I watch and love both Castle and White Collar. They're both dramas with a comic/light edge to them. Not gruesome, lots of banter, some silly episodes, some serious.
Castle: crime writer who's friends with the mayor of New York tags along with a detective, using her as research for his next book; the heroine is based on her. He's a goofy playboy type who has a charming teenage daughter and his mom lives with them too. Beckett, the detective is single, skeptical of him at first but he's too cute not to fall for. There's UST but it's all nicely simmering, not boiling and the secondary characters are very engaging. Castle does help with the cases quite a bit.
White Collar. Married FBI guy has hunted down Neal a lot over the years for White Collar crimes and when Neal breaks out of prison with only a month or so left, he finds out it's because Neal's girlfriend is missing. In exchange for N's help solving crimes (bit like Castle!) he keeps Neal out of prison, with a security anklet. Again, great supporting characters, lovely dynamic between Peter (FBI guy) his wife and Neal.
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Castle: crime writer who's friends with the mayor of New York tags along with a detective, using her as research for his next book; the heroine is based on her. He's a goofy playboy type who has a charming teenage daughter and his mom lives with them too. Beckett, the detective is single, skeptical of him at first but he's too cute not to fall for. There's UST but it's all nicely simmering, not boiling and the secondary characters are very engaging. Castle does help with the cases quite a bit.
White Collar. Married FBI guy has hunted down Neal a lot over the years for White Collar crimes and when Neal breaks out of prison with only a month or so left, he finds out it's because Neal's girlfriend is missing. In exchange for N's help solving crimes (bit like Castle!) he keeps Neal out of prison, with a security anklet. Again, great supporting characters, lovely dynamic between Peter (FBI guy) his wife and Neal.