TNT renews "Southland" for third season

LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - In a surprising move, TNT has renewed the former NBC cop drama "Southland" for a third season.

The network has ordered 10 episodes of the critically acclaimed show, which will air starting next January. "Southland" has been a modest performer for the cable network, which picked up the series after NBC canceled the series right before the start of its second season.

TNT said "Southland" gains about 50 percent more viewers via DVR time-shifting, which is above average. In live-plus-same-day ratings, the final episodes of the show averaged about 2.2 million viewers. The show averaged 2.7 million viewers for the season once seven-day DVR gains were added.