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What’s new at USA Network? Variety reports Ed Asner and Alan Cumming have joined the network’s upcoming TV show, Briarpatch.

Based on the book by Ross Thomas, the anthology series “follows Allegra Dill (Rosario Dawson), a dogged investigator returning to her border-town Texas home after her sister is murdered. What begins as a search for a killer turns into an all-consuming fight to bring her corrupt hometown to its knees.”

On Briarpatch, Asner will be playing “James Staghorne Sr., the President and owner of the town’s only newspaper, The Chronicle” and Cumming has been cast as “Clyde Brattle – an elegant, charming, and murderous arms dealer.”

USA Network has not yet announced a premiere date for Briarpatch.