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Up by more than 1 million viewers and by 150% in the demographic from last week&#8217;s season one repeat, and though quite solid within the realm of cable series, the numbers nonetheless do not indicate that NBC dropped the ball in cancelling the series and may not be enough to warrant a third season of the show.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Southland&#8221; premiered last spring to rave reviews and fairly strong ratings.  Those ratings quickly descended, but the network was happy enough with the show&#8217;s first season performance to book a renewal.<\/p>\n<p>Early into the 2009-10 season, NBC changed its mind and cancelled the show, allowing TNT to takeover the broadcasting rights.  TNT aired all season one episodes and is airing the produced season two &#8220;Southland&#8221; episodes as if they marked a single season.<\/p>\n<p>Last night&#8217;s airing was the first original &#8220;Southland&#8221; to broadcast on the cable channel.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"adace-sponsor":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>&quot;Southland&quot; Ratings Rise, But Still Disappoint As New Episodes Begin<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The first of the season two &quot;Southland&quot; episodes aired on TNT Tuesday, and while viewership climbed significantly from the season one encore airings, it\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/headlineplanet.com\/home\/2010\/03\/03\/southland-ratings-rise-but-still-disappoint-as-new-episodes-begin\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"&quot;Southland&quot; Ratings Rise, But Still Disappoint As New Episodes Begin\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The first of the season two &quot;Southland&quot; episodes aired on TNT Tuesday, and while viewership climbed significantly from the season one encore airings, it\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/headlineplanet.com\/home\/2010\/03\/03\/southland-ratings-rise-but-still-disappoint-as-new-episodes-begin\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Headline Planet\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2010-03-04T00:40:24+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Brian Cantor\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@cantorpedia\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@headlineplanet\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/headlineplanet.com\/home\/2010\/03\/03\/southland-ratings-rise-but-still-disappoint-as-new-episodes-begin\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/headlineplanet.com\/home\/2010\/03\/03\/southland-ratings-rise-but-still-disappoint-as-new-episodes-begin\/\",\"name\":\"\\\"Southland\\\" Ratings Rise, But Still Disappoint As New Episodes Begin\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/headlineplanet.com\/home\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2010-03-04T00:40:24+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2010-03-04T00:40:24+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/headlineplanet.com\/home\/#\/schema\/person\/b530255b81ceb7463ea060a9b8a302c8\"},\"description\":\"The first of the season two \\\"Southland\\\" episodes aired on TNT Tuesday, and while viewership climbed significantly from the season one encore airings, it\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/headlineplanet.com\/home\/2010\/03\/03\/southland-ratings-rise-but-still-disappoint-as-new-episodes-begin\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/headlineplanet.com\/home\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/headlineplanet.com\/home\/\",\"name\":\"Headline Planet\",\"description\":\"Music News &amp; Charts, TV News &amp; Spoilers\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/headlineplanet.com\/home\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":\"required name=search_term_string\"}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/headlineplanet.com\/home\/#\/schema\/person\/b530255b81ceb7463ea060a9b8a302c8\",\"name\":\"Brian Cantor\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/headlineplanet.com\/home\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/5726265e0532f231e46bbddd41009383?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/5726265e0532f231e46bbddd41009383?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Brian Cantor\"},\"description\":\"Brian Cantor is the editor-in-chief for Headline Planet. 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