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TNT 'The Closer' S6 on DVD, S7 back July 11 previews

By April MacIntyre Jun 27, 2011, 2:06 GMT

01/30/2011 - Kyra Sedgwick - 17th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards - Arrivals - The Shrine Auditorium - Los Angeles, CA, USA © Bob Charlotte / PR Photos

TNT series "The Closer" heads to it's seventh season, as Kyra Sedgwick has turned out some great TV in the last few years.

We love hearing her say "alibi" in that southern accent! 

Brenda balances her tough as nails professional demeanor with a soft womanly side that worked for fans, winning several awards for Sedgwick. 

Emmy® and Golden Globe-winning role  Kyra Sedgwick's Deputy Chief Brenda Leigh Johnson continues her work in the sixth season of the critically acclaimed series The Closer, to be released on DVD June 21, 2011 by Warner Home Video (WHV).

The release will feature all 15 Season Six episodes plus an all-new featurette, never-before-seen footage and more. Titled The Closer: The Complete Sixth Season.

The release will be timed to the show’s seventh season July 11 premiere on TNT.

Actor Curtis Armstrong has a multi-episode arc on The Closer‘s seventh and final season.

Armstrong was cast as Peter Goldman, described as a resourceful attorney hired by the mother of a slain gang member to sue Brenda Leigh Johnson (Kyra Sedgwick) and the Los Angeles Police Department. His character is smart, fearless and devious.

But does he have an a-li-bahhh?

In The Closer, multi-award winner Sedgwick brings depth and intensity to her portrayal of Deputy Chief Johnson, a former Atlanta detective brought to Los Angeles to head the Major Crimes Division, a special unit of the LAPD that cracks sensitive, high-profile cases.

A top-notch investigator, Brenda is an expert at digging into a person's secrets and obtaining confessions, despite constantly struggling with her own imperfections and neuroses.

She's a great liar — as are the killers she questions — and she will not quit until she uncovers the truth.

Yet despite her brilliance as an interrogator, drawing confessions from even the most tangled of lies, she is frustrated by LAPD politics. Her team has come to embrace her unconventional style and she runs a tight ship based on mutual trust and respect, but she still faces antagonistic roadblocks from other departments and outside sources looking to crack her tough exterior.

The series also stars J.K. Simmons (Juno), Corey Reynolds (The Terminal), Robert Gossett (Arlington Road), G.W. Bailey (Police Academy), Tony Denison (Prison Break), Michael Paul Chan (Arrested Development), Raymond Cruz (Training Day), Phillip P. Keene (Home) and Jon Tenney (The Division).

In the sixth season of The Closer, The LAPD is looking for a new chief and Assistant Police Chief Will Pope (Simmons), thinks he has the inside track.

He soon has an unexpected rival for the job: Brenda. And Brenda has an unexpected ally helping groom her for the selection process: Captain Sharon Raydor (recurring guest star Mary McDonnell) The contest for chief is only one of the ingenious, suspenseful, often funny storylines that makes the sixth season of The Closer stellar entertainment.

Join the squad as Sanchez (Cruz) looks after an orphaned boy. Tao (Chan), goes undercover as a biker. Provenza (Bailey) and Flynn (Denison) date airline attendants, one of whom finds a corpse in her bathtub. And Brenda finds her family Christmas rudely interrupted by crime.

“Kyra Sedgwick is consistently brilliant in her role as Deputy Chief Brenda Leigh Johnson. She’s a gifted actress who keeps us constantly engaged with her powerful performances and her unique ability to bring to life a character that’s unlike any other on television today,” said Rosemary Markson, WHV Vice President, TV and Special Interest Marketing.  She added, “The sixth season of The Closer is just as fresh and exciting as the first. We remain captivated by the show’s compelling plots, delightful characters and superb acting performances. Each new season gets better than the last, and we are excited to bring the latest installment to DVD.”

DVD Special Features Include:

Ø      Police Files: Unaired Scenes

Ø      Kyra Sedgwick Opens Up About The Closer

Ø      Script to Screen: Making Episode 3 “In Custody”

Ø      Gag Reel

The sixth season of The Closer earned Sedgwick a sixth consecutive Golden Globe® nomination for Best Performance by an Actress in a Television Series – Drama; she won the award in 2007. Sedgwick has also earned five Emmy® Award nominations for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series for her portrayal, including a win for the show’s fifth season. Additionally, she has received a Screen Actors Guild Award nomination for her performance on all six seasons of the show. The cast received a Screen Actors Guild Award nomination for the Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series category during the show’s first, third, fourth and fifth seasons.