Read Ebook {PDF EPUB} Necessary Roughness by G.G. Royale Necessary Roughness by G.G. Royale. LOS ANGELES (thefutoncritic.com) -- New seasons of "Burn Notice" and "" and newcomers "Suits" (formerly "A Legal Mind") and "Necessary Roughness" are the latest additions to USA's summer lineup, sources tell us exclusively. A network spokesperson couldn't confirm at press time* however it's understood they'll roll out as follows: -- "Notice" returns for season five on Thursday, June 23 at 9:00/8:00c followed by "Suits" at 10:00/9:00c. The latter revolves around a brilliant but unmotivated college dropout (Patrick J. Adams) who's recruited by one of Manhattan's top corporate lawyers (Gabriel Macht). Aaron Korsh created the Universal Cable Productions-based hour, which also stars Gina Torres, Meghan Markle and Rick Hoffman. Hypnotic's Doug Liman and David Bartis also serve as executive producers. -- "Pains" then shifts to Wednesday nights at 9:00/8:00c for its third season launch on June 29 followed by the Callie Thorne-led "Roughness" at 10:00/9:00c. Thorne plays a tough, sexy Long Island divorcee who gets a job as therapist for a professional football team in order to make ends meet and soon finds herself a sought-after therapist to high-profile clients. Marc Blucas, Mehcad Brooks and Scott Cohen co-star in the series, from Sony Pictures Television and Universal Cable Productions. Liz Kruger and Craig Shapiro are the co-creators. The quartet join the previously announced "White Collar" and "" this summer, both of which return Tuesday, June 7. Still to be announced: a return date for "," which traditionally kicks off its season in July or August. Also on tap: ": The Fall of Sam Axe" on Sunday, April 17 as well as new seasons of "" and "Law & Order: Criminal Intent" on Sunday, May 1. * [UPDATED! 7:35 PM] Ted Linhart, VP of Program Research at USA Network, subsequently confirmed these dates via Twitter, adding that "Psych" will return in the fall. Necessary Roughness by G.G. Royale. USA NETWORK RENEWS THREE OF SUMMER'S BIGGEST HITS "COVERT AFFAIRS," "ROYAL PAINS" AND "NECESSARY ROUGHNESS" Order Signifies Sweep of Pickups For All Seven Summer Original Series. NEW YORK - September 15, 2011 - After dominating the summer television landscape with a historic seven series on-air and capturing a sixth straight ratings win as cable's top entertainment network, USA finalized its sweep of series pickups on all of its summer originals with 16-episode orders of season three of COVERT AFFAIRS, season four of ROYAL PAINS and season two of NECESSARY ROUGHNESS. The renewals, which follow the season orders of WHITE COLLAR, SUITS, IN PLAIN SIGHT and BURN NOTICE, were announced today by USA Co-Presidents Chris McCumber and Jeff Wachtel. "USA's original programming blew through all expectations this summer. We had an unprecedented number of original series on our air -- and every single one of them was great," said McCumber and Wachtel. "The actors who make our shows unique aren't just stars, they are character actors in the finest sense. Our writers, directors and producers truly understand what it takes to create sustainable success. It's a rare and wonderful thing to announce the pick-up of our entire summer of programming." COVERT AFFAIRS stars Golden Globe(R)-nominated Piper Perabo as Annie Walker, a young CIA operative whose exceptional linguistic skills make her invaluable to the Agency. The series also stars Christopher Gorham, Sendhil Ramamurthy, Kari Matchett, Anne Dudek and Peter Gallagher. The second half of season two of COVERT AFFAIRS will return on November 1 at 10/9c with six all-new episodes and guest appearances from Devin Kelly and Santiago Cabrera, and the return of Oded Fehr and Gregory Itzin. From Universal Cable Productions, COVERT AFFAIRS shoots in Toronto, Canada and is executive produced by Doug Liman and David Bartis through Hypnotic and written and executive produced by Matt Corman and Chris Ord. COVERT AFFAIRS was the top series on cable Tuesdays this summer among P25-54, total viewers and households, was second only to NBC in all of television on Tuesdays at 10pm in P18-49, P25-54, total viewers and households, beating ABC and CBS in P18-34. In ROYAL PAINS, Mark Feuerstein stars as Dr. Hank Lawson, the go to "doctor for hire" for all of the Hamptons. The series stars Paulo Costanzo, Reshma Shetty and Jill Flint. The second half of the third season of ROYAL PAINS will return this winter with six all-new episodes with guest stars including Joanna