Kyra Sedgwick returns as Brenda Leigh Johnson, when The Closer kicks off its new season of crime solving on July 11. The series, which is spinning off Mary McDonnell’s Captain Sharon Raydor in Major Crimes in 2012, has a catchy new promo you can check out after the jump. Watching it almost makes me wish I grew up to be a big city crime fighter, or I should go buy a box of Ding Dongs. I can’t decide which.

In other TNT news, the cable network has renewed the intense sci-fi series Falling Skies for a 10-episode second season, according to Zap2it.

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Will The Closer live on? According to TV Line the soon-to-be defunct show may continue without lead actress Kyra Sedgwick.  Sedgwick announced plans to depart after the current, seventh season of the smash hit ends.  Once the actress made her announcement , TNT chose to end the series. However, TV Line's Michael Ausiello alleges the show may expand the last season's episodes up from 15 to to 21,  push forward with a spin off and/or continue with a new lead.

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"It's been really unpleasant and makes you feel really vulnerable. But the fact of the matter is that we did not lose everything. We lost hard-earned money that we worked very hard for that was what we thought in a safe place. It's painful but a lot of people lost a lot more. And we have a lot of things to be grateful for in our life, and we never ever forget that."

By the by, did anyone notice the glam pair of white-gold and diamond, pave Parentesi Openwork bangles Sedgwick rocked at her Walk of Fame event?

Six soap alum have received Primetime Emmy nomations in the major acting categories at this year's 60th Annual Emmy Awards. From left to right.

• Kyra Sedgwick, the star of TNT's The Closer and who once appeared on Another World was nominated in the Outstanding Lead Actress category.
• Rainn Wilson, star of NBC's The Office and who once appeared on One Life to Live as Casey Keegan was nominated in the Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series category.
• Holland Taylor, who stars on CBS's Two and a Half Men as Charlie Sheen's mother once starred on All My Children as Jill Ollinger. Taylor received a nomination in the Outstanding Supporting Actress in Comedy Series category.
• Bryan Cranston, the star of HBO's In Treatment once appeared on One Life to Live as Dean Stella. Cranston received an Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series nomination.
• Mary-Lousie Parker, the star of Showtime's Weeds and who once appeared on Ryan's Hope received an Oustanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series nomination.
• Alec Baldwin, the star of NBC's 30 Rock and once appeared on The Doctors received an Oustanding Actor in a Comedy Series nomination.

Congrats to them all!