Tuesday it was announced that Rizzoli & Isles would be returning for a sixth season, which will begin airing in the summer of 2015.

The official Facebook page for Rizzoli & Isles posted, "Hugs all around! #RizzoliandIsles will return for a 6th season with 18 episodes!"

Deadline reported on Tuesday that the crime procedural was "once again the most watched basic cable series of summer 2014 with 7.6 million viewers in Live + 7."

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The only reason it took so long to announce the show's renewal was because of trouble in negotiations between TNT and Warner Horizon. Deadline reported that the two sides "went back-and-forth on license fee and size of the pickup."

Rizzoli & Isles has been on air since July 2010 and has consistently done well.

Rizzoli & Isles reached a total of 13.6 million viewers per episode this past season as reported by Deadline.

The sixth season will be its largest season yet. Previous seasons have ranged between 10-16 episodes each.

In other Rizzoli & Isles news, Angie Harmon and Sasha Alexander will be back on TV screens as Detective Jane Rizzoli and Chief Medical Examiner Maura Isles, starting Feb. 17 for the rest of Season 5 at 9 p.m. ET.

The fifth season left off with a cliffhanger in September during the episode called Burden of Proof. Jane jumped off a bridge to go into the water after a notable county prosecutor who slipped.

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