USA Greenlights New Original Series

LOS ANGELES: A first-ever co-production between Universal Cable Productions and Universal Networks International, the new original series Facing Kate joins the USA Network lineup alongside the recently announced pickup Covert Affairs.

Facing Kate, which is being shot on location in Vancouver, will debut with a 90-minute premiere followed by 11 hour-long episodes. The show centers on Kate Reed (Sarah Shahi), a top litigator who became frustrated with the endless bureaucracy and injustice she witnessed on a daily basis and decided to become a mediator. She uses a do-whatever-it-takes approach to resolving conflicts. After the death of her father, she finds herself at odds with her new boss, her stepmother (Virginia Williams) and in the arms of her ex-husband (Michael Trucco), himself a lawyer in the DA’s office. She is supported through it all by her assistant Leonardo (Baron Vaughn).

"The combination of Michael’s and Sarah’s unique talents gives this funny, energetic and iconoclastic law show a completely fresh voice," said Jeff Wachtel, the president of original programming for USA Network and co-head of original content at Universal Cable Productions. "We see Facing Kate as the perfect complement to our character-based series lineup."