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'Major Crimes' a major spinoff What would "The Closer" be like without the closer? Viewers are about to find out: Literally on the heels of the finale of the much-acclaimed Kyra Sedgwick police saga – one of the top- rated dramas in basic cable history – TNT launches the spinoff series "Major Crimes" Monday, Aug, 13. The show will involve nearly all the "Closer" regulars, with the inescapably notable exception of Emmy and Golden Globe winner Sedgwick ... who felt a seven- season run as interrogator extraordinaire Brenda Leigh Johnson was enough for her. Once she made her decision known, TNT asked "Closer" mentor BY JAY BOBBIN into the next series before, so we'll see how that goes. It's an unusual launch." Duff notes the potential for "Major Crimes" to exist was in direct DAILYNEWS RED BLUFF TEHAMACOUNTY T H E V O I C E O F T E H A M A C O U N T Y S I N C E 1 8 8 5 Your "Local" Daily Newspaper Since 1885 proportion to "how long Kyra stayed. The longer she stayed, the less likely this was to happen. And I should emphasize that she didn't 'leave,' since there is a distinction. She finished her contract, and she did an extra year, actually." Though McDonnell has been around "The Closer" for a while, James Duff to devise a way to keep the other characters going. Thus, the new drama brings Mary McDonnell front and center as Sharon Raydor, the police captain she has been playing on the parent series (which actually does end immediately before "Major Crimes" begins). G.W. Bailey, Tony Denison, Michael Paul Chan, Raymond Cruz and Phillip P. Keene are among others who will carry their "Closer" roles into the new venture. Jon Tenney and Robert Gossett also are slated to return in what the network terms "guest appearances." "I've never lost a show and gotten a show in a 12-hour period, which is what happened, basically," says executive producer Duff. "It was a bit of a roller coaster, but I was very grateful for the opportunity. 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"My general feeling is one of taking a deep breath and trusting James Duff and the writers and all of our company ... and myself," the "Dances With Wolves" and "Battlestar Galactica" alum reflects. "I'm trusting we'll be able to organically allow this character to pivot into someone who's more of a protagonist." McDonnell hastens to point out her Raydor doesn't replace Sedgwick's Brenda Leigh Johnson in the new scenario, "but she does continue to bring in the point of view of a powerful female who is central to the Major Crimes Division. In one sense, she continues where Brenda Leigh left off; in another sense, she brings a different style that began in 'The Closer.' The link is that there's a continuum of the feminine in this very masculine environment." 11:00 a.m. (CBS-12) 2012 PGA Champi- onship Final Round. From the Ki- awah Island Golf Resort in Kiawah Island, S.C. (Live) (HD) awah Island Golf Resort in Kiawah Island, S.C. 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