USA Network has given the greenlight for the hourlong series White Collar. The show will launch with a 90-minute pilot to be followed with 13 episodes. White Collar stars Matthew Bomer, Tim DeKay, Tiffani Thiessen and Willie Garson. Bomer plays a criminal mastermind who breaks out of jail and ends up working with the FBI to help catch other elusive crooks. The series may begin in the fall but nothing is officially set.
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Burn Notice (USA)
Michael Weston has been cast to guest star opposite Jeffrey Donovan in a season 3 episode. Weston will play Spencer, an unbalanced MIT grad who turns to Michael Weston (Donovan) when he uncovers a plot to sell the names of undercover spies. He thinks aliens are behind it.
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USA is close to giving a series order to White Collar, with the pickup expected to be sealed after final details are worked out. The show, from Fox TV Studios and creator Jeff Eastin, revolves around the unlikely pairing of a brilliant con artist (Matthew Bomer) and the head of the FBI’s white-collar crime unit (Tim DeKay). Tiffani Thiessen, Marsha Thomason and Willie Garson co-starred in the pilot, which was directed by Bronwen Hughes.
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Bitty Schram has finalized a deal to reprise her role as sidekick to Tony Shalhoub’s obsessive-compulsive detective during Monk’s eighth and final season, says Michael Ausiello. Schram left Monk midway through the show’s third season reportedly due to a contract dispute. Producers, however, insisted at the time that they simply wanted to take the show in a different direction. Whatever triggered her exit, it’s apparently water under the bridge.
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Just days after being cast as Jeffrey Donovan’s latest arch nemesis on Burn Notice, Jennifer Esposito has abruptly dropped out of the role, reports Michael Ausiello. Journeyman’s Moon Bloodgood has stepped in to replace her. Esposito’s spokesperson couldn’t be reached for comment, but a Burn Notice insider says a “medical emergency” prompted the Samantha Who actress to drop out at the 11th hour. “It’s a total bummer,” said the Burn source. “Everyone was really excited to have her.” Bloodgood assumes the role of Michelle Paxon, a Miami PD detective who becomes obsessed with uncovering the truth about Michael. The character makes her debut early into Burn Notice’s third season, which started production last week.
