USA Network Orders Second Season of Psych

LOS ANGELES,
September 19: USA Network has renewed Psych for a second season, ordering 16 new
episodes of the series, which debuted during the summer.

In
its first episode on July 7, Psych
brought in 6.25 million total viewers and ranked as the highest-rated new
scripted series premiere on basic cable this year with a 4.63 household rating.
During its summer run, which ended August 25, Psych was the number one scripted series in cable
television in the coveted 18-49 demo. Psych will return in January for the second half of its
first season with seven new episodes.

Psych stars James Roday, Dule Hill and Corbin Bernsen,
and centers on Shawn Spencer (Roday), who possesses uncanny powers of
observation honed by his police officer father, Henry (Bernsen), who drilled
young Shawn to note even the smallest details of his surroundings.

When Shawn is accused of
committing a crime that he actually solved for the police department (by
calling in a tip), he convinces the cops that he's a psychic, and with the
reluctant assistance of his best-friend Gus (Hill), Shawn starts solving cases
for an ever-skeptical—but grudgingly impressed—police force. The
series also stars Timothy Omundson, Maggie Lawson and Kirsten Nelson.

"We
couldn't be more excited about picking up Psych for a second season," stated Jeff Wachtel,
USA's executive VP of original programming. "The series was a homerun from
pitch to pilot to series. Steve, James, Dule, Corbin and the whole team have
exceeded our expectations on every level. We're looking forward to even more
success in season two."