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"Jeff Eastin has revealed that he believes White Collar is at a disadvantage when it comes to the Emmy Awards.  The White Collar creator opened up about why he thinks the USA series is unlikely to garner a nomination in an interview with Deadline.  &amp;quot;There are probably a couple of reasons,&amp;quot; Eastin said. &amp;quot;First probably has to be the fact that there&amp;#039;s been a perception in years past that shows on USA are lighter and fluffy and don&amp;#039;t have the gravitas of a Mad Men. The second reason we&amp;#039;re not on the awards radar is probably that we&amp;#039;re so successful.&amp;quot; Eastin went on to state that the series is also at a disadvantage because it is difficult to categorize.  &amp;quot;There&amp;#039;s also the thing with straddling that interesting fence between comedy and drama as we do,&amp;quot; Eastin said. &amp;quot;Being a hybrid makes it tough to get the recognition.&amp;quot; The 44-year-old recently teased the upcoming season of White Collar, stating that Peter (Tim DeKay) and Neal&amp;#039;s (Matt Bomer) friendship will undergo &amp;quot;some pretty good twists and turns&amp;quot;. Eastin previously promised that Neal will return to his &amp;quot;bad boy&amp;quot; roots, stating that the criminal had been softened up too much in the second season.  "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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