I’ve been wanting to talk about the premiere of USA’s new crime dramedy WHITE COLLAR for a while now but I was living in the 1890’s for a few weeks (no TV, no internet), this is the first chance I’ve had to urge you all to tune in tonight!
WHITE COLLAR stars the smokin’ hotness that is Matthew Bomer (CHUCK, TRAVELER) as a sly con man assisting Tim DeKay’s semi-straight laced FBI agent in catching white collar criminals.
I’ve watched tonight’s premiere twice already and have to say that the show is charming as hell. I’d go as far to say that it may be USA’s best and most adult show to date. There’s nothing ground breaking or super original about WHITE COLLAR but damn if this show isn’t addictive.
What’s to Love:
Bomer has blue eyes you could stare at for days and it doesn’t hurt that he’s shirtless in the pilot (I’m just sayin’)
Dekay has long been a favorite of mine (CARNIVALE & EVERWOOD anyone?) and he’s the perfect match for Bomer’s almost too slick criminal.
The show fits perfectly into USA’s proven successful formula of comedy, crime and drama.
There’s Gallant from ER and Stanford Blatch from SEX & THE CITY.
The show has the best chemistry on USA since PSYCH’s Shawn and Gus
Tiffany Thiessen shines in a shockingly non-showy role. She plays DeKay’s oft-shunned wife and I heart her for taking the role!
There’s a lesbian! (LOST’s Naomi)
New York City is front and center as the back drop of the show which gives the show some authenticity and energy that most studio shows can’t reenact.
There’s actually intriguing and interesting character development that doesn’t detract from the central theme of the show and I can’t wait for those subplots to play out. Kate? Bring it!
If you’re a fan of USA’s character driven powerhouse, WHITE COLLAR will fit nicely into your schedule. It’s a pinch of PSYCH with a little BURN NOTICE thrown in for good measure. Tune in for Bomer’s eyes and stay for the surprisingly great performances of the entire cast.
Check out an interview with Matthew Bomer from the Bloggers Press Day I missed out on because of the Hamptons gig… *curses*
Preview WHITE COLLAR:
Check out a clip from the premiere of WHITE COLLAR:
Check out the WHITE COLLAR Photo Gallery and swoon while staring into Bomer’s crystal blue peepers.
TV Podcast 10: Ducky and GMMR strap on their tankinis, floaties, and hit the pool to tackle the chaos of the summer television schedule in the sweltering heat.
Shows we’re watching:Age of Love, Top Chef, The Next Food Network Star, Kathy Griffin’s D-List, The Closer, Rescue Me, Traveler and obviously So You Think You Can Dance.
Shows we’re looking forward to: The return of Big Brother 8 and the premiere of Burn Notice.
Then we hit the news and crazy ass Isaiah Washington, Heroes casting, the return of Sark, Nip/Tuck, 24’s Female President, and we give big bear hugs to Kelly Clarkson. Oh yeah, and we talk The Office cast on the big screen.
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Wednesday nights this summer are jam-packed for me! I’ve got So You Think You Can Dance at 8 along with Hidden Palms. At 10pm are both Traveler and the Season 3 premiere of Top Chef!
Well, with the Jericho campaign working gangbusters I guess this was bound to happen. ABC’s new summer show TRAVELER already has an online petition to get it a second season. I signed. I was #452 because I like 4’s, 5’s, and 2’s and I like Traveler.
TV Podcast 9: Dan and Kathie are on the spot when listener voicemails are played and questions are answered. Trying to do something fun this time, we decided to have you guys call in and leave us voicemail comments and questions. It was amazing and there were some great inquiries.
What the hell happened to our discussion of the LOST finale? Don’t worry we’ll work it over Dharma-style in this episode.
What was our favorite season finale? What are we looking to most for the summer shows *cough*So You Think You Can Dance*cough* and what are we loving about the upcoming fall shows.? We’ll answer your burning TV questions.
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ABC’s summer action series TRAVELER is going viral starting now! The MySpace pages of two of the main characters will reflect their opinions on affairs taking place in the show.
Tonight (Tuesday, June 5, 2007), their pages will change from the existing design to include content that suggests they are terrorists, including blog diatribes against the fictional President Shears.
From Jay’s MySpace, here are his favorite TV shows before being wanted by the FBI and after:
Current: In between watching Cubs games? Lost, Colbert Report, The Daily Show, VERONICA MARS
New: Cubs games, The Daily Show, Fox News, CNN, Al-Jazeera, Lost
Holla! Veronica Mars and Lost. Too bad he’s now pimping Al-Jazeera TV and Fox News. Ugh! Being a terrorist (allegedly) really takes your taste away huh?
And from richie rich himself Tyler Fog, we explore his MySpace blog where he rips apart President Shears:
WAR OF LIES. Right now the politicians up on Capital Blood Spill are arguing back and forth on the so-called war in the Middle East. They and President Shears spend hours and hours each day taking sides in a discussion that holds no water. Do we withdraw? Do we not? Some play the fence while others hold their ground on the fringe of each side. What’s really going on though is something darker, something even more sinister…a justification for there existence. Each word, each step, each neck-tie carefully crafted on what will insure greater success in up coming elections. Meanwhile thousands of soldiers are giving the ultimate sacrifice for ideals that seem to change more often than a D.C. intern’s underwear. Shears and these politicians claim to represent the citizens of this country based on elections they either bought or stole. The reality is that they represent no one except their own checking accounts, a furthering of there own financial security while the rest of us struggle to survive in the real world. How do I know this? Because my father has drinks with these people. His weekly poker games include the same faces we see on the nightly news. He went to jail because of people like President Shears. Now they pretend to be his friend. But whoever said “like father, like son” did not lead my life. Unlike my father, I see that we are a country led by the blind, crossing all political parties, pundits and lobbyists. Yet we’re all aware of the incompetence that is our leadership and we sit idly by punching in phone numbers to vote for the next American Idol while our freedoms and liberties are flushed into the sewers. One thing that I do not question though is that this is not what our forefathers intended. We have all become joined into one new generation made up of all ages and races, we are Generation Z – the generation that slept while their once great country crumbled.
Issues much? Seriously, Tre from The O.C. should be so lucky as to only worry about retarded Marisa shooting him dead.
Tune in to Traveler Wednesday night when Jay and Tyler will discover that the extent of the frame-up has widened when they go back to Yale and find that their personal belongings have been tampered with. And in next Wednesday’s (6/13) episode, the FBI will refer to the two fugitives’ Internet postings as motives for their actions.
I’m hooked on the show and really hope it makes it through its summer 13 episode completion. And don’t forget to watch their MySpace pages to track them on the run and to see how they really think as this mystery unfolds.
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