With the murderous police shootings in Baton Rouge this weekend, similar incident in Dallas on July 7 and more plus the highly charged White House race, sources say it was “just not the right time” to debut Shooter. As other outlets have done in the past when attacks or shootings have occurred, USA had postponed the July 19 premiere to next Monday on July 11 as a consequence of the killing of 5 police officers and injuring of more in the Texas city on a week and a half ago by a sniper.
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USA Network has pushed the premiere of conspiracy thriller Shooter to the fall, EW has learned.
Sources say the studio and the network are standing behind Shooter, which tells a very different story than what’s happening in real life in the news — the show features a military veteran and American hero wrongfully accused of a crime — but feel the timing isn’t appropriate.
Sources say the studio and the network are standing behind Shooter, which tells a very different story than what’s happening in real life in the news — the show features a military veteran and American hero wrongfully accused of a crime — but feel the timing isn’t appropriate.
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Premiere Delayed in the Wake of Dallas Sniper Attack
In the wake of yet another tragedy, USA has opted to postpone the premiere of forthcoming series Shooter.
The sniper drama, which opens with the sound of a gunshot along with real-life images of historical incidents of gun violence, is being held a week given the recent attack in downtown Dallas. In the wee hours of July 7, a heavily armed sniper with a checkered military background gunned down a cadre of police officers, leaving five of them dead.
"In light of recent tragic events and out of respect for the victims, their families and our viewers, we have decided to postpone the premiere date for the upcoming USA Network series Shooter to July 26," a network spokesperson said in a statement. The unfortunately titled series' 10-episode first season had been set to launch at 10 p.m. on Tuesday, July 19.
Shooter, which stars Ryan Phillippe and Omar Epps, is based on the 2007 Mark Wahlberg film of the same name. Much like the movie, the series centers on a U.S. veteran and American hero who is wrongly accused of a crime, and is trying to clear his name and return to his family.
The sniper drama, which opens with the sound of a gunshot along with real-life images of historical incidents of gun violence, is being held a week given the recent attack in downtown Dallas. In the wee hours of July 7, a heavily armed sniper with a checkered military background gunned down a cadre of police officers, leaving five of them dead.
"In light of recent tragic events and out of respect for the victims, their families and our viewers, we have decided to postpone the premiere date for the upcoming USA Network series Shooter to July 26," a network spokesperson said in a statement. The unfortunately titled series' 10-episode first season had been set to launch at 10 p.m. on Tuesday, July 19.
Shooter, which stars Ryan Phillippe and Omar Epps, is based on the 2007 Mark Wahlberg film of the same name. Much like the movie, the series centers on a U.S. veteran and American hero who is wrongly accused of a crime, and is trying to clear his name and return to his family.
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