TNT Renews ‘The Librarians’ and ‘Major Crimes,’ Cancels ‘Legends, ‘Agent X’ and ‘Public Morals’

December 15, 2015 3:20pm PT by Kate Stanhope

Both series will be back with new episodes in 2016.

TNT is bringing back two of its heavy hitters.

The Turner cable network has renewed Major Crimes and The Librarians, announcing the news Tuesday — again confirming the renewal of the more modest performer, Murder in the First.

Thirteen episodes have been ordered for Major Crimes' fifth season. While the network has ordered 10 episodes for the forthcoming third season of The Librarians, which is an extension of TNT's popular series of TV movies that starred Noah Wyle. Wyle now occasionally appears on the spinoff, which stars Rebecca Romijn.

The Librarians has been a strong performer for TNT, besting most other more recent series with an average audience of 5.5 million viewers.

All three of the dramas are also part of the cable network's older regime. The fruits of TNT and TBS president Kevin Reilly's labors will start rolling out in 2016.