Slipping into its regular time slot tonight on TNT, MAJOR CRIMES is the much anticipated spin-off to the Emmy Award-winning police procedural THE CLOSER. Created by JAMES DUFF, the series stars MARY McDONNELL and features such familiar faces from THE CLOSER as G.W. BAILEY, TONY DENISON, PHILLIP P. KEENE, MICHAEL PAUL CHAN and RAYMOND CRUZ.

At a recent Television Critics Association press conference to promote the new show, DUFF talked a bit about what he sees as the differences between THE CLOSER and MAJOR CRIMES. (CLICK ON THE MEDIA BAR FOR AUDIO)

MAJOR CRIMES airs tonight on TNT