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Remember the days when buddy cop shows were the bread and butter of American television?

From Starsky & Hutch to Miami Vice, the genre gave us mismatched partners who bickered, bantered, and ultimately brought down the bad guys.

It was escapism at its finest — a world of fast cars, sharp one-liners, and explosive finales.

Starsky & Hutch (ABC/Screenshot)

But over the years, the buddy cop genre has faded from the U.S. small screen.

Don’t worry, though; it’s alive and well — it just packed its bags and went global.

A Brief History of Buddy Cop Glory

The buddy cop formula hit its stride in the 1980s and 1990s, an era when the appeal of Lethal Weapon and Beverly Hills Cop carried over from the big screen to TV.

Shows like Starsky & Hutch and Cagney & Lacey offered variations on the theme, combining humor, action, and, occasionally, a dash of drama.

NBC bought Bravo in 2002, making the small, arts-focused network its first entertainment cable network. Fast forward to 2025, and Bravo — a very different kind of channel than it was two decades ago — will soon be the company’s only cable outfit.

As Comcast spins off most of the NBCUniversal cable networks — USA, MSNBC, CNBC, E!, Oxygen, Syfy and Golf Channel — into a separate organization, it strikingly has decided to keep Bravo in the original company alongside NBC, Peacock and Telemundo.

Bravo isn’t NBCUniversal’s most-watched cabler — that would be MSNBC, whose shift to SpinCo raises a bunch of thorny issues, including potentially having to consider changing its name. It isn’t even NBCU’s top-rated entertainment cable channel, which is USA Network: Per Variety’s 2023 networks ranker, MSNBC averaged 1.22 million viewers last year, with USA at 688,000 and Bravo at 571,000.

So why Bravo? Quite simply, in a world of zombie cable networks,...

Television has continued to evolve for good, bad, and sometimes ugly.

We’ve lamented many things, from the obsession with prequels, sequels, reboots, and revivals to the departure from family-focused dramas and the obsession with procedurals.

But there’s one era of television we desperately miss and long for Blue Sky TV.

(Disney/Mitch Hasseth) The Tides are Finally Turning with a Shift Towards Lighter Series

There’s no nostalgia quite like the longing for USA Network and TNT’s staple Blue Sky series, from White Collar to Suits to Leverage.

And thankfully, in some capacity, networks and streamers have tried to capitalize off the massive success, popularity, and longing for those shows via the aforementioned reboots and revivals.

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But original pieces will always reign supreme!

Lin-Manuel Miranda, Martin Short, Rosie Perez, Wayne Brady and more celebrities will join forces with hosts Seth Rudetsky and James Wesley Jackson for the second annual “Stars in the House” Election Day Vote-a-Thon on Tuesday, Nov. 5.

The live event will take place from noon to 6 p.m. Et, feature musical performances and support the Entertainment Community Fund.

“We were so moved by the reactions to our Vote-a-Thon in 2020 that we wanted to continue the tradition and provide a place where people can go to get away from some of the stress of Election Day but still stay informed and most importantly – be entertained!” said the hosts in a joint statement. “Our live event is the perfect way to pass the time while you’re in line at the polls or waiting for the results. We are so grateful to those in the community who will be joining us to share...

Unlike its rivals, NBCUniversal long ago developed a healthy fear of zombies.

Not the shambling, undead kind that lurch around trying to eat brains, but rather the media variety: “Undead” cable networks that long ago gave up all hopes of cultivating audiences around the clock and instead run only a few hours of original programming, coupled with seemingly endless repeats of TV favorites, like “Ridiculousness” (MTV); “Fear Factor” (Hln); or “Seinfeld” (Comedy Central).

Paramount Global and Warner Bros. Discovery, two of the bigger owners of these cable-network wraiths, haven’t had much to show for keeping them up and running. Indeed, Warner in August unveiled a massive $9.1 billion write-down of its TV assets, citing business headwinds as well as the projected loss of its lucrative agreement with the NBA to show games on its cable networks. Paramount Global followed suit, revealing a $5.98 billion impairment charge as it prepared for its acquisition by Skydance Media.

Stars: Aaron Eckhart, Tim Roth, Marysia S. Peres, Abigail Breslin, Kim DeLonghi | Written by Bob DeRosa | Directed by Roel Reiné

Classified is a title with a double meaning. It not only refers to the work C.I.A. assassin Evan does, but it’s how he gets the details of his assignments. His handler, Kevin disguises them as ads in the classified section of the local paper.

