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.

Cast and characters

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—Frankie Rizzoli, Jr.
 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.

Reception
Ratings
 Season Time slot (EST) Number of episodes Premiere Finale TV season Overall rank Overall viewership Date Viewers(millions) 18–49 Rating Date Viewers(millions) 18–49 Rating1Monday 10:00 pm 10 7.55 2.1 6.56 1.5 2010  2	 15		 6.38	 1.2	 5.79	 1.1 	 2011	  3	Tuesday 9:00 pm	 15	 5.62 1.2		 4.42	 0.8	 2012	 #3	 7.404	 16	 6.64 1.4	 3.58 0.7 2013–14	  5 18 5.81 1.0 3.62 0.6 2014–15	  6 18 4.39 0.7 2.92 0.5 2015–16	  7		 13 3.91 0.6 5.26 0.7 2016	  

Awards and nominations
 Year Association Category Recipient(s) Result2012Young Artist AwardsBest Performance in a TV Series – Guest Starring Young Actor 18–21Cameron Monaghan2014People's Choice AwardsFavorite Cable TV ActressAngie Harmon2015People's Choice AwardsFavorite Cable TV ActressAngie HarmonFavorite Cable TV DramaRizzoli & Isles2016People's Choice AwardsFavorite Cable TV ActressSasha Alexander

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