White Collar Trio Confirm Revival Involvement, Tout ‘Fantastic Script’

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.

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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.

Bomer, who starred as con artist/thief/forger Neal Caffrey, went on to tell us that “a lot of things need to fall into place, but there is a plan in effect, at least, so we’ll see what happens.”

Some seven months later, during a 15th anniversary reunion panel held Thursday at our sister site Variety’s TV Fest , White Collar creator Jeff Eastin said that he was writing the script, after which Bomer, DeKay and Thiessen each raised their hands to say they were “in.”

Of course, sadly, the series’ fourth main cast member, Willie Garson, passed away in September 2021. But Bomer told TVLine last fall that the revival outline presented to them by Eastin “honors what [Willie] contributed to the show” as the character of Mozzie “and honors him as a person.

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“There’s no way I would ever be involved with it again if it didn’t,” Bomer added. “So I think it’s a way for him to, in some ways, still be a part of the show.”

Thiessen echoed that thought at Thursday’s TV Fest, saying (per Variety) that the revival honors Garson “with such sensitivity and such heart.”

All told, “It’s a fantastic script,” DeKay said at TV Fest. “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.”

No outlet has been specified for the prospective revival, though the thinking is that, since White Collar was in fact a Fox Television Studios production, it will land at Hulu.

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