As the film begins we see just how the process works as he gets his assignment, gets his hotel room, gets, his weapons, hallucinates about his dead wife Monica, and takes out his target. He’s about to do it all again, this time in Rome, when he gets an unexpected visitor.

Kacey who claims to work for M16 as an analyst and has some important information for him. She claims Kevin is dead, and the division of the C.I.A. he worked for...

Mickey Haller is back in the courtroom for another season full of twists, turns, and dangerous situations from his latest case. In The Lincoln Lawyer season 3, Mickey's taking on the case of Julian La Cosse, who's accused of murdering Mickey's old friend Glory Days. It's his most personal case yet, but if anyone's up for the challenge, it's Mickey.

The Netflix original legal drama has grown into a fan-favorite, with each season tackling a winding mystery based on the books by Michael Connelly. The Lincoln Lawyer has a rather light and easy to watch quality, even with the intense theme of murder at the center of Mickey's cases. But how intense does the language and violence get this time around? Here's what to know before watching!

The Lincoln Lawyer. Manuel Garcia-Rulfo as Mickey Haller in episode 307 of The Lincoln Lawyer. Cr. Courtesy Of Netflix © 2024 | Courtesy Of Netflix © 2024 The Lincoln Lawyer...

Hudson River Park Friends returned to Pier 62 and Pier Sixty in Hudson River Park last week, to host its annual Gala, celebrating all that the four-mile-long oasis provides to millions of New Yorkers each and every day.

The Hudson River Park Gala brings together Park supporters for one unifying purpose: to keep Hudson River Park beautiful, green and growing. The event celebrates the people – the neighbors, park members, volunteers, park users, staff and partners – who bring our Park to life every day and how the Park helps nourish the many families, businesses and communities that live, work and play in and around it. The evening raised nearly $2.6 million to support the Park’s 400+ free events and seasonal programs, the maintenance of its landscapes and gardens, Stem education and marine science research, habitat restoration and the care of new park areas including the Pier 26 Science Playground, Gansevoort Peninsula and Pier 97.

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Fans are still in love with White Collar years later!

The USA Network series first premiered in October 2009 and ended in December 2018 after six seasons on the air.

White Collar centered on an ultra-suave con man (Matt Bomer) who, in order to avoid jail, signs on to help an FBI agent (Tim DeKay) catch other white-collar thieves — but he conceals an ulterior motive.

Also starring in the drama were the late Willie Garson, Tiffani Thiessen, Marsha Thomason, Sharif Atkins, Hilarie Burton and Natalie Morales.

The show got a second life when it hit Netflix, and it’s also available to stream on Hulu. If you didn’t know, there’s also a reboot in the works and new details were recently revealed!

Even though it’s been years since the show was originally on the air, it still maintains a near perfect score on Rotten Tomatoes, where it has a 96% Tomatometer score from critics,...

The upcoming Netflix limited drama series “The Beast in Me” has added four new cast members, Variety has learned.

Brittany Snow, Natalie Morales, David Lyons, and Tim Guinee will all star in the show alongside previously announced leads Claire Danes and Matthew Rhys. The show was originally picked up to series at the streamer back in March.

The official description of the series states:

“Since the tragic death of her young son, acclaimed author Aggie Wiggs (Danes) has receded from public life, unable to write, a ghost of her former self. But she finds an unlikely subject for a new book when the house next door is bought by Nile Jarvis (Rhys), a famed and formidable real estate mogul who was once the prime suspect in his wife’s disappearance. At once horrified and fascinated by this man, Aggie finds herself compulsively hunting for the truth – chasing his demons while...

There has been a lot of talk about the White Collar reboot called Renaissance. Already Matt Bomer, Tim DeKay, and Tiffani Thiessen have all agreed to come back. However, there are other characters from the series that have not said anything yet. That is, until now.

Who is also on board with the Jeff Eastin-created series?

Matt Bomer, Tim DeKay, White Collar You Tube Another White Collar Star On Board For Reboot

On Monday, TV Line reported that another White Collar alum is ready to join the revival series. That actor is Sharif Atkins who portrayed FBI Special Agent Clinton Jones. Moreover, he has some news. “I’ve talked to Jeff Eastin a bit here and there, and yeah, Jones is still in the world.” However, Atkins has not shared any further information on what Jones is doing these days. That may possibly be still in development. But, the...

