TNT Officially Picks Up 'Southland'

TNT announced this morning that it picked up 'Southland', the cop drama that NBC unceremoniously dropped from its line-up last month. The cable network plans to begin airing the first season of 'Southland' in January at 10 PM on Tuesdays facing off against the NBC show that brought about its premature demise, 'The Jay Leno Show'.

The TNT pick-up is only for the 13 episodes that the show has already produced. Depending on its Tuesday night ratings in January the network will make a decision on whether or not to order additional episodes. I think this is a great move for TNT because a solid cop drama fits right in with their other programming, and if they do decide to order additional episodes it will save them a bit of money because the sets are already built. It'll be interesting to see whether or not TNT will be more willing to give the show the time to grow and find an audience than NBC was.