Good News, für alle Fans vom Dieben, Hackern und Gaunern. TNT hat gerade bekannt gemacht, seine Multitasking-talentierte Gang, um ein weiteres Jahr im Dienst des Gerechten, der Ordnung und den Bedürftigen zu lassen: Leverage bekommt eine 5. Staffel. Insgesamt wurden 15 neue Episoden in Auftrag gegeben, die im Sommer 2012 an den Start gehen werden.

Wir hier in Deutschland können diese News zwar noch nicht wirklich auskosten und geniessen, da VOX erst irgendwann Ende des Jahres damit beginnen wird, die zweite Staffel Leverage in deutscher Erstausstrahlung zu zeigen – aber nichts desto trotz ist es sicherlich schön zu wissen, daß uns Timothy Hutton als Nate Ford, Gina Bellman als Sophie Devereaux, Christian Kane als Eliot Spencer, Beth Riesgraf als Parker und Aldis Hodge als Technikfreak Alec Hardison noch eine Weile erhalten bleiben.

Der Vollständigkeit halber, hier die offizielle Pressemitteilung von TNT:

TNT has renewed its fast-paced, light-hearted caper drama Leverage for a fifth season, just as the fourth season is shaping up to score the show’s biggest ratings yet. TNT has ordered 15 episodes of Leverage, with the fifth season slated to launch in summer 2012. The series – which centers on a gang of grifters, hackers and thieves out to settle scores against the rich and powerful – currently airs Sunday nights at 9 p.m. (ET/PT). After the show’s Aug. 28 summer finale, Leverage will return to wrap up its fourth season with new episodes in November and December.

Leverage is the latest high-profile series renewal from TNT following new season orders for Rizzoli & Isles, which is running neck-and-neck with TNT’s The Closer as basic cable’s #1 series; Falling Skies, which ranks as basic cable’s #1 new series for the year-to-date; and Franklin & Bash, which ranks among basic cable’s Top 10 new series this summer. TNT’s top-ranked drama The Closer is in the midst of its extended final season, which will continue in the winter and wrap in summer 2012.

Leverage premiered in 2008 and has grown its audience in each of its four seasons. This summer, leading into TNT’s new blockbuster hit Falling Skies, Leverage has expanded its audience to more than 4.8 million viewers, up 10% over season three, with 1.9 million adults 18-49 (+6%) and 2.3 million adults 25-54 (+9%).

Michael Wright Vize Chef und Programmchef von TNT meinte:

“While many shows decline in their second, third or fourth seasons, Leverage has defied the odds and continued to climb. [..] More and more viewers are discovering this weekly joy ride through wonderfully complex schemes and con games, all brought to life through smart writing, sharp directing and a terrific cast.”

Und der obligatorische Schnipsel, wer als wer:

Leverage stars Academy Award® winner Timothy Hutton as insurance-investigator-turned-thief Nate Ford, who makes it his mission to bring down those who use their power and wealth to victimize others. Also starring are Gina Bellman as brilliant grifter Sophie Devereaux, Christian Kane as retrieval specialist Eliot Spencer, Beth Riesgraf as slightly off-center thief Parker and Aldis Hodge as gadget and technology wizard Alec Hardison. Leverage is produced by Dean Devlin’s Electric Entertainment, with Dean Devlin and creators John Rogers and Chris Downey serving as executive producers.

[TNT]

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