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USA Renews Burn Notice for Season 7
Burn Notice has been renewed for a seventh season, USA announced Wednesday.
The network’s longest-running drama will return for 13 episodes, which will include the milestone 100th episode.
“Burn Notice is like a fine wine that gets better with age,” said USA Network Co-Presidents Chris McCumber and Jeff Wachtel. “Delivering high-octane action, gripping drama and nearly 7 million viewers for the mid-season finale, this veteran series is a proven staple of our portfolio.”
The second half of Season 6 will return Thursday at 9/8c.
Burn Notice 6×11 Promo “Desperate Measures” (HD)
Burn Notice Season 6: Winter Episodes Teaser (HD)
Burn Notice 6×10 Promo “Desperate Times” Summer Finale (HD)
Burn Notice 6×09 Promo “Official Business” (HD)
Burn Notice 6×08 Promo “Unchained” (HD)
Burn Notice 6×07 Promo “Reunion” (HD)
Burn Notice – Episode 6.06 – Shock Wave – Extended Promo
Burn Notice – Season 6 – Casting News – Patton Oswalt get 2 Episode arc
EW has learned exclusively that Patton Oswalt has been cast in the role of Colin Schmidt, a notorious — and incredibly quirky! — smuggler who is just the man the gang needs in order to escape the grasp of the CIA and disappear indefinitely. The catch? The unpredictable mystery man doesn’t come cheap. He will appear in episodes 14 and 15.
Burn Notice 6×06 Promo “Shock Wave” (HD)
Burn Notice 6×05 Promo “Split Decision” (HD)
Burn Notice 6×04 Promo “Under the Gun” (HD)
Burn Notice: CSI Alum Cast as Lethally Dangerous Drug Smuggler
Michael Westen may be about to meet his match.
TVLine has learned exclusively that CSI alum José Zúñiga will appear as a vicious cocaine smuggler in this season of USA Network’s Burn Notice.
His character, Vasquez, is a “clever and sadistic” —not to mention successful — Panamanian drug lord who isn’t shy about using torture to locate a missing cocaine shipment.
Zúñiga — who most recently appeared in episodes of Desperate Housewives, Harry’s Law and Scandal, and also recurred on NBC’s short-lived The Event — will show up in Episode 11 of Burn Notice‘s sixth season.
Burn Notice – Episode 6.03 – Last Rites – Promo
Burn Notice’s John C. McGinley on Playing Michael’s Mentor: You Can’t Tell If He’s a Good Guy
When John C. McGinley was first offered a recurring role as a CIA training officer on Burn Notice, it wasn’t too far from how a CIA agent might receive a mission.
“I was coming home on a Monday night. It was about 7 o’clock. The phone rang and my agent said, ‘You need to get home and read this script. If you like it, there’s an offer for you to go do five episodes of Burn Notice,'” McGinley tells TVGuide.com. “‘The only catch is you have to leave tomorrow morning.'”
Suffice it to say, the Scrubs alum was on a plane to Miami the next morning. “It just fell in my lap. It was one of those great gigs that come along every once in a while.”
The gig — playing Michael’s former CIA training officer Tom Card — kicks off Thursday (9/8c on USA) when Michael (Jeffrey Donovan) turns to his former mentor for help in breaking his lady love Fiona (Gabrielle Anwar) out of the slammer. “He comes to me and says, ‘I need a favor,'” McGinley says. “My character pounces on an opportunity to use him in a black-op.”
Although Michael was burned by the CIA — and has only recently started working on getting back into the agency’s good graces — Tom is happy to help out his former student and to use him for his own CIA missions. “Michael is Tom’s proudest pupil,” McGinley says. “It turns out that Tom tried to help Michael when he did get burned. Tom flew halfway around the world to mitigate any peripheral dangers that were lurking out there for Michael.”
Burn Notice creator and executive producer Matt Nix knew McGