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Mr. Robot Won't Go on Hiatus During USA Network’s Olympics Coverage

Network opts to keep all its series on the air

Mr. Robot bows to no one, not even the grandiose Summer Olympics plans of its corporate overlord, NBCUniversal.

While USA Network is airing 110.5 hours of programming from Rio—part of 2,084 hours of Summer Olympics coverage on NBCUniversal's 11 networks—USA's signature series, Mr. Robot, won't take a two-week hiatus.

"It's going to run straight through the Olympics," said Chris McCumber, president of entertainment networks for NBCUniversal Cable Entertainment, "as is Suits and Queen of the South."

While the network had earlier discussed a scheduling scenario for Mr.