Raising the Bar and The Closer bring Monday nights to all new levels of drama.  Catch the two shows on TNT and win an amazing prize pack from Shakefire.com.

THE CLOSER – Mondays at 9pm ET/PT on TNT (5th Season)
This record-breaking crime drama, which stars Golden Globe® winner Kyra Sedgwick, continues to dominate the industry as ad-supported cable’s #1 series of all time.  Sedgwick gives an unforgettable performance as Deputy Chief Johnson, a former Atlanta detective brought to Los Angeles to head a special LAPD homicide unit.  She is a top-notch investigator with unparalleled interrogation skills and a track record for closing nearly every case with a suspect’s confession.  On the home front, she’s not quite as adept at handling her personal relationships.  Instead, work tends to take first priority in her life and even threatened to derail her wedding in the season-four finale.

This acclaimed series also features a stellar ensemble cast that has garnered three Screen Actors Guild Award® ensemble nominations.  Playing Brenda’s highly capable squad are Corey Reynolds (The Terminal), G.W. Bailey (M*A*S*H), Tony Denison (Melrose Place), Raymond Cruz (Collateral Damage), Michael Paul Chan (Arrested Development) and Phillip P. Keene (The D.A.).  The series also stars Jon Tenney (The Division) as Brenda’s husband, FBI Agent Fritz Howard; J.K. Simmons (Juno, Burn After Reading) as her demanding boss, Will Pope; and Robert Gossett (Arlington Road) as the head of Robbery-Homicide, Commander Taylor.

Since its premiere in 2005, THE CLOSER has earned numerous ad-supported cable viewership records, ranking as the #1 series of all time and scoring the #1 series telecast of all time.  Each year, the show’s audience grows larger, with its 2008 episodes averaging more than 7.3 million viewers.  It is produced by the team behind Nip/Tuck.

OFFICIAL SITE:  http://www.tnt.tv/series/closer/

RAISING THE BAR – Mondays at 10pm ETPT on TNT (2nd season)
This summer, court will be back in session with the return of this emotionally powerful legal drama from Emmy®-winning producer Steven Bochco.  The series follows the cases and lives of young lawyers who work on opposite sides – the public defender’s office and the district attorney’s office – as well as those who sit in judgment on their cases.  Mark-Paul Gosselaar (NYPD Blue) stars as idealistic defender Jerry Kellerman, while Gloria Reuben (ER) plays his passionate and protective boss, Rosalind Whitman.  And Jane Kaczmarek (Malcolm in the Middle) plays imperious Judge Trudy Kessler, who has dreams of becoming the next district attorney.  Co-starring in the series are Teddy Sears (Ugly Betty), Natalia Cigliuti (All My Children), Melissa Sagemiller (Sleeper Cell), Currie Graham (Boston Legal), J. August Richards (Conviction) and Jonathan Scarfe (Into the West).

RAISING THE BAR not only looks at courtroom battles but also the relationships among people on different sides, from the public defender trying to deal with her abusive, drug-addicted husband to the African-American assistant district attorney determined not to let himself be viewed as a racial token, from the judge who pushes the legal envelope in order to secure her political future to the legal aide who does everything he can to hide his homosexuality.

When it premiered last September, RAISING THE BAR was watched by 8.6 million viewers, ad-supported cable’s largest audience ever for a new series launch.

OFFICIAL SITE: http://www.tnt.tv/series/raisingthebar/