USA Network has picked up the original series, Facing Kate, starring Sarah Shahi, Michael Trucco , Virginia Williams and Baron Vaughn. Facing Kate will debut with a 90-minute premiere followed by 11 one-hour episodes. The series 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 the ultimate anti-lawyer: a mediator. Using her knowledge of the law, along with intuition and a whatever-it-takes approach to resolving conflict, Kate finds the middle ground for a wide variety of adversaries — from Fortune 500 corporations to bitter divorcees…Helping her keep all of this chaos at bay is her trusted, geek chic assistant Leonardo (Baron Vaughn).