The stars of White Collar are just as excited about a potential revival as fans are. Over the past year, there has been talk of the possibility, with creator Jeff Eastin providing an update earlier this month about positive feedback from the studio on the script. He included, on social media, a look at the front page of the script revealing the title White Collar Renaissance. And so when TV Insider caught up with Sharif Atkins (who played FBI Special Agent Clinton Jones) for an upcoming Chicago Med guest spot, we had to ask him what he could share. “Absolutely nothing except that I’d be massively excited. We keep in touch a little bit here and there, and it would be a lot of fun to revisit that world, White Collar, White Collar Renaissance, as I have heard it would be called,” Atkins said. David Giesbrecht / USA Network / Everett Collection “It would be beautiful,...

Another member of the White Collar crimes unit is on board for the upcoming revival.

Sharif Atkins, who played FBI Special Agent Clinton Jones throughout the USA Network drama’s six seasons, reveals to TVLine that his character is a part of the potential new series. (TVLine has reached out to 20th Television for comment.)

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“I’ve talked to [creator] Jeff Eastin a bit here and there, and yeah, Jones is still in the world,...

Chucky’s murderous days are over — at least for now. The series, based on the classic horror movie franchise, will not return for a fourth season on Syfy and USA Network. The news comes four months after Part 2 of Chucky‘s third season aired its finale on both NBCUniversal cable networks.

Series creator/executive producer Don Mancini had been looking to carry on. He revealed in April that he had pitched a fourth season, saying at the time that “it’s something I really like to do.” His enthusiasm helped spring the #RenewChucky fan campaign, which has been rallying support for Season 4.

Needless to say, today’s outcome is not what he had hoped for, but Mancini, who also created and wrote movie franchise, remained graceful in his reaction, vowing that this is not Chucky’s last spree.

“I’m heartbroken over the news that Chucky won’t be coming...

The creator of White Collar provided a thrilling update about the forthcoming revival!

This summer, series creator Jeff Eastin announced plans to develop a sequel to the hit USA Network show, which concluded in 2014. Three franchise stars are expected to reprise their roles, including Matt Bomer.

On Wednesday (September 25), Jeff took to social media to share some very exciting news with fans about the show, it’s title and the first episode!

Keep reading to find out more…

On X (formerly Twitter), Jeff spilled the tea.

For starters, the show will be called White Collar Renaissance, and the pilot episode has been titled “Masquerade.” He shared the first page of the script, which was dated September 15, 2024 and was written by him.

“Can report the studio is very happy with the new White Collar script. For those asking if I have a title,” he wrote.

Jeff responded to fans, agreeing that...

Suits isn’t the only USA Network drama that could be coming back—there’s a spinoff, LA, that’s been ordered to series at NBC—and it seems like we’re getting closer to a revival of White Collar being a reality. “Can report the studio is very happy with the new White Collar script. For those asking if I have a title,” White Collar creator Jeff Eastin wrote on X (formerly Twitter) on September 25. A photo of the front page of the pilot script reveals the titles of the revival—White Collar Renaissance—and its pilot—”Masquerade.” Can report the studio is very happy with the new White Collar script. For those asking if I have a title… https://t.co/dnVpypxUWa pic.twitter.com/zjDpLPRRn4 — Jeff Eastin (@jeffeastin) September 25, 2024 That post was a quote-post of one of his from September 15, in which he wrote “It’s coming...

There is news on the White Collar reboot from the show’s creator. For months, the three main members of the series, Matt Bomer, Tim DeKay, and Tiffani Thiessen have shared their enthusiasm for the project. What did Jeff Eastin reveal about the status of this highly anticipated revival of the USA Network series?

Here are the latest details.

Instagram Matt Bomer White Collar Creator Reveals Name Of Reboot

On Wednesday, White Collar creator Jeff Eastin went to Twitter to give fans of the Matt Bomer-led series some good news. He wrote, “Can report the studio is very happy with the new White Collar script. For those asking if I have a title…” Along with this caption, Eastin shared the script.

Firstly, the reboot is called White Collar Renaissance. In addition, the pilot episode is entitled “Masquerade.” Lastly, the date of the script is September 15, 2024. However, below the date, it...

A White Collar revival now has a title and a status update from creator, writer and executive producer Jeff Eastin. “It’s coming together,” Eastin wrote in a post on X, along with a screenshot of the script and the title White Collar Renaissance. The pilot episode also is titled “Masquerade.”

There have long been talks of the potential revival series. Star Matt Bomer told Deadline’s Pete Hammond in an interview earlier this year that a revival series is “technically in the works,” adding ‘it’s moving in the right direction and seems it could be a very real thing in the next year or two.” Eastin then confirmed in June that an updated version of the police procedural is finally in development.

