by Linda Holmes

TNT has made a deal to buy Southland, the cop drama NBC jettisoned prior to its second-season premiere. But Southland fans will need to exercise some caution in reacting to the news.

So far, all that TNT has agreed to do is buy the seven episodes that aired in the spring, and then the six episodes that had already been shot for the never-aired second season before NBC pulled the plug. At this point, all they're doing is showing what would otherwise sit on the shelf.

TNT will have an opportunity to see how viewers respond to Southland -- which will air Tuesday nights at 10:00 PM, beginning in January -- before deciding whether to order any more episodes. So at this point, it's not so much that TNT is agreeing to keep making the show, or to make it into a TNT show; they're just showing what was shot to air on NBC. The deal is a treat for fans, in that they find it incredibly frustrating when episodes that have already been made are simply never shown (or, perhaps more likely, only available for purchase on DVD). But it looks like we won't know for quite a while whether the show is going to continue as a going concern, or whether this is just going to give it a less frustrating send-off.

categories: Television

12:30 - November 2, 2009

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