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'Major Crimes'

How do all you fans of "The Closer" feel about its new incarnation? While I love seeing many of the former show's great ensemble cast (G.W. Bailey, Raymond Cruz and Michael Paul Chan are standouts), I'm having a hard time warming to Mary McDonnell's Capt. Raydor. Yes; the character has always been kind of remote, but maybe it'll just take a few episodes for Raydor and the show to get into a good groove. 9 p.m. Monday on TNT (seattletimes.com/tvlistings).

Doug Knoop, Seattle Times staff

dknoop@seattletimes.com or on Twitter @dougknoop

Also on Monday

"MLB Baseball," 7 p.m. (ROOT): Cleveland Indians at Seattle Mariners (live).

"Stars Earn Stripes," 9 p.m. (NBC): The celebrities fast-rope from a helicopter onto the roof of an eight-story building, which they must rappel down; in a final shootout round, two players face off.

"Hell's Kitchen," 9 p.m. (Fox): The chefs each try to teach a student to re-create one of Ramsay's dishes.

"Bunheads," 9 p.m. (ABC Family): Michelle and Fanny grow closer as they prepare for the ballet's annual summer performance; Boo works up the nerve to go after a boy.

"Beyond Scared Straight," 10 p.m. (A&E): Four troublesome teenage girls, including a street brawler and a thief, are thrown into a female jail to experience a taste of their possible future.

"House Hunters International," 10:30 p.m. (HGTV): A couple searches for a home in Dublin.

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