“We’re gonna reboot. I’m writing the script,” Eastin said, as quoted by Variety. He appeared at the trade’s TV festival with stars Bomer,...

The latest White Collar revival update: The series has officially been named!

“Can report the studio is very happy with the new White Collar script,” creator, writer and executive producer Jeff Eastin wrote on X early Wednesday morning. He then posted a screenshot of the script with the title White Collar Renaissance emblazoned at the top.

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What happens when you’re a CIA hitman who can no longer trust the nature of his work? Aaron Eckhart finds out in Saban Films‘ Classified trailer, featuring The Dark Knight and Thank You For Smoking actor in a hard-boiled action role with enemies approaching from all sides.

Roel Reiné directs Classified from a script by Bob DeRosa. Here’s the official synopsis for Classified courtesy of Saban Films:

“Operating alone in the field for more than 20 years, a CIA hitman (Aaron Eckhart) uses the “Help Wanted” section of the newspapers to get his orders from the Agency. His long-lost daughter (Abigail Breslin), now a UK MI6 analyst, tracks him down to deliver shocking news: his CIA boss (Tim Roth) has been dead for years and the division long since shut down. Together, they set out to discover whose orders he’s been executing.”

Abigail Breslin and Tim Roth...

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Psych is one of those shows that always has a special place in the hearts of its viewers because of the bonds and relationships in the series, and the absolutely hilarious comedy and thrilling mysteries are an added bonus. Psych follows the story of Shawn Spencer (James Roday), a young man with acute observational skills, who becomes a police consultant after making them believe that he is a psychic. He comes across many mysteries he has to solve with the help of his friend Gus (Dulé Hill). There are no shows quite like Psych but we have a list of the best shows that are similar to the series in some aspects of their storyline whether it be the bromance, quirky teams, or murder mysteries. So, if you also miss the series here are the 10 best comedy shows...

It's been over 20 years since One Tree Hill made its television premiere on The WB and over 10 years since the beloved series came to an end on The CW. Time has only made fans adore the show more and more, and there's finally some good news on the potential future of the series: Sophia Bush and Hilarie Burton Morgan are working on a sequel series at Netflix!

Before we get too excited about the prospect of returning to Tree Hill two decades later, it's the perfect time to look back at original cast members and celebrate their generation-defining series. One Tree Hill helped launch the careers of Chad Michael Murray, Hilarie Burton Morgan, Sophia Bush, James Lafferty, and Bethany Joy Lenz, and they're all still beloved today.

If you're diving back into your millionth rewatch of One Tree Hill (no judgment!), you're probably wondering how old the actors were compared to their teen characters.

Suits is one of the best and most popular legal dramas that managed to make the profession of lawyer cool again. Created by Aaron Korsh, the USA Network series follows Mike Ross (Patrick J. Adams), who has a photographic memory and joins Harvey Specter (Gabriel Macht) at a prestigious law firm. The only problem with that is Mike didn’t actually go to law school and he doesn’t have a degree about which he has to lie to everyone. Suits ran for 9 brilliant seasons and ended its run in 2019. So, if you loved the witty banter, high stakes, and compelling characters in Suits here are some similar brilliant shows you should check out next.

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Pearson is a political-legal drama series created by Aaron Korsh and Daniel Arkin. The USA Network series serves as a spin-off to Suits, and it continues the story...

From the snowy roads of Minnesota to the sun-baked beaches of Italy, this year’s Emmy nominees for Best Lead Actor in a Limited Series certainly span the globe. But of course, only one of them can take home the trophy.

The five nominees in this category include a few familiar faces to TV fans, led by Jon Hamm, who won an Emmy for playing Mad Men’s Don Draper and is back here as swaggering sheriff Roy Tillman in FX’s Fargo. (He’s also nominated this year for Best Supporting Actor in a Drama, for The Morning Show.

Exclusive: Azuki, a recently launched company looking to establish itself as a disruptor in anime, has hired show biz veterans Mark Goffman and Jessica Turner for roles as Consulting Executive Producer and Head of Franchise Development, respectively.

Goffman and Turner will help oversee the development of Azuki IP into a global media and entertainment franchise, working closely with the company’s Head of Content, Feb Tea.

A well-established showrunner and executive producer, Goffman will leverage his experience producing multi-season series for broadcast as he helps shepherd the development of the brand’s universe and lore. He’ll look to the Azuki World Bible in preparing to seed future content and collaborations with additional formats such as manga, webtoon, and anime.

Joining after a year and a half as Head of Marketing at Webtoon, Turner will rely on experience in developing and expanding some of the world’s most beloved franchises,...

