Jason O’Mara, known for his roles in ‘Vegas’ and ‘Terra Nova’ is headed towards the USA Network as he has been appointed to play an ER doctor in the Network’s drama pilot, named ‘Complications’ by Matt Nix. The drama pilot is being produced by the Fox Television Studios.

According to Nix, Complications is about a cynical Resident ER named Dr. John Ellis, the character played by O’Mara. The life of Ellis has transformed after his involvement in a gang shooting incident, when he is enforced to discover the pro-activeness with which a doctor can treat and diagnose according to his patient’s medical condition. He voluntarily gets involved in a drive-by shooting incident, in an attempt to save the life of a young boy and ends up killing one of his attackers. And when he gets to know that the little boy is eventually headed towards death, he is compelled to save him, resulting in a life-transformation for him as a doctor and his outlook for medicine.

Matt Nix, who has recently finished seven seasons of Burn Notice, is going to write and executive produce this drama show for Fox Television Studios. O’Mara will be seen for his recurring role on The Good Wife and was seen in CBS’ period drama Vegas, last year. In the year 2011, O’Mara starred in one of the most expensive shows on Fox, the sci-fi drama Terra Nova. Other shows to his credits are inclusive of The Agency, Band of Brothers, and Life on Marsand features Resident Evil: Extinction. Jason will also be lending his voice for Batman in the animated film Justice League: War.

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This isn’t necessarily the end of Vegas, but the 60’s drama’s renewal chances are fairly slim at this point. There’s an off-chance that it could perform strongly enough to garner additional episodes; however, with the episode order being cut to 21, the slumping ratings, and the dissipated hype, the numbers it puts up on Fridays will have to be that much better to earn a renewal. The show entered the season with much being made about Quaid coming to TV and the vibe of the pilot being different than anything on the network, a real shot for CBS to embrace the idea of having a serialized prestige drama. Although it draws a pretty hefty audience, the show gradually turned embraced its procedural nature and its 18-49 demo rating has been less than stellar.

Golden Boy stars Theo James as an ambitious beat cop who becomes the youngest police commissioner in the history of New York City and features Chi McBride, Kevin Alejandro, Bonnie Somerville, Holt McCallany, and Stella Maeve. Period drama Vegas, which debuted in the fall, tells the story of Ralph Lamb (Dennis Quaid), a cattle rancher appointed sheriff who has to deal with a Chicago mob boss. The show co-stars Michael Chiklis, Carrie-Anne Moss, Jason O’Mara, Taylor Handley and Sarah Jones.

Do you think that CBS made the right move in keeping Golden Boy on Tuesdays? Is this the final nail in the coffin of Vegas? If Vegas does get canceled, will CBS become more wary of straying from their (successful) formula?

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