TCA16: USA Network To Dress Up 'Suits' for 7th Season

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Beverly Hills, Calif. -- USA Network renewed its drama series Suits for a seventh season, the network announced Wednesday during the Television Critics Tour Association summer press tour.

The series, about a fast-paced Manhattan corporate law firm and starring Patrick J. Adams, Gabriel Macht, Gina Torres and Rick Hoffman, is averaging more than 3 million viewers in Nielsen Live+3 ratings thus far in its sixth season, according to network officials.

Season seven of Suits will air in 2017, according to the network.

USA also announced premiere dates for new original dramas Falling Water (Oct. 13) and Eyewitness (Oct. 16).

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