 On February 21, 2006, USA Network announced that it had ordered eleven one-hour episode scripts for "Psych".They confirmed that the show would take "Monk's" 10 p.m. (EST) Friday night time slot, and that the pilot episode, planned to be two hours in length, would be broadcast on July 7.The network also revealed that Corbin Bernsen had been cast as another of the show's major characters.