A White Collar revival is possibly coming, and one of the leads has some “fantastic news.” Matt Bomer has spoken up about the revival and explained what fans can expect from the possible upcoming series.

Here is what you need to know about the White Collar revival.

Matt Bomer Talks White Collar Revival Series

While the White Collar revival is not a sure thing yet, it sounds like there is a good chance it could end up getting made. Not only that, but Matt Bomer said that he had read the reboot script, and he called it “fantastic.”

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“It’s fantastic, and it’s completely in line and in keeping with the show that we were able to do six seasons of,” Bomer said (via People). “It really just feels like he was able to pick up the right where we left off.”

He called it “a really intelligent,...

While the White Collar revival hasn’t officially been greenlit yet, there is a script and, according to star Matt Bomer, it’s “fantastic.”

The Emmy-nominated Fellow Travelers star spoke to People about the reboot and his hopes for it coming to life.

“[The script is] completely in line and in keeping with the show that we were able to do six seasons of,” Bomer told the publication. “It really just feels like he was able to pick up the right where we left off.”

He continued, “It’s a really intelligent, fun, organic way to bring all the characters back together to pay tribute to Willie Garson, Diahann Carroll and folks we’ve lost since the show ended, which was really important to me. It’s something that if you enjoyed the show, you really will have a good time watching it.”

The decision to move forward with the revival is above Bomer’s pay grade,...

Matt Bomer is reflecting on White Collar.

The 46-year-old actor addressed the reboot script written by co-creator Jeff Eastin in an interview with People.

Keep reading to find out more…

“It’s fantastic, and it’s completely in line and in keeping with the show that we were able to do six seasons of,” he said, adding: “It really just feels like he was able to pick up the right where we left off.”

“It’s a really intelligent, fun, organic way to bring all the characters back together to pay tribute to Willie Garson, Diahann Carroll and folks we’ve lost since the show ended, which was really important to me,” he went on to say.

“It’s something that if you enjoyed the show, you really will have a good time watching it.”

As far as whether the reboot is definitely moving forward, he said: “Many of those...

Ever since that wild scene with Lady Gaga, one DC star has never looked at acting the same way. Imagine being wrapped up like sardines in a tarp, thrust into a brutally perverse, bloody orgy—definitely not your typical day on set! This bizarre experience, straight out of the twisted world of American Horror Story, left him shaken, questioning reality and his own sanity.

Matt Bomer at the 2015 Sdcc | Credits: Gage Skidmore via Wikimedia Commons

When you’re sharing the screen with Lady Gaga, things are bound to get weird, but this took ‘wild experience’ to a whole new level. Far from the superhero antics of the DC universe, this moment was a dark dive into the surreal, and it’s one that’s likely to haunt him for years to come.

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USA Network has found its star for their reboot of John Grisham’s The Rainmaker.

Mad Men alum John Slattery will be leading the yet-to-be-announced cast of the drama from Lionsgate Television and Blumhouse Television that counts Grisham, along with writer Michael Seitzman (Code Black, Intelligence), Jason Richman (Stumptown, The Walking Dead: Daryl Dixon), David Gernert and Jason Blum as executive producers. Richman and Seitzman co-wrote the pilot.

Slattery will play Leo F. Drummond, one of Grisham’s most iconic characters, a legendary lion of the courtroom and senior partner at Tinley Britt, the powerful firm that Rainmaker protagonist Rudy Baylor is up against.

The logline reads: “Fresh out of law school, Rudy Baylor goes head-to-head with courtroom lion Leo Drummond (Slettery) as well as his law school girlfriend. Rudy, along with his boss and her disheveled paralegal, uncover two connected conspiracies surrounding the mysterious death of their client’s son.

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USA Network broadcasts a huge range of content, from iconic series like Psych and White Collar to massive sports events like NASCAR, WWE, and — most importantly right now — events at the 2024 Summer Olympics. All this content is easy to miss if you’ve recently cut the cord on cable,...

Actor and executive producer Matt Bomer has earned his second Emmy nomination, this time for his role as the lovelorn State Department official Hawk Fuller on Showtime’s Fellow Travelers.

Created by Ron Nyswaner, based on Thomas Mallon’s novel, Fellow Travelers is a love story and political thriller, chronicling the clandestine romance of two very different men who meet in the shadow of McCarthy-era Washington. Bomer plays Fuller, a man with a successful career in politics who generally avoids emotional entanglements — until he meets the idealistic Tim Laughlin (Jonathan Bailey). The two begin a romance just as Joseph McCarthy and Roy Cohn declare war on “subversives and sexual deviants,” initiating one of the darkest periods in 20th-century American history. Over the course of four decades, we follow the pair as they cross paths through the Vietnam War protests of the 1960s, the drug-fueled disco hedonism of the 1970s...

