Well, given Ryan Murphy has his "stable" of people, I feel like "Mary Cherry's Serial Killing Adventures" should also be a possible season. Maybe she gets both of them on a lonely road-trip to NYC?

Fun Female Character Factor
Todd, what's missing from this analysis is that TV writers don't know HOW to do a female Men of a Certain Age. Likewise, the reason this show has enormous lesbian appeal is that Rizzoli and Isles have more chemistry than any out lesbian pairing on TV with the possible exception of Brittany…

Grey's Anatomy is very close and might have equaled both shows in its early seasons. And for all that Grey's generally sucks, diversity is the one thing they do well. Their gays aren't shuffled off to Tolerance Narnia and everyone gets to be part of the revolving carousel of stupid, implausible, and soapy…