I stumbled onto "White Collar" in its first season because it looked like a variation on "Burn Notice," and I love me some "Burn Notice."

But something interesting happened in the second season: "White Collar" got good. Like, primetime, you-would-watch-this-in-the-fall, good. It's better than "Burn Notice" now. Heck, I'd put it up with "Fringe" in sheer entertainment value.

To support this bold claim, herewith are three reasons you should watch this show.

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When the final season of Rescue Me premieres next month, Maura Tierney will return to face an all-too-familiar scenario.

According to TV Guide, her recurring character, Kelly McPhee, will battle cancer. In 2009, Tierney came forward to announce that she was treating her own breast cancer. As a result, she dropped out of the NBC drama, Parenthood. Lauren Graham then took over her role.

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The 11th season of Dancing with the Stars will kick off on Monday, September 20. 11th? How and when did that happen? Apparently, they keep coming up with casts that people want to see shake that thang. Here is the upcoming season's official roster:

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This week was all over the place. Sookie and Bill and Eric (and Russell), Lafayette and Jesus, Sam and Tara, Arlene and Holly, Jason and Crystal... Seems like everybody had something to hide and something to learn, something to share and something to fear. But most of all it felt like there's only one week left in this season. How they're going to wrap up most - definitely not all, can't be done - of these storylines in only one hour is completely beyond me. So let's get to it!

First off, the episode started with a cool In Memorium looking back at all the friends we've lost over the last three seasons from Gran to Cooter to Rene to Lorena and even Tina the cat. I guess they figure if it's good enough for all the Ain't It Cool To Be Us awards shows it's good enough for this show.

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It was really heartbreaking when pitchman Billy Mays died last year. As if the guy wasn't already a household name (or at least face and voice), he had just kicked off a new show on Discovery Channel, the appropriately titled Pitchmen.

With Mays gone, it would seem natural that the show would shut down production. However, the show (and pitches) apparently must go on. Original pitchman Anthony Sullivan is still selling. Of course, the show is titled Pitchmen. This season, to fill the Mays void, Discovery brought in, well... Billy Mays. It's actually Billy Mays III.

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If I had my own cartoon empire, I would animate myself to look a lot cooler. Matt Groening and David X. Cohen didn't really do that for their guest appearance on tonight's Futurama -- unless you think being just a talking head is really cool.

Take a look below, and don't expect anything about The Simpsons.

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We haven't even stopped hating on Ben yet; now Fox has announced the cast for season 8 of Hell's Kitchen.

The network has just announced the next 16 chefs that will be competing for a head chef position at LA Market, which is located at the JW Marriott Hotel Los Angeles. That winner will also get the opportunity to pimp out Rosemount Estate Wines. Here are the contestants:

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The "Late Night with Jimmy Fallon Digital Experience" sounds like a horrible house band from an off-the-beaten-path Holiday Inn. To NBC, it sounds like an award-winner.

The network says (via The TV Junkie) that the show just scored an Emmy for the late-night show's contribution to the web, taking home the prize for Outstanding Creative Achievement in Interactive Media - Nonfiction.

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Courteney Cox is certainly cashing in a few favors. Lisa Kudrow guest-starred on the freshman season of her ABC sitcom, Cougar Town. Now, it appears that her best buddy, Jennifer Aniston, will stop by very soon.

How long until Chandler, Joey and Ross stop by?

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Anna "Sookie" Paquin and Stephen "Bill" Moyer got married yesterday. They are working together blah blah blah on HBO's dark and bloody yet curiously satisfying True Blood blah blah playing a vampire and a psychic waitress blah blah blah they had their first kiss as Bill and Sookie on the show blah blah blah they got engaged blah blah blah about a year ago blah blah blah he has two kids from previous two previous marriages blah blah blah she's bisexual blah blah blah.

Okay, so I'm not a big fan of celebrity marriages. However...

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