USA Network Partners With CBS Television Studios For Green Light To “Common Law”

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USA NETWORK PARTNERS WITH CBS TELEVISION STUDIOS FOR GREEN LIGHT TO “COMMON LAW”


“COMMON LAW” JOINS RECENTLY UPPED PILOTS “NECESSARY ROUGHNESS” AND “A LEGAL MIND”
LOS ANGELES, CA – June 9, 2010 – USA Network has given a cast-contingent green light to the pilot COMMON LAW, it was announced today by Jeff Wachtel, executive vice president, USA original programming & co-head, original content, Universal Cable Productions.

COMMON LAW (working title) is from CBS Television Studios and Junction Entertainment, and is executive produced and written by Cormac & Marianne Wibberley. (“National Treasure,” “National Treasure: Book of Secrets,” “Charlie’s Angels: Full Throttle”). Jon Turteltaub (“Harper’s Island,” “The Sorcerer’s Apprentice,” “Jericho,” “National Treasure,” “National Treasure: Book of Secrets”) will executive produce. Dan Shotz and Karim Zreik (“Harper’s Island,” “Jericho”) of Junction Entertainment will serve as co-executive producers.

“If you’re going to do a cop show, it better be something special – and we believe this one is,” said Wachtel. “It’s funny, it’s fresh, and the writing is just fantastic. We’re thrilled to be working with the Wibberleys and Jon.”

COMMON LAW, a comedic take on the buddy cop genre, centers on Wes Mitchell and Travis Marks, two cops with a problem … each other. As partners, they were LAPD’s dream team. Now Wes, a methodical former lawyer with a passion for cars, gardening and his ex-wife, and Travis, a maverick ladies’ man who served time in juvie, can’t stand each other. To revive their flagging professional relationship, their Captain sends them to couples therapy. We soon learn that a successful relationship or partnership doesn’t mean you have to like the same things; you just have to hate the same things.

COMMON LAW joins USA Network’s slate of recent greenlit pilots including NECESSARY ROUGHNESS and A LEGAL MIND.

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CBS Television Studios, a division of CBS Corporation, is one of the industry’s leading supplier of primetime network programming. The division currently produces 24 prime time series, including the hit CSI and NCIS franchices and the critically acclaimed “The Good Wife.”