USA Shifts Schedule for Winter Programming

In a bit of a surprising move, USA is switching their original programming from Thursday, Friday and Sunday nights to Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday come January. Although the schedule could change again before the shows premiere, for now USA Network shows that White Collar will return for the second half of its first season on Tuesday, January 19 at 10/9c, with Psych shifting to Wednesdays at 10/9c beginning January 27, and Burn Notice sticking with Thursdays but moving to 10/9c beginning January 21.

With the 10PM hour scheduled Tuesday-Thursday, that begs the question: what will USA put at 9PM? Are these established shows now going to serve as anchors for some new series? Shows like Royal Pains and In Plain Sight weren’t thought to be returning until summer, but I suppose they could be coming back sooner. Either that or we’ll be seeing more Bones, NCIS and Law & Order: SVU marathons.