In Plain Sight

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In Plain Sight
Format	Police procedural
Starring	Mary McCormack Fred Weller Todd Williams Cristian de la Fuente Nichole Hiltz Lesley Ann Warren Paul Ben-Victor
Country of origin	United States
No. of seasons	1
No. of episodes	2
Production
Running time	approx. 44 minutes
Broadcast
Original channel	USA Network
Original run	June 1, 2008 – present
External links
Official website
IMDb profile
TV.com summary

In Plain Sight is an American comedy-drama television series on USA Network. It debuted on Sunday, June 1, 2008, at 10/9 CST.^[1]

1 Synopsis
2 Characters
3 Ratings
4 References

[edit] Synopsis

The series revolves around Mary Shannon (Mary McCormack), a United States deputy marshal attached to the federal witness protection program. Shannon must find ways to balance her professional life of protecting witnesses with her "dysfunctional" family life.^[2] Her partner Marshall Mann (Fred Weller) assists her in her assignments and serves as the foil for Shannon. The show is filmed and based in Albuquerque, New Mexico.

[edit] Characters

Mary Shannon is played by Mary McCormack. McCormack described Shannon as "not a superhero" and "flawed and real." McCormack added that she loved the fact that Shannon was written as "cheap."^[3]

[edit] Ratings

The pilot episode of In Plain Sight attracted 5.3 million viewers, making it USA Network's highest-rated series premiere since The 4400 in July 2004. It also outperformed the previous summer's debut of Burn Notice by 32% and the network premiere of Law & Order: Criminal Intent by 40%.^[4]