Rizzoli & Isles

**Rizzoli & Isles** is an American crime drama television series. It stars Angie Harmon as Jane Rizzoli and Sasha Alexander as Maura Isles. Based on the series of Rizzoli & Isles novels by Tess Gerritsen. The series was shown on TNT on July 12, 2010 to September 5, 2016.

### Main

- Angie Harmon as Jane Clementine Rizzoli, a Boston detective in the Homicide Unit.
- Sasha Alexander as Dr. Maura Dorothea Isles, the Commonwealth of Massachusetts' Chief Medical Examiner. Isles is a forensic expert working at the Boston Police Department and Jane's best friend.
- Lorraine Bracco as Angela Rizzoli: Jane, Frankie, and Tommy's protective mother.
- Bruce McGill as Vincent "Vince" Walter Korsak, Rizzoli's former partner who is promoted to sergeant-detective in season two.
- Lee Thompson Young as Barold "Barry" Frost (seasons 1–4),
- Jordan Bridges as Francesco "Frankie" Rizzoli, Jr.: a police officer and Jane's brother.
- Brian Goodman as Sean Cavanaugh (seasons 3–4; recurring, seasons 1–2, 5): the lieutenant of the Boston PD's Homicide Unit.
- Idara Victor as Nina Holiday (seasons 6–7; recurring, season 5): a crime scene analyst and computer technician.
- Adam Sinclair as Dr. Kent Drake (season 7; recurring, season 6): a lab technician, and Maura's new assistant starting in the sixth season.

### Recurring

- Annabeth Gish as Alice Sands
- Tina Huang as Susie Chang
- Donnie Wahlberg as Lieutenant Joe Grant
- John Doman as Patrick "Paddy" Doyle
- Jacqueline Bisset as Constance Isles
- Colin Egglesfield as Thomas "Tommy" Rizzoli
- Chris Vance as Charles (Casey) Jones
- Darryl Alan Reed as Rondo
- Billy Burke as Gabriel Dean
- Chazz Palminteri as Francesco "Frank" Rizzoli Sr.
- Matthew Del Negro as Giovanni Gilberti
- Michael Massee as Charles Hoyt
- Sharon Lawrence as Dr. Hope Martin
- Emilee Wallace as Cailin Martin
- Alexandra Holden as Lydia Sparks
- Jaz Sinclair as Tasha Williams (season 5)

## Broadcast

_Rizzoli & Isles_ started to air on GEM in Australia on November 29, 2010. The series started to air on Super Channel in Canada on . On , the series moved to Showcase.

The show has started to air on Calle 13 and Nova in Spain on  and was broadcast on Fox Life in Portugal on .

The series aired on Warner TV in Singapore on , on M-Net Series and Universal Channel in South Africa on , and on TVNorge in Norway on .

_Rizzoli & Isles_ started to air on Alibi in the United Kingdom on . The second season premiered on .

The series, shown in original broadcast order, began airing on Lifetime in September 2020 as well as Start TV in January 2021.

### Streaming

_Rizzoli & Isles_ is available to stream on Max. The series is available to stream on Amazon Prime Video in the UK, Australia and Canada.

### Ratings

|scope="col" style="width:8%;" rowspan="2"|Season|scope="col" style="width:15%;" rowspan="2"|Time slot (EST)|scope="col" style="width:8%;" rowspan="2"|Number of episodes|scope="col" colspan=3|Premiere|scope="col" colspan=3|Finale|scope="col" style="width:8%;" rowspan="2"|TV season|scope="col" style="width:8%; background:#ffdead;" rowspan="2"|Overall rank|scope="col" style="width:10%; background:#ffdead;" rowspan="2"|Overall viewership|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;"|Monday 10:00 pm|10|style="font-size:11px;line-height:110%"||7.55|2.1|style="font-size:11px;line-height:110%"||6.56|1.5|2010|||||
|15|style="font-size:11px;line-height:110%"||6.38|1.2|style="font-size:11px;line-height:110%"||5.79|1.1|2011|||||||
|rowspan="4" style="text-align:center;"|Tuesday 9:00 pm|15|style="font-size:11px;line-height:110%"||5.62|1.2|style="font-size:11px;line-height:110%"||4.42|0.8|2012|style="background:#fc9;"|#3|style="background:#fc9;"|7.40|
|16|style="font-size:11px;line-height:110%"||6.64|1.4|style="font-size:11px;line-height:110%"||3.58|0.7|2013–14|||||||
|18|style="font-size:11px;line-height:110%"||5.81|1.0|style="font-size:11px;line-height:110%"||3.62|0.6|2014–15|||||||
|18|style="font-size:11px;line-height:110%"||4.39|0.7|style="font-size:11px;line-height:110%"||2.92|0.5|2015–16|||||||
|||13|style="font-size:11px;line-height:110%"||3.91|0.6|style="font-size:11px;line-height:110%"||5.26|0.7|2016|||||

### Awards and nominations

|Year|Association|Category|Recipient(s)|Result|||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|2012|Young Artist Awards|Best Performance in a TV Series – Guest Starring Young Actor 18–21|Cameron Monaghan||||
|2014|rowspan=1|People's Choice Awards|Favorite Cable TV Actress|Angie Harmon|||
|rowspan=2|2015|rowspan=2|People's Choice Awards|Favorite Cable TV Actress|Angie Harmon||
|Favorite Cable TV Drama|_Rizzoli & Isles_||||||
|2016|rowspan=1|People's Choice Awards|Favorite Cable TV Actress|Sasha Alexander|||

## Infobox (television)

- **image**: Rizzoliisles 1.svg
- **developer**: Janet Tamaro
- **composer**: James S. Levine
- **country**: United States
- **language**: English
- **num seasons**: 7
- **num episodes**: 105
- **list episodes**: List of Rizzoli & Isles episodes
- **location**: Los Angeles
- **runtime**: 45–55 minutes
- **network**: TNT (American TV network), TNT