Dick Wolf tells me that he’s not surprised that “Cold Justice” has been renewed for a third season of 10 episodes, set to premiere early next year on TNT.
And, Wolf says, the show’s success can be attributed largely to its hosts: Ex-prosecutor Kelly Siegler and former CSI Yolanda McClary.
“Kelly and Yolanda are, literally, avenging angels who have achieved phenomenal results,” says Wolf, who’s an executive producer of “Cold Justice.” So far, “Cold Justice,” which airs Fridays at 9 p.m., has assisted local law enforcement in securing 15 arrests, eight criminal indictments, four confessions, two guilty pleas and one 22-year prison sentence (but who’s counting?)
Season-to-date, it’s averaging 2.3 million viewers in Live +7 data (equivalent to a week’s worth of time-shifted viewing). That’s up 24 percent from its winter episodes, and the series is also up over its winter installments in key demos including adults 18-49 (13 percent) and adults 25-54 (4 percent).
So is Wolf thinking of tinkering with the formula for Season 3? “We’re not fixing what’s not broken,” he says. (Dan Cutforth, Jane Lipsitz and Tom Thayer are the show’s other executive producers.)
What about a potential “Cold Justice” spinoff down the road?
“I never talk about what’s in development, but stay tuned,” he says.
We will.
Series news in the digital world: Ira Ungerleider, who was a producer on “Friends,” is part of the team producing the sitcom “Resident Advisors” for Paramount Digital Entertainment. The series, a “workplace comedy” about a college dorm — “the most hormonally-overloaded, sexually active, out-of-control workplace in the world” — is being spearheaded by “Pitch Perfect” actress Elizabeth Banks and Max Handelman and will star Ryan Hansen, Jamie Chung, Alison Rich, Andrew Bachelor and Graham Rogers. Banks’ “Pitch Perfect” co-star, Anna Camp, will also be featured.
Paramount Digital also produces “Hotwives of Orlando” and “Burning Love,” both of which stream on Hulu.
Last, but not least …
Mark Ballas (“Dancing With the Stars”) has a new single, “Miss Incredible,” available on iTunes Aug. 3. He’s also doing a show with fellow “DWTS” colleague Derek Hough called “Mark & Derek’s Excellent Flip,” which premieres early next year on HGTV. On the show, Ballas and Hough will purchase a house in Southern California, gut and rehab the property and flip it (for a profit, of course).