Garcia, Tom Cavanaugh, Wilmer Valderrama, Campbell Scott, Brooke D'Orsay, Kyle Howard, Kathleen Rose Perkins and Christine Ebersole, among others. From Universal Cable Productions, ROYAL PAINS is written and executive produced by Andrew Lenchewski and Michael Rauch. Rich Frank also serves as executive producer along with Paul Frank and Jeff Kwatinetz from Prospect Park. ROYAL PAINS shoots entirely in New York (Long Island and Brooklyn) and at locations around the Hamptons. ROYAL PAINS was the #1 series Wednesdays this summer, scripted or otherwise, with 7.2 million total viewers, 3.3 million in P25-54, 3 million in P18-49 and 1.2 million in P18-34. NECESSARY ROUGHNESS stars Callie Thorne as Dr. Dani Santino, a tough, sexy Long Island divorcee who re-energizes her life and career when she becomes a therapist for a professional football team. Underestimated at every turn, she succeeds beyond all expectations and soon finds herself the most sought - after therapist for high-profile clients. The series also stars Mehcad Brooks, Marc Blucas and Scott Cohen. The series was created and is executive produced by Liz Kruger & Craig Shapiro. Jeffrey Lieber and Kevin Dowling also serve as executive producers. Inspired by a true story, the series is a Sony Pictures Television and Universal Cable Productions co-production. NECESSARY ROUGHNESS shoots in Atlanta, GA. NECESSARY ROUGHNESS has been scoring touchdowns all summer long for USA as a breakout hit. The freshman series has averaged 5.85 million total viewers, 2.6 million in P25-54 and 2.4 million in P18-49 to date. Universal Cable Productions creates quality content across multiple media platforms, including USA, Syfy and other networks. A leader in innovative and critically acclaimed programming, UCP is the studio behind USA's "Royal Pains," "Law & Order: Criminal Intent," "Psych," "In Plain Sight," "Covert Affairs," "Fairly Legal" and "Suits," along with Syfy's "Eureka," "Warehouse 13" and "Alphas." The studio is also producing "Against the Wall" for Lifetime and "I Just Want My Pants Back" for MTV. UCP is a division of NBCUniversal. USA Network is the #1 network in all of basic cable and is seen in over 102 million U.S. homes. A division of NBC Universal, USA is the cable television leader in original series and home to the best in blockbuster theatrical films, acquired television series and entertainment events. The award-winning USA website is located at www.usanetwork.com. Characters Welcome. USA Network is a program service of NBC Universal Cable a division of NBC Universal, one of the world's leading media and entertainment companies in the development, production, and marketing of entertainment, news, and information to a global audience. What USA Network’s “Necessary Roughness” Gets Right About Sport Psychology. USA Network’s new show, Necessary Roughness follows in the grand tradition of the network’s disposable melodramas, from recent series like Burn Notice and Royal Pains to the 90’s detective show Silk Stalkings. Not to be confused with the 1991 football-themed comedy starring Scott Bakula and Sinbad, this show focuses on the work of a “tough as nails” female therapist from Long Island named Dr. Danielle “Dani” Santino. Although she is in the midst of several stressors, including divorce and a defiant teenage daughter, she agrees to go out to a club with the requisite boozy, outspoken friend. Dr. Dani proceeds to have a one night stand with the local pro football team’s athletic trainer where she conveniently “cures” him of smoking with hypnosis the next morning. As a result of her hypnosis skills, she is hired by the team’s Head Coach and presented with a challenging task. They need her to help the team’s star wide receiver, Terrence “TK” King, overcome a mental performance issue around dropped passes. TK, vaguely reminiscent of another dual initialed star wide receiver, is, (of course) resistant initially but then learns the value of Dr. Dani’s approaches and goes on to score a game-winning touchdown just before the closing credits roll. Overall, for mental health professionals in general and for sport psychology professionals specifically, the show has brought with it a lot of worry and hand-wringing. In a world where there remains a great deal of stigma around seeking help for personal and performance issues and a lot of misconceptions around this work, this worry is certainly justified. This is especially the case as we examine the content of Necessary Roughness , which is filled