There's something magical about "Blue Sky" television.

The stakes were high, but the love and appreciation for character-driven stories were even higher.

Inarguably, USA Network gave us one of the best eras of television, and it is now leaving us nostalgic and longing for a repeat.

Chasing After Nostalgia: Blue Sky Appeal is Undeniable

Is there a yearning for "Blue Sky" shows? Resoundingly, yes!

If it wasn't already evident that people still long for this particular television format years later, we needn't look further than the Suits Renaissance on Netflix.

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Suits has garnered such massive appeal so many years after it signed off that it's become a pop-culture juggernaut.

White Collar joins the ranks of finding a whole new audience delighting in Neal and Peter's shenanigans on multiple streaming platforms.

Although, it's Netflix specifically that garners the best results and most impactful reach.

Rest easy, Resident Alien fans. The show has officially been renewed for a fourth season!

It was a close call at NBCU about the show's future, so this is excellent news.

The big difference is that the show will no longer air on Syfy but on the sister NBCU site, USA Network.

We all wish USA's Blue Sky programming were still going today.

They've been out of scripted originals for a couple of years, but with the announcement of The Rainmaker last month, they're back in business.

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Deadline reported earlier this year that the Resident Alien renewal was questionable, and they're breaking the news about it today, just as they expected by jumping networks.

At the time, they also said there would be a significant budget reduction, so when we return, things may not be the same in Patience, Colorado.

USA was...

Former NBCU exec Frances Manfredi, who most recently was president of content acquisition and strategy at Peacock, has joined indie TV studio Future Shack Entertainment as partner and head of distribution and content strategy. The hire was announced Monday by Future Shack Ent. founders Jeff Wachtel, Sam Michaels and Yusik Choi.

Manfredi has already been working with Future Shack, helping secure distribution for the shingle’s shows “Murder in a Small Town” to Fox and “Good Cop/Bad Cop” at The CW, Roku and Australian outlet Stan.

“Good Cop/Bad Cop” set to premiere in 2025, is a comedy crime procedural starring Leighton Meester, Clancy Brown and Luke Cook. The show, by writer John Quaintance, is a co-production from Future Shack and Jungle Entertainment. “Murder in a Small Town,” starring Rossif Sutherland and Kristin Kreuk, will air Tuesdays at 9 p.m. this fall on Fox.

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Henry Cavill’s role as Superman has found a resurgence of fans after he was replaced by David Corenswet in James Gunn’s upcoming Superman. The actor played the role in Zack Snyder’s Man of Steel and went on to reprise his role in subsequent sequels. Though he was slated to return, he had to depart from the character after James Gunn’s reboot.

While Cavill had bad luck with Superman, another actor from the Dceu faced a terrible experience after auditioning for the role. Matt Bomer, who is known for his role in White Collar, reportedly auditioned for JJ Abrams’ unmade project Superman: Flyby. However, Bomer claimed that he lost the role after multiple auditions due to his sexual orientation.

Matt Bomer Claims He Lost Superman Role After Coming Out Matt Bomer in White Collar | Credits: Jeff Eastin & Warrior George Productions/Fox Television Studios

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Matt Bomer is an actor known for starring in projects like White Collar, Fellow Travelers, and, Magic Mike. Being an openly gay actor in the early 2000s, Bomer recently talked about a certain Superman role that he continuously auditioned for but was ultimately rejected.

Matt Bomer and Jonathan Bailey in Fellow Travelers | Off-Season Productions

Well, in a recent interview, Bomer talked about a canceled Superman project back in the early 2000s titled Superman: Flyby. The actor, however, claimed that he was the director’s favorite choice for the role, but because he was publicly outed as a gay person, Bomer was dropped out of the project!

Matt Bomer Was Supposed To Portray The Role of Superman!

With a script by J.J. Abrams, a Superman project in the early 2000s was announced titled Superman: Flyby. The project had the entirety of Hollywood auditioning for the lead role of Clark Kent aka...

No actor has ever played Batman for as long as Kevin Conroy did. Starting off in 1992 in Batman: The Animated Series, he was the voice for the character for over three decades. He was one of the most respected and talented figures in the world of DC, and fans continue to regard him as a legend, even after his passing.

