TNT Renews Southland for a 5th Season

TNT has renewed the LA-based crime drama Southland for a fifth season.

"Season after season, critics and fans alike have championed TNT's Southland as one of television's best dramas," said Michael Wright, president and head of programming for TNT. "This year, the show has not only solidified its impassioned fan base, but also picked up some new young-adult devotees along the way."

Southland's first season was on NBC, which renewed it for a second season then unceremoniously canceled it before airing a single episode. It found a home on TNT soon thereafter.

The fifth season of 10 episodes is expected to premiere in February 2013.

(Source: Press release.)