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Rizzoli & Isles TNT's summer ratings dominance continued last week with its fourth consecutive win as basic cable's most-watched network in primetime. TNT's ongoing success has been fueled by its slate of hit summer dramas, including Major Crimes , Rizzoli & Isles and The Last Ship , which ranked as basic cable's Top 3 scripted programs for the week among total viewers and which continue to hold position as basic cable's Top 3 scripted series for the summer-to-date. Sunday night's episode of The Last Ship ranked as basic cable's #1 scripted original for the week among adults 18-49 and adults 25-54, solidifying its position as the summer's #1 scripted original on basic cable with key demos. The Last Ship , Major Crimes and Rizzoli & Isles also ranked basic cable's Top 3 scripted programs for the week among adults 25-54.

Eric Dane in The Last Ship All Three Dramas Rank among Basic Cable's Top 5 Scripted Series So Far This Summer. Falling Skies to Wrap Up Epic Story in Fifth and Final Season. TNT has renewed three of its chart-topping summer hits: The Last Ship , Major Crimes and Falling Skies . All three dramas rank among basic cable's Top 5 scripted series this summer with total viewers and adults 25-54. They have also helped TNT score a significant lead as basic cable's #1 network in primetime for the summer-to-date.

TNT's hit drama Major Crimes will welcome back several recurring guest stars when the show returns for its third season this summer, including Screen Actors Guild Award nominee Jon Tenney ( The Closer , Scandal ), Golden Globe and Emmy winner Tom Berenger ( Platoon , Hatfields & McCoys ), Screen Actors Guild Award nominee Bill Brochtrup ( NYPD Blue , Shameless ), and Emmy nominee and Image Award winner Malcolm-Jamal Warner ( The Cosby Show , Malcolm & Eddie ). The roster for season three also includes recurring guest stars Ransford Doherty and Kathe Mazur; Andrew Daly, reprising a role he played on The Closer , and Azita Ghanizada. Major Crimes , which is slated to kick off its third season on Monday, June 9, at 9 p.m. ET/PT, is headed by Oscar and Emmy nominee Mary McDonnell, G.W. Bailey, Tony Denison, Michael Paul Chan, Raymond Cruz, Phillip P. Keene, Kearran Giovanni, Graham Patrick Martin, Jonathan Del Arco with Robert Gossett.