USA Greenlights New Pilot

LOS ANGELES: USA Network has given the greenlight to a pilot for Covert Affairs, a new drama executive produced by Dave Bartis and Doug Liman, whose credits include Knight Rider and Heist.

An original from Universal Cable Productions, the pilot is written and co-executive produced by Matt Corman and Chris Ord. Bartis and Liman are exec producers through their venture, Dutch Oven. It focuses on a young CIA trainee who is mysteriously summoned to headquarters for duty as field operative. The cast includes Piper Perabo, who appeared in the movies Coyote Ugly, Cheaper By the Dozen and Beverly Hills Chihuahua.

“We are thrilled to be collaborating with Dutch Oven on Covert Affairs, a show with an exciting backdrop of action-packed suspense and an entertaining, character-driven premise that fits so perfectly into the USA brand,” said Jackie de Crinis, USA’s senior program executive.