Television; Usa Stays in Character in 'Sight'

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I don't know about you, but I always feel disoriented -- slightly weirded out, even -- when an advertising slogan turns out to be absolutely true.

The USA cable channel has used the "Characters Welcome" tag for some time now. That simple phrase perfectly encapsulates the charming eccentricity of the leads of its best comedy-dramas: Tony Shalhoub's obsessive-compulsive gumshoe in "Monk," James Roday's and Dule Hill's fake psychics in "Psych" and Jeffrey Donovan's off- kilter agent in "Burn Notice."

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Television; Usa Stays in Character in 'Sight'

And, weirdly enough, they've done it again with Mary McCormack's ("The West Wing") cynical, supremely competent and very funny U.S. marshal, the federal witness protection agent at the center of "In Plain Sight."

I had a feeling I was going to like McCormack's Mary Shannon a f...

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