with inaccuracies (e.g. hypnotherapy involves simple suggestions that provide near-instantaneous “cures”) and ethical issues and violations galore around practicing outside of your expertise, client privacy and confidentiality, dual relationships, boundary violations, lack of empathy, inappropriate self-disclosure, and the question of having your professionalism and effectiveness compromised by personal problems. However, even in the midst of the melodrama, misinformation, and concerning representations of therapy present in Necessary Roughness , there are some things that the show does get right about the field of Sport Psycholgy: Sport Psychology Consultants are people too – Just like anyone else, we deal with stresses and adverse life events that affect everyone. This aspect of Dr. Dani’s life is portrayed with some accuracy, with her experiences of infidelity and divorce, unsupportive family members, and rebellious and defiant children. However, unlike many professionals, sport psychology consultants and other mental health professionals must take special care to make sure that their issues do not compromise their ability to provide effective treatment. This places a strong emphasis on self- awareness within the profession. It is often not the athlete’s choice to be there – Whether it’s a coach, general manager, athletic administrator, or, for youth athletes, a parent, it is often someone else who directs the client towards sport psychology services. This puts a special emphasis on the professional to explain the potential benefits of mental skills for sport early on in a manner that can help to build rapport and instill hope in the client. Additionally, the professional needs to emphasize issues of confidentiality and what information can or cannot be shared with the referral source. This is often referred to as “informed consent”, which must be obtained in order to ethically treat an individual. Sport Psychology is not a “quick fix” – After the first session with Dr. Dani, a hypnotic suggestion that the football is a baby and that TK must not “drop the baby” is not successful and his performance problems continue. The session the show presents between Dr. Dani and TK is a poor representation of what is entailed when sport psychology professionals engage a client in mental skills training for sport. However, the small point that mental skills, including increasing focus and concentration, managing physiological arousal, and developing positive cognitive approaches towards training and competition cannot be learned in one day is accurate. Numerous studies have demonstrated the effectiveness of sport psychology interventions (some examples linked here and here) but it is clear that skill-building takes time, effort, and practice both on the part of the professional and the client. Traumatic experiences in childhood often have long lasting effects – Part of the story of TK in the pilot episode revolves around him coming to terms with his emotions around his mother’s death by drug overdose, issues of father loss, and a history of placements in the foster care system. Although these issues are fairly lightly glossed over and primarily serve to move forward the connection of TK and Dr. Dani, I did appreciate the story making the connection between TK’s recklessness and emotional volatility and his traumatic past. While many individuals believe in the adage that “whatever does not kill us makes us stronger”, the reality is that adverse childhood events and early trauma have dramatic and long lasting effects on people. In one recent study children who had experienced multiple forms of trauma such as those of TK were 30 times more likely to have behavioral, academic, and physical problems. On a more positive note, the field of mental health is moving more often into the use of evidenced-based approaches to help those who have experienced trauma. One particular evidenced-based approach, Trauma Focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (TF-CBT) emphasizes psychoeducation around trauma, building emotion regulation and cognitive skills, and the development of a narrative story of the individual’s experience to help them gain a sense of mastery over their trauma experiences. There are a lot of unqualified professionals out there working with athletes – Despite the efforts of organizations like the Association for Applied Sport Psychology who provide a “Certified Consultant” credential and offer a listing of their certified consultants