USA Network Slots New & Returning Series for 2012

NEW YORK: USA Network’s new original series Common Law is set to premiere in January, along with returning favorites White Collar and Royal Pains.

Common Law is about two cops with clashing personalities who are partnered together and forced into couples’ therapy to save their "marriage." The 12-episode one-hour series stars Michael Ealy (The Good Wife, Californication), Warren Kole (The Chicago Code, 24), Jack McGee (The Fighter, Rescue Me) and Sonya Walger (Lost, In Treatment) and is currently in production in New Orleans. The series is from CBS Television Studios and Junction Entertainment, and is executive produced and written by Cormac Wibberley and Marianne Wibberley (National Treasure, Charlie’s Angels: Full Throttle). Jon Turteltaub (Jericho, National Treasure) and Craig Sweeny (Medium, The 4400) are executive producers.

White Collar, about a conman who is captured by the FBI after a three-year hunt, is returning with a third season of six episodes. It was created by and is executive produced by Jeff Eastin and comes from Fox Television Studios. Mark Goffman is an executive producer and Jeff King is a co-executive producer. The series has already been greenlit for a fourth season to start production in New York in early 2012.

Royal Pains, about a young ER doctor who is wrongly blamed for a patient’s death, is also returning to the channel with a third season of six new episodes. It has been renewed for a fourth season to begin production in the spring. The series is executive produced by Andrew Lenchewski and Michael Rauch, as well as Rich Frank, Paul Frank and Jeff Kwatinetz from Prospect Park. It is produced by Universal Cable Productions and is filmed entirely in New York, including Brooklyn, Long Island and the Hamptons.