Kevin Conroy at the 2019 Sdcc for Batman Beyond 20th Anniversary [Photo: Gage Skidmore]Despite his status, many might not know that the actor was openly gay, having publicly come out in 2016. While the entire world found out then, there were whispers of his sexual orientation floating through the industry, even in the conservative times of the 1990s. While these certainly affected his ability to get certain jobs, he still managed to become the icon that he is today.

Although he was able to rise through the ranks of a world that was stacked against him,...

A new series based on John Grisham’s 1995 novel “The Rainmaker” and the 1997 film adaptation has been greenlit at the USA Network. Grisham serves as executive producer on the series alongside Jason Blum, while Blumhouse Television and Lionsgate Television serve as the studios.

The official logline reads, “Fresh out of law school, Rudy Baylor goes head-to-head with courtroom lion Leo Drummond as well as his law school girlfriend. Rudy, along with his boss and her disheveled paralegal, uncover two connected conspiracies surrounding the mysterious death of their client’s son.”

Michael Seitzman will write “The Rainmaker,” having co-written the pilot with Jason Richman. Along with Grisham and Blum, executive producers include Seitzman, Richman and David Gernert.

“The Rainmaker” greenlight comes as concluded USA Network titles “Suits” and “White Collar” resurge in popularity following their additions to Netflix. The NBCUniversal-owned cabler currently only airs one scripted series, “Chucky,” which also airs on Syfy.

USA Network is reentering the scripted originals space.

The NBCUniversal-owned basic cable network has handed out a straight-to-series order for a reboot of The Rainmaker, from producers Lionsgate TV and Blumhouse TV, marking its first non-shared scripted series since 2020.

The cabler, which saw its former hits Suits and White Collar pop on Netflix, currently shares linear rights with corporate sibling Syfy to Chucky as its lone scripted series. The drama is the only scripted original to air on the network that previously ranked as the most watched cable network for a dozen years straight.

Based on the best-selling 1995 novel by John Grisham and subsequent 1997 feature film adaptation starring Matt Damon, Claire Danes, Jon Voight and Danny DeVito, The Rainmaker revolves around Rudy Baylor, a fresh out of law school attorney who goes head to head with courtroom lion Leo Drummond, as well as his law school girlfriend. Rudy, along...

Matt Bomer, the guest on this episode of The Hollywood Reporter’s Awards Chatter podcast, is a talented and dashing actor and producer. Bomer made his name on the USA drama series White Collar (2009-2014) and in films such as 2012’s Magic Mike. He later won Golden Globe and Critics Choice awards and was nominated for an Emmy for his turn in the 2014 HBO movie adaptation of Larry Kramer’s play The Normal Heart. Most recently, he has garnered some of the best reviews of his career for his portrayal of a closeted State Dept. employee in a decades-spanning secret relationship with another man on the 2023 Showtime limited series Fellow Travelers, for which he has already won a Peabody Award and been nominated for Golden Globe, SAG, Critics Choice and People’s Choice awards.

Over the course of this episode, the 46-year-old reflects on his own journey as a gay...

Former USA Network drama “White Collar” was a basic-cable relic before it was added to the Netflix library on April 1, 2024. But like “Suits” before it, another USA drama that found new life when it wound up on Netflix, “White Collar” has since turned up on Nielsen’s Top 10 Streaming Overall (original and acquired series) list — twice.

“White Collar,” a Fox-produced show, has been on Hulu (because Disney’s Fox acquisition closed in 2019) since December 2018. But until Netflix nabbed the co-exclusive rights this spring, the series had never been a factor in streaming. The show, which ran from 2009-2014 on USA Network, was pretty much an afterthought. Just like “Suits.”

But now, like “Suits,” “White Collar” is getting a sequel series.

“We’re gonna reboot. I’m writing the script,” series creator Jeff Eastin said at Variety’s TV FYC Fest. “It’s the original cast.”

So that includes Eastin’s fellow panelists Matt Bomer,...

The cast of Will Trent has worked hard solving cases and bettering themselves, and the title character, Will Trent, had a rough year.

The main cast has remained mostly the same since the procedural began in January 2023.

While Will Trent was an instant hit, Season 2 was even better. The series explored the backstories of each main character, giving the series a twist, especially since the younger versions of Will, Angie, and Amanda were so realistic.

The talented cast makes us cry, smile, and laugh each new season as we root for them.

This cast is unique because some have been friends for years, which shows in their on-screen connections.

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Will Trent is the main character of the series and a special agent of the Gbi. He's dyslexic, and...

