My Favourite Channel ~ The Mentalist

This crime drama from David Nutter (Supernatural, Without a Trace) centers on Patrick Jane, a well-known former television psychic who, after being exposed to a fraud, uses his very real abilities as a mentalist to help the California Bureau of Investigation solve crimes. As a mentalist, Jane uses his highly developed skills of observation, deduction, and manipulation to aid the Serious Crimes unit. He's charismatic, if a bit odd - an edgy, modern Sherlock Holmes whose comtroversial methods often cross the line, but, ultimately, prove him right. Teresa Lisbon is a top agent with the CBI who often works with Jane.

Though she grudgingly recognizes his talents, she is determined to solve cases with/without him. The lead character Patrick Jane (Simon Baker) aka the 'Mentalist' plays a 'psychic' comsultant for a serious crime unit headed by Lisbon (played Robin Tunny, "Prison Break") along with the rest of the cast, Cho (Tim Kang "Rambo"), Van Pelt (Amanda Righetti) and Rigby (Owain Yeoman "Nine"). But Patrick is no psychic, he relies upon acute observation and a penchant for playing mind games with the 'suspects' (and other members of the unit) to solve the case.