USA Network has opted not to order a second season of crime thriller anthology Eyewitness. The series, from Shades of Blue creator Adi Hasak and adapted from the Norwegian drama Øyevitne, was an experiment for USA. It was done under a different business model: given a 10-episode straight-to-series order at a reduced…

Shades Of Blue creator and Eyewitness guru Adi Hasak told a Mipcom audience in Cannes today that he’s working on an adaptation of Black Widows, based on the Nordic noir format and which he calls "Desperate Housewives on acid." The rare bird in Hollywood who’s gone from being a writer with no TV credits — and still no…

Adi Hasak has the rare distinction of going from a writer with no TV credits and no agency representation to back-to-back straight-to-series orders for dramas Shades Of Blue at NBC and Eyewitness, which is set to debut on USA this Sunday, October 16. The latter, a crime thriller adapted from the Norwegian drama Øyevitn…

Five years ago, in summer 2011, USA Network had a Sunday night block of crime drama procedurals with Law & Order: Criminal Intent, which kept its original NBC Sunday 9 PM slot for most of its USA run, and In Plain Sight. USA switched gears the following year, opting to take on acclaimed Sunday 9 PM fare like AMC’s Mad…

USA Network has set October premiere dates for new original drama series Falling Water and Eyewitness, it was announced today at TCA. Falling Water, the supernatural thriller from the late Henry Bromell (Homeland), Brotherhood creator Blake Masters and The Walking Dead executive producer Gale Anne Hurd, will premiere…

Jackie de Crinis, USA Network’s EVP original programming who developed many of the network’s signature series — from Monk to Mr. Robot — is stepping down and segueing to an overall deal with sibling Universal Cable Prods. Under the pact, de Crinis will serve as an executive producer on the USA/UCP 10-episode…

Micky Shiloah has booked a major recurring role on the upcoming fourth season of ABC's summer drama series Mistresses. He will play Reza, the privileged nephew of Jonathan (Navid Negahban). Based on the UK series, Mistresses is executive-produced by Rina Mimoun, KJ Steinberg, Robert Sertner and Douglas Rae. Shiloah…

Australian actress Bella Heathcote (Fifty Shades Darker, Pride and Prejudice and Zombies) has joined the Season 2 cast of Amazon’s original drama series The Man in the High Castle as a series regular. Based on Philip K. Dick’s alt-history novel, the series depicts a divided and drab 1962 America, in which the Nazis…

James Paxton (Texas Rising) and Gil Bellows (Ascension) have booked lead roles alongside Julianne Nicholson and Tyler Young in USA Network's 10-episode straight-to-series drama Eyewitness. In addition, Tattiawna Jones (19-2, Strange Empire) joins previously announced Matt Murray in a recurring role. The project, an…

Julianne Nicholson (Black Mass, Masters Of Sex) has been cast as the lead of USA Network’s 10-episode straight-to-series drama Eyewitness. The project, an adaptation of the Norwegian crime thriller Øyevitne, explores a grisly crime from the point of view of the eyewitnesses. In it, two innocent teenage boys — one of…

Catherine Hardwicke (Twilight) is set to direct and executive produce the first two episodes of USA Network’s 10-episode straight-to-series drama Eyewitness. Tyler Young has been cast as one of the two young leads in the project, an adaptation of the Norwegian crime thriller Øyevitne. Additionally, Scott Peters (V)…

USA Network has given a 10-episode, straight-to-series order to Eyewitness, an adaptation of the Norwegian crime thriller Øyevitne. The project comes from Shades Of Blue creator Adi Hasak, who wrote it and will serve as executive producer/showrunner. The original series’ creator Jarl Emsell Larsen also will executive…