'Major Crimes' Creator Discusses Possible Pickup After TNT Cancellation

Major Crimes may have been tossed aside by TNT, but creator James Duff still has some hope for the [...]

Major Crimes may have been tossed aside by TNT, but creator James Duff still has some hope for the drama and its fans.

On Sunday, Duff posted a long message to his Facebook page, to talk about the recent cancellation of Major Crimes. He also used the opportunity to discuss a possible second life for the series on another platform.

"Transferring Major Crimes to a streaming platform would probably be a net plus in subscriptions for the company that took the risk," Duff said of a possible acquisition by Hulu or Netflix. "I am sure a large part of our audience would follow. But the acquisition of Major Crimes would be purely a business decision."

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Duff continued the post by getting into the technical side of things. He stated that, even if another network or platform wanted to produce Major Crimes, they would have a few hoops to jump through.

"Another impediment to going elsewhere: Major Crimes is the property of Warner Brothers Television Studio; most other distribution platforms are focused on not only airing new shows, but also owning them," Duff explains. "This is a bit of inside baseball (and I promise not digress into a discussion about the Sherman Anti-Trust Act), but it is a challenging factor in deciding where else Major Crimes could live."

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While these comments do offer hope for fans of the series, they're nothing but speculation by the creator at this point. There has been no official word about a pickup at this time.

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