USA Network has picked up the pilot "Mary Sunshine" and will bring it to series with an order for 11 more episodes of the light drama. Previously known as "In Plain Sight," the show centers on "Mary
Shannon," a U.S. Marshal who tries to balance a job with the witness-protection program with her dysfunctional personal life.
The project comes from writer David Maples and NBC
Universal Network TV. "When you've got something so good, you don't let it go," say USA executive vice president for original programming Jeff Wachtel, even though the series won't be ready for about
a year because of the star's pregnancy. "It has a wonderfully skewed heroine at its center, and then there is Mary McCormack. She is the heart and the soul of the series who brings a sexy spirit to
it."
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