Summary
The Closer, starring Kyra Sedgwick and J.K. Simmons, is coming to streaming. With the Emmy-winning Sedgwick as a CIA-trained interrogator,The Closerdebuted on TNT in June 2005. It ran for a total of 109 episodes, concluding in August 2012. Now, the police procedural will soon have a chance to be revisited on streaming.
TVLineconfirms that all seven seasons ofThe Closerwill be coming to Peacockon Sunday, June 30. This marks a shift for the popular show, which was previously available to rent and stream on various platforms.
What To Know About The Closer
J.K. Simmons Played A Key Role
The ensemble helped lift the procedural to highs, as it was cable’s highest-rated drama for season 6.
The crime drama follows Kyra Sedgwick as Brenda Leigh Johnson, the Deputy Chief in charge of the LAPD’s Priority Homicide Division.Johnson’s a CIA-trained detectiveand moves from Atlanta to Los Angeles to lead a unit of the LAPD that’s focused on sensitive and high-profile murder cases. Seen as a world-class interrogator, Johnson is exceptionally skilled at extracting confessions.
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Along with Sedgwick, who won the Emmy for her performance as Brenda Johnson,The Closercast includedthe Oscar-winning Simmonsas Will Pope. The ensemble also featured Corey Reynolds, Robert Gossett, G. W. Bailey, Tony Denison, Jon Tenney, Michael Paul Chan, Raymond Cruz, and Gina Ravera. The ensemble helped lift the procedural to highs, as itwas cable’s highest-rated drama for season 6.
Sedgwick garnered five nominations at the Emmys overall, with seven SAG nominations.
Co-created by showrunner James Duff, Michael M. Robin, and Greer Shephard,The Closerled to the spinoffMajor Crimeswhich ran for six seasons. Like the original series,Major Crimesis available to buy and rent but is not available to stream at the moment. With this latest news, however, that could change.
The Closer
Cast
The Closer was a popular crime drama that ran for seven seasons between 2005 and 2012. The series centers on the Priority Homicide Division in Los Angeles. Working as the Deputy Police Chief, Brenda Johnson has the unique skill of getting confessions out of suspects. Kyra Sedgwick stars as Brenda Leigh Johnson alongside JK Simmons and Corey Reynolds.
