How USA Hopes to Breathe New Life into Jason Bourne and 'The Purge' Film Franchises

USA is hoping a bit of corporate synergy can help fill the void left by the loss of WWE’s “SmackDown” franchise, which left a gaping hole in its Tuesday lineup. This week the cable network will debut “Treadstone,” a spy drama based on the fictional black ops organization from the “Jason Bourne” film series, alongside the Season 2 premiere of “The Purge,” itself based on the Blumhouse horror franchise of the same name. Both film franchises come from sister studio Universal Pictu...