USA Network Sets Summer Premiere Schedule

USA Network has set its summer lineup.

Check out when PLAYING HOUSE, ROYAL PAINS, SUITS, and more, as well as the series premiere of MR. ROBOT and COMPLICATIONS, will debut…

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DIG: Jason Isaacs and Anne Heche Preview the New USA Network Event Series

USA Network is launching its newest series, DIG, tonight, and as the murder mystery unfolds, Jason Isaacs’ Peter and Anne Heche’s Lynn find themselves in the center of a story thousands of years in the making.

Both Heche and Isaacs are TV vets (the former appeared most recently on THE MICHAEL J. FOX SHOW, and the latter most recently appeared on ROSEMARY’S BABY), and the “event” nature of the series — in that the story had a beginning, a middle, and an end — appealed to them.

I sat down with the DIG stars last summer — before USA announced its decision to expand the event series to 10 episodes — to talk about the appeal of the show, and what might be in store for their characters…

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MR. ROBOT: USA Network Picks Up Christian Slater Hacking Drama

USA Network has ordered the Christian Slater-led hacking drama, MR. ROBOT, to series.

Check out what they had to say about the new show…

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BENCHED: Eliza Coupe on Getting to Play Her ‘Dream Role’

USA Network debuts it’s latest comedy tonight, BENCHED, about a high-powered corporate lawyer’s fall from grace after an at-work meltdown after she found out her ex-fiancé has gotten engaged, and that she won’t be making partner at her firm. In an attempt to start over, Nina (played by former HAPPY ENDINGS star Eliza Coupe) takes a job as a public defender.

For Coupe, getting to play a character like Nina is a dream come true.

“I read the first two pages, and I was like, ‘What? How? Me? Really? They want me? Okay, done and done,'” she shared with reporters on the show’s set earlier this year. “The writing is so good. And I’m a huge fan of [BENCHED co-creator] Michaela [Watkins’], and knowing she was behind it…I had never worked with her, I was just always a fan of everything she did. What’s funny is right before this, she and I had done a table read together, because we’re both with the same agency, so we went to CAA and did a table read, and she was playing a bunch of different parts, and I was blown away — she was amazing. It was really just I read the first few pages, and I was like, this is a dream role. Are you kidding me? And the fact that they want me — is this a typo? Did someone get it wrong?”

And while Coupe has mainly been in ensembles pre-BENCHED — you may have seen her on SCRUBS and HAPPY ENDINGS — she’s relishing the chance to take the lead this time around.

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USA Network Pushes DIG to 2015

USA Network has pushed their upcoming event series, DIG, to 2015 a rep for the show has confirmed.

DIG comes from HEROES creator Tim Kring and HOMELAND’s Gideon Raff, and follows an FBI agent (Jason Isaac) stationed in Jerusalem who discovers a conspiracy while investigating a murder. The series also stars Anne Heche.

Production on the series had faced some hiccups earlier in its run, as the series had to move production post-pilot from Israel. (It’s now filming in Croatia and New Mexico.)

Will you be checking out DIG next year?

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USA Sets Premiere Date for WHITE COLLAR’s Final Season, COVERT AFFAIRS Season 5.5

USA Network will kick off the sixth and final season of WHITE COLLAR on Thursday, November 6th at 9 PM, the network announced.

“From its inception, WHITE COLLAR captured a massive and loyal following, in large part due to the incredible on-screen chemistry between Matt [Bomer] and Tim [DeKay], who deserve credit for one of the most brilliantly performed ‘bromances’ in all of television,” said Chris McCumber, President of USA Network in a statement. “The series also benefited from smart writing and an extraordinarily talented supporting cast, who helped it become a fan favorite crime drama for five straight years. This season will not disappoint, with an exciting and shocking ending that fans will never forget.”

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USA Network Picks Up New Comedy, BENCHED

USA Network is adding to its original comedy series lineup: the network has picked up BENCHED, a courtroom comedy starring former HAPPY ENDINGS star Eliza Coupe and former BETTER OFF TED star Jay Harrington.

“BENCHED is one of those unique series that creates an immediate connection with the audience,” Chris McCumber, President, USA Network, said in a statement. “The lead is played brilliantly by Eliza Coupe, who has undeniable chemistry with Jay Harrington’s character. With Mark Gordon and his incredible pedigree behind this project, we are proud to add BENCHED to our line-up of original comedies.”

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USA Network Announces Return of PSYCH, WHITE COLLAR, and SUITS, Plus, Series Premiere of SIRENS.

USA Network has announced a handful of return dates for its shows: PSYCH’s eighth season will kick of Wednesday, January 8, 2014; WHITE COLLAR returns Thursday, January 9, 2014; SUITS returns Thursday, March 6, 2014, and will be immediately followed by new half-hour comedy, SIRENS.

Take a look at what USA had to say about the shows…

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