‘The Rainmaker’ Renewed for Season 2 at USA Network (EXCLUSIVE)

No objections here: “The Rainmaker” has been renewed for Season 2 at USA Network.

The news comes less than a week after the legal drama aired its Season 1 finale at the basic cabler. Season 2 will air in 2026. The series hails from Lionsgate Television and Blumhouse Television and is based on the John Grisham novel of the same name. Per USA, the first nine episodes have averaged 1.3 million viewers across all platforms.

“The verdict is in — ‘The Rainmaker’ is returning for season two on USA Network,” said Val Boreland, president of entertainment at Versant. “Along with our brilliant showrunner Michael Seitzman and our partners at Lionsgate and Blumhouse, we’re thrilled to build on the momentum and deliver another compelling chapter of this gripping legal drama for our viewers.”

The series stars Milo Callaghan, John Slattery, Lana Parrilla, Madison Iseman, P.J. Byrne, Dan Fogler, Wade Briggs and Robyn Cara.

The official logline states “Rudy Baylor (Callaghan), who is fresh out of law school, goes head-to-head with courtroom lion Leo Drummond (Slattery) as well as his law school girlfriend, Sarah (Iseman). Rudy, along with his boss, Bruiser (Parilla), and her disheveled paralegal, Deck (Byrne), uncover two connected conspiracies surrounding the mysterious death of their client’s son.”

Michael Seitzman serves as executive producer and showrunner. Grisham, Patrick Moran, Jason Richman, David Gernert, and Jason Blum serve as executive producers.

The renewal comes as USA Network and a number of other networks have begun operating as Versant, a soon-to-be-publicly traded media company formed as a spinoff of many of NBCUniversal’s cable assets. It also marks a return to original scripted programming for USA, with the network also currently prepping the drama series “Anna Pigeon.”