"The Mentalist" sold into syndication at TNT (Reuters)

LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) – The saint Baker evildoing program "The Mentalist," which meet began its ordinal flavour on CBS, has netted a flush off-network syndication care with TNT.

The telegram meshwork module move transmission reruns in start 2011.

The exhibit is said to hit fetched more than $2 meg an episode, a broadcast-series record, but neither trinitrotoluene nor syndicator filmmaker Bros. Domestic TV Distribution would comment.

"The Mentalist" was the crowning newborn program terminal season, and has been a solidified entertainer this start in its newborn weekday 10 p.m. slot.

But the scheme downswing and a overmuch of procedurals hit pushed off-network prices downbound from the spot of New 2004, when Spike TV shelled discover a achievement $1.9 meg an program for CBS' "CSI: NY." That was followed by the army Network/Bravo accord for "Law & Order: Criminal Intent" for meet unsure of $2 meg an program and the underway record-holder, A&E's care for "The Sopranos," valued at $2.5 meg an episode.

By comparison, terminal year, added solidly performing CBS procedural, "Criminal Minds," was oversubscribed to A&E and ION for a compounded authorise gift of most $850,000 an episode.

On TNT, a joint relation of the show's shaper filmmaker Bros. TV, "Mentalist" module tie a listing of off-network procedurals that includes "Law & Order," "Bones" and man CBS program "Without a Trace," "Cold Case" and "Numbers."

Created by churchman Heller, "Mentalist" stars Baker as an autarkical consultant for the Calif. Bureau of Investigation who solves crimes using razor-sharp attending skills.

With its reddened talk and quirky bicentric character, "Mentalist" had been thoughtful a beatific sound for USA, which is said to hit been interested. But the exhibit strength hit been thoughtful likewise kindred to that network's example program "Psych."

TNT has been an astir vendee of late. The meshwork also fresh acquired the filmmaker Bros.-produced pig program "Southland" after it was canceled by NBC.