duff, guest-stars Allison Smith (Helter Skelter, Holes), John Rubinstein (Red Dragon,
Crazy Like a Fox) and John Prosky (The Last Shot, Hulk).
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executive producer Steven Spielberg; original recurring series, including the detective drama The Closer, starring Kyra Sedgwick, and
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TNT Original Drama Series THE CLOSER, Starring Kyra Sedgwick,
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