The Closer Returns With Over 6 Million Viewers

The final season of Kyra Sedgwick drama The Closer launched to more than 6 million viewers on TNT while new drama Perception, starring Eric McCormack, brought in over 5 million viewers to the broadcaster making it the second most successful debut on the channel this year after Dallas.
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TNT’s blockbuster series The Closer returned for the first of six final episodes last night, drawing 6.1 million viewers, this summer’s largest Live + Same Day audience for a returning cable drama. The Closer was followed by the series premiere of TNT’s new drama Perception, which drew 5.6 million viewers and now ranks behind TNT’s Dallas on the list of cable’s top series launches for the year-to-date.

Among key demos, The Closer averaged 1.2 million adults 18-49 and 1.7 million adults 25-54 in Live + Same Day. The premiere of Perception brought in 1.1 million adults 18-49 and ranks behind Dallas as cable’s #2 drama series launch among adults 25-54 (1.5 million).