Eric McCormack and Tom Cavanagh Want Us to Trust Them

Will & Grace veteran Eric McCormack and Ed and Eli Stone alum Tom Cavanagh have a new hourlong series coming up on TNT called Trust Me.

It’s hard to tell from the somewhat silly promos, however, if the show is really just a sharp and witty drama, as the network is billing it, or actually more like a dramedy, which the two leads’ antics during the trailers seem to indicate. I’m betting on and hoping for the latter since it’s clear the two actors can bust more than a few comedy moves.

Trust Me revolves around mature, happily married art director Mason (McCormack) and juvenile, swinging-single copywriter Conner (Cavanagh), best friends who work alongside each other at the successful, stressful Chicago-based advertising agency Rothman Greene & Mohr.

All is apparently hunky-dory between the polar-opposite buddies, until Mason gets a promotion that makes him Conner’s boss. Talk about a friendship disaster waiting to happen, and that’s not even factoring in the testosterone.

The newbie’s excellent supporting cast includes Monica Potter (Boston Legal), Griffin Dunne (Law & Order: Criminal Intent), Sarah Clarke (24), Mike Damus (Lost in Yonkers), and Geoffrey Arend (Garden State).

Although the ubiquitous Trust Me promos that assault my senses whenever I watch TNT — a fairly frequent event — started annoying me ages ago, I’m still giving the series a shot. It’s executive-produced by the same folks behind the network’s deserving hit The Closer, which is enough to make it worth my time to sample a few episodes to decide if the show is a keeper or not.

Meet the cast of Trust Me before the January 26 series premiere in the photos below. No matter what happens once TNT’s latest original creation lands on small screens everywhere, there’s no denying showrunners have assembled a fine cast.

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