and the American Psychological Association, which has published proficiency guidelines for psychologists who provide sport psychology services, the field of sport psychology is, at best, loosely regulated. In fact, the mental health professional that the show is purported to be based on, Donna Dannenfelser does not appear to be a licensed mental health professional or have a history of graduate or post-graduate training in sport psychology. There are a myriad group of individuals out there that make Sport Psychology the “Wild West” of treatment modalities, filled with “confidence coaches”, “mental skills trainers”, “sports performance consultants”, and “sport s psychologists” (notice the ‘s’). In additon there are a number of licensed mental health professionals in a number of areas from counseling to psychology to social work who, lacking training in sport psychology, pair an interest in sports or experience as an athlete with savvy marketing efforts to serve a population for whom they are not qualified. I do not really believe in the the adage that “any press is good press” and I will likely continue to cringe at the inaccuracies and ethical concerns anytime I watch Necessary Roughness. However, it would be a very positive thing if this show is successful and in some ways demystifies some aspects of sport psychology and therapy for the public and causes them to consider seeking out a professional that has specific sport psychology training and carries proper certification or licensing. USA Renews 'Covert Affairs', 'Royal Pains' And 'Necessary Roughness' For Full Sweep. After it just wrapped a sixth consecutive summer ratings victory, USA Network has renewed the remaining three original summer series that hadn’t gotten a pickup yet: sophomore Covert Affairs, veteran Royal Pains and freshman Necessary Roughness . All have received 16-episode orders. “USA’s original programming blew through all expectations this summer,” USA co-presidents Jeff Wachtel and Chris McCumber said. “Every series in our unprecedented lineup was a standout.” USA unspooled a record eight original series this summer and, with the exception of Law & Order: CI , which ended its 10-season run, the network has renewed all others including White Colla r, Burn Notice, In Plain Sight (for a final season), freshman Suits and now Covert Affairs , Royal Pains and Necessary Roughness. USA’s haul of seven series renewals in one season is the largest ever for a cable network and more than the broadcast networks normally bring back too. What’s more, USA didn’t cancel a single show, also something pretty unprecedented. Covert Affairs , which posted year-to-year growth in all ratings categories, stars Piper Perabo, who is joined by Christopher Gorham, Kari Matchett, Anne Dudek, Sendhil Ramamurthy and Peter Gallagher. Creators Matt Corman and Chris Ord are executive producing with Doug Liman and David Bartis for Universal Cable Prods. Royal Pains , which drew an average of 7.2 million viewers this summer, has been renewed for a fourth season. It stars Mark Feuerstein, Paulo Costanzo, Reshma Shetty and Jill Flint. From Universal Cable Prods., the series is written and executive produced by Andrew Lenchewski and Michael Rauch, with Prospect Park’s Rich Frank, Paul Frank and Jeff Kwatinetz also exec producing. Necessary Roughness , which has averaged 5.9 million total viewers for its freshman season — 2.4 million in adults 18-49 to date — stars Callie Thorne and co-stars Mehcad Brooks, Marc Blucas and Scott Cohen. The series was created and is executive produced by Liz Kruger & Craig Shapiro, with Jeffrey Lieber and Kevin Dowling also exec producing for Sony Pictures TV and Universal Cable Prods. Necessary Roughness: Season Three for USA Series. USA Network is reportedly renewing Necessary Roughness for a third season of 10 episodes. This will be the show’s smallest season order to date. The first season had 12 episodes and there are 16 in the current second season. Necessary Roughness hasn’t been a big hit for USA but the cable channel recently cancelled some of its other struggling shows — Fairly Legal and Common Law . The 11 episodes of season two that aired over the summer averaged a 0.7 rating in the demo with 2.71 million viewers. That’s down significantly from the first season which averaged a 1.2 rating with 4.18 million. The remaining five episodes of season two kick off on January 23rd. What do you think? Should USA have renewed Necessary Roughness or should they have cancelled it?