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"  Used to be that, around this time of year, when your football team got picked apart in the playoffs and the Knicks still sucked ass, you might flip over to watch some tennis on USA. Two short skirts, a cocktail, and McEnroe on mute \u2014 a network otherwise known for propagating the greatest trick Bob Saget ever pulled (that Danny Tanner did exist, and hosted America&amp;#039;s Funniest Home Videos on repeat for eternity) became a winter safe haven \u2014 albeit a temporary one, and still with too much Shalhoub.  Well you can&amp;#039;t watch the women of the Australian Open on USA tonight \u2014 the Tennis Channel now has the same delusions as Fox did when it thought people actually liked hockey and stole the NHL from the network. But, every week from Tuesday through Thursday at ten o&amp;#039;clock, you can watch the men of USA&amp;#039;s robust primetime triumvirate. And you will like them. Psych? Turns out the kid from West Wing&amp;#039;s actually kinda funny. Burn Notice? Turns out it&amp;#039;s the highest-rated show on cable for a reason: addictive camp that makes you wonder if Jeffrey Donovan might just make it out of this decade better than Don Johnson finished the &amp;#039;80s. (Gabrielle Anwar, the sexiest thirty-nine-year-old in the middle of your dial, is another.) White Collar? A show of our time, with a protagonist spy (pictured above) who&amp;#039;s more Don Draper than Chuck \u2014 albeit a not-quite-secret-enough one, and still too much Bizarro Jerry (married to Kelly Kapowski, no less). But the best thing about my favorite new TV lineup is that these three shows need not take up space on your DVR queue. Unlike 24 and Lost, which require serious homework to start watching again this winter, there&amp;#039;s not enough of a running backstory that you can&amp;#039;t pick &amp;#039;em up midseason and just start watching. Yet unlike other procedurals, which USA also runs in syndication ad nauseam, there is enough of a thread that you want to come back every week. Or at least every time you need an escape. For NBC Universal, which could use just about anything after Conangate, Burn Notice and White Collar especially are blue chips worth hanging onto. For you, well, you can skip the tennis. RELATED LINKS:  Is the NFL the Best Drama on Television Right Now? Can January TV Be Your New Year&amp;#039;s Resolution? DR. OZ: Dr. Oz&amp;#039;s Top 4 Ways to Watch TV Healthily THE ESQUIRE DVR LIST: 21 Shows a Man Should Watch "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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