Bonnie Hammer’s Hit Factory

We discovered USA Network because of NCIS marathons. We decided to watch debut of Royal Pains. Now we watch both programs on a regular basis. Good job, Bonnie, you lured us away from HBO and the big networks for our entertainment.
Keep up the good work and you'll keep us as viewers.
The Moore Family--Orange County, CA

I love the USA network. It's one of my favorite networks. I love Monk, Burn Notice, Royal Pains, and the reruns of NCIS. I really like how Hammer uses her method to determine what series should be on the network. It works for this network. I really like this article.

Johnnie Roberts obviously--and thankfully--is not a TV programmer. "The Unusuals" was what the L.A. Times called "a promising comedic New York City police drama."(Robert Lloyd, LAT online 4/7/2009). It featured Amber Tamblyn, 'Lost's' Harrold Perrineau, and Jeremy Renner, who is now a breakout star for his work in "The Hurt Locker." While "Private Practice" continues to live up to the New York Times' initial review, that 'ABC's eagerly awaited spinoff of "Grey's Anatomy" initially qualifies as a disappointment.' (Alessandra Stanley, NYT 9/21/07). For my money, it's never gotten better. Follow Bonnie Hammer's logic, Roberts--quirky characters with moral centers and sunny dispositions. Characters welcome, at USA. Bring the "Unusuals" back!

Sorry, I had to stop reading when you called "The Unusuals" dreck, after praising the cookie-cutter med-soap-yawn "Private Practice". But then, I watched "The Wire" and any number of other shows that never got much of an audience. I even watched that drecky "Star Trek", which the programming geniuses didn't think much of at the time, as I recall.