Premiere of TNT's The Closer Tops Original Series for ’09

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TNT kicked off its summer season in high style Monday night, as the season-five premiere of The Closer delivered 7.14 million viewers, making it ad-supported cable’s most-watched scripted series telecast for the year-to-date.

The Closer also out-delivered its season-four average among adults 18-49 (2.25 million) and adults 25-54 (2.94 million), per Nielsen live-plus-same-day ratings data.

In the 10 p.m. slot, the sophomore run of Raising the Bar retained exactly one-half of its lead-in, averaging 3.57 million viewers.

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