‘The Rainmaker’ Performs Properly In Rankings For USA Community
The Rainmaker, the primary authentic scripted collection beneath the Versant moniker, has gotten off to a strong begin.
The authorized drama, which airs on USA Community, a part of the soon-to-be spun-off cable portfolio, drew 2.2M in its first three days. It was helped by the truth that it debuted as a simulcast throughout 5 networks and Peacock.
This made it the most-viewed authentic collection premiere within the Versant portfolio because the launch of Syfy’s Resident Alien in 2021.
Per Versant, it additionally grew to become the primary scripted cable authentic collection premiere on linear TV in 2025 with 39% extra viewers than TNT’s Librarians: Subsequent Chapter, which was the second-ranked collection premiere. Nonetheless, there haven’t been as many scripted premieres on cable this yr as there was over the previous few years.
The corporate mentioned that The Rainmaker has reached 6.3 million viewers on linear TV thus far.
The John Grisham adaptation, which airs tonight at 10pm on USA Community, comes from showrunner and government producer Michael Seitzman. The Lionsgate and Blumhouse-produced collection follows Rudy Baylor (Milo Callaghan) who, contemporary out of regulation faculty, goes head-to-head with courtroom lion Leo Drummond (John Slattery) and his regulation faculty girlfriend Sarah Plankmore (Madison Iseman). Rudy, alongside along with his boss (Lana Parrilla) and her matted paralegal, uncover two linked conspiracies surrounding the mysterious dying of their consumer’s son.
The solid additionally consists of Madison Iseman, P.J. Byrne, Dan Fogler, Wade Briggs and Robyn Cara.
The Rainmaker obtained a collection order from the NBCUniversal cable community in June 2024, capping a six-year journey by Seitzman to convey the e-book to TV. Seitzman and Jason Richman wrote the pilot script, with Seitzman to function showrunner. The 2 are government producing with Grisham, Jason Blum and David Gernert.
Versant additionally operates CNBC, MSNBC, Oxygen, E!, Syfy and Golf Channel.