Variety’s 2024 TV FYC Fest was packed with back-to-back talent and the best storytellers in the biz. Hollywood insiders gathered at the 1 Hotel in Los Angeles to partake in several discussions with creators, executives and stars about the best of television this year. The curated list of the industry’s premiere talent included Dakota Fanning, Ricky Martin, Phaedra Parks, Kristen Wiig (who was honored with the Inaugural Mary Tyler Moore Visionary Award), and many more.

A few exciting panels included a conversation with CBS Chief George Cheeks on Paramount Global uncertainty and the future of Broadcast TV, a deep dive into the beloved reality TV series “Traitors,” a conversation about the 80th anniversary of D-Day with the “Masters of the Air” creators and a surprise “White Collar” reboot announcement.

Check out a few of the conversations below:

Supporting Actors Roundtable

As part of the Variety TV FYC Fest, Dakota Fanning...

While the success of Suits on Netflix might have worked wonderfully in the favor of series creator Aaron Korsh and other members who were a part of the crew, it worked rather well for the makers of another show as well. White Collar, a USA Network show, wrapped up in 2014, leaving fans dejected and wanting more. But it seems like their requests have been finally answered, as a decade after its first culmination, a White Collar reboot might be on the cards.

White Collar was the perfect substitute for Suits

Matt Bomer starrer White Collar was one of the heavyweights on the USA Network when it aired l Author: Gage Skidmore Credits: Wikimedia Commons

The success of Suits left Netflix wanting for more. The Gabriel Macht starrer broke streaming records even four years after the last season of the show aired on the USA Network. And Netflix knew they wanted something like it.

A White Collar revival is coming. That confirmation comes from series creator Jeff Eastin and members of the cast -- Matt Bomer, Tim DeKay, and Tiffany Thiessen. They all spoke about White Collar returning to the small screen on Thursday at an event hosted by Variety. White Collar ran for six seasons on USA Network, with the finale airing in 2014.

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USA’s series White Collar may have ended a decade ago. However, the Matt Bomer-led police procedural has seen an upswing thanks to Netflix and to Suits. Moreover, there is some new information on a spinoff in the works. Best of all, it is really happening.

Here are the latest details.

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There has been a lot of talk about a White Collar reboot. Now, fans don’t have to hope and dream. It is happening! According to Variety, the series creator Jeff Eastin revealed on Thursday it is happening. He hat attended the publication’s TV Fest event in a panel alongside three of the series stars, Matt Bomer, Tim DeKay, and Tiffany Theissen.

Eastin announced, “We’re gonna reboot. I’m writing the script.” To this, Matt Boomer shared, “I’m in!” In solidarity, DeKay and Thiessen, who portray husband...

Big news for fans of Matt Bomer and the beloved series that introduced him to the world.

We can now confirm that White Collar -- the USA Network procedural dramedy that ended its run in 2014 -- is returning to TV.

Original showrunner Jeff Eastin revealed the big news during Variety's TV fest on Thursday.

“We’re gonna reboot. I’m writing the script,” said Eastin.

“It’s the original cast,” the showrunner added, prompting Bomer, and former costars Tiffani Thiessen and Tim DeKay to confirm their involvement.

"I'm in!" an eager Bomer shouted.

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“It’s a fantastic script and it answers all the questions that one would have if you watch the show,” DeKay explained.

“And it would introduce the show to those who haven’t seen it as well. Both edges of the sword are honed.”

DeKay added that the new series...

Six months after Matt Bomer teased a potential White Collar reboot, the show’s creator, Jeff Eastin, has officially confirmed it’s a go, and Bomer is on board to reprise his role as con artist Neal Caffrey. Speaking at Variety’s TV Fest this Thursday (June 6), Eastin announced, “We’re gonna reboot. I’m writing the script,” much to the delight of the live audience. “I’m in!” shouted Bomer, who was part of the panel alongside his former White Collar co-stars Tim DeKay and Tiffani Thiessen, who also confirmed their down for starring in the reboot. “It’s the original cast,” Eastin stated. DeKay added, “It’s a fantastic script, and it answers all the questions that one would have if you watch the show, and it would introduce the show to those who haven’t seen it as well. Both edges of the sword are honed.” A...

Tim DeKay and Tiffani Thiessen have confirmed that they, too, are on board for the White Collar revival that Matt Bomer told TVLine about back in November.

Following years of revival hints and rumors, Bomer had shared with TVLine that there was “very legitimate talk” about bringing back the “blue sky” drama, which debuted on USA Network in October 2009 and ran for six seasons.

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