White Collar (TV series)


White Collar is a USA Network television series created by Jeff Eastin, starring Tim DeKay as FBI Special Agent Peter Burke and Matt Bomer as Neal Caffrey, a highly intelligent and multitalented con artist working as Burke's criminal informant. Willie Garson and Tiffani Thiessen also star. The show premiered on October 23, 2009, and aired six complete seasons, with the final season concluding on December 18, 2014.

Premise

Neal Caffrey, a renowned con artist, forger, and thief, is captured after a three-year game of cat and mouse with the FBI, specifically Special Agent Peter Burke. With only three months left in his four-year sentence, he escapes to look for his girlfriend, Kate. Peter Burke once again finds Caffrey and returns him to prison. This time, Caffrey proposes a deal to help Burke apprehend dangerous white collar criminals with the FBI as part of a work-release program. After some hesitation, Burke agrees. They thus begin their unconventional and testy relationship.

Cast and characters

Main characters

The review aggregation website Rotten Tomatoes reports a 100% approval rating for the first season with an average rating of 8/10 based on 22 reviews. The website's consensus reads, "Featuring clever plotting and outstanding chemistry between its leads, White Collar is a witty, briskly-paced, caper series. On Metacritic, the series holds a 79 out of 100 based on 21 critics, indicating "generally favorable reviews".

Awards and nominations

At the People's Choice Awards, White Collar was nominated in the categories of Favorite TV Obsession and Favorite Dramedy in 2011 and 2015. It was also nominated for Favorite TV Cable Drama between 2012-2014. Matt Bomer won the award for Favorite TV Cable Actor in 2015. Diahann Carroll was nominated for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama series at the Image Awards in 2012 and 2014. At the TV Guide Awards, actors Tim DeKay and Matt Bomer were both nominated for Favorite Duo in 2012. At the NewNowNext Awards, Matt Bomer was nominated in the category of Cause You're Hot in 2010. Regan Mizrahi was nominated in the category of Best Performance in a TV series - Guest Starring Young Actor at the Young Artist Awards in 2012. The pilot received a nomination for Outstanding Achievement in Casting - Television Pilot - Drama at the Casting Society of America Awards in 2010.

Seasons

Syndication

acquired the rights for syndication of White Collar in 2013 along with Burn Notice. It was the third USA Network television series to be in syndication on ION Television, along with Monk and Psych.

Possible revival

On May 6th, 2020, series creator Jeff Eastin and lead actor Matt Bomer teased that a revival of White Collar was under consideration. Jeff Eastin wrote on Twitter that he "Had a great convo with Matt Bomer. We have a plan to bring #WhiteCollar back." Fox 21 Television Studios, which succeeded the now-defunct Fox TV Studios, is not currently working on a revival.

Home media

The first season of White Collar was released in the USA under the title White Collar: The Complete First Season as a widescreen four-disc Region 1 DVD box set on July 13, 2010.
DVD extras included Deleted Scenes, Gag Reel, Commentary, Exclusive Featurettes: "Pro and Con", "A Cool Cat in the Hat", and "Nothing But the Truth". The same set was released on July 26, 2010 in Region 2, and on August 18, 2010 in Region 4. The first season of White Collar is available on Blu-ray.
The season two four-disc Region 1 DVD box set was released on June 7, 2011. DVD extras consist of Deleted Scenes, Gag Reel, Episode Commentaries and Exclusive Featurettes: "White Collar Roasts Burn Notice: Rivalry in the Writers' Rooms", "Burn Notice Roasts White Collar: Rivalry in the Writers' Rooms", "Slick Willie", and "So Here's The Deal: Anatomy of an Episode". The DVD was released on Region 2 on the February 18, 2013.
White Collar: The Complete Third Season four-disc Region 1 DVD box set was released on June 5, 2012. Region 1 DVD Features: Interrogation room, a trivia challenge with the cast, Jeff Eastin, @ddicted, Gag reel, Deleted scenes, Audio commentary on season finale, Dual Layer Widescreen - 1.78, Audio: English Dolby Digital 5.1, Subtitles - English SDH, French, Spanish
White Collar: Season 4 DVD box set was released on October 8, 2013. DVD Features: Region 1 Note: Deleted scenes Gag reel Tim DeKay - in the director's chair "In the wind" commentary featuring Jeff Eastin, Matt Bomer, Tim DeKay and Willie Garson Dual Layer Widescreen - 1.78 Audio: Dolby Digital 5.1 - English Subtitles - English, French, Spanish
White Collar: Season 5 DVD box set was released on November 4, 2014. DVD Features: Region 1 Note: Audio commentary on the season finale. Deleted scenes Gag reel Willie Garson: director extraordinaire Dual Layer Widescreen - 1.78 Audio: Dolby Digital 5.1 - English Subtitles - English, French, Spanish.
White Collar: Season 6 DVD box set was released on May 5, 2015. DVD Features: Region 1 Note: Audio commentary featuring Jeff Eastin, Tim DeKay and Willie Garson, Audio commentary featuring Jeff Eastin and Matt Bomer, Deleted scenes Gag reel White Collar: case closed retrospective Dual Layer Widescreen - 1.78 Audio: Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo - English Dolby Digital 5.1 - English Subtitles - English, French, Spanish.


DVD TitleRegion 4
The Complete First Season18 August 2010
The Complete Second Season8 February 2012
The Complete Third Season11 December 2013
The Complete Fourth Season2 July 2014
The Complete Fifth Season10 December 2014
The Complete Sixth Season6 May 2015
The Con-Plate Collection 6 May 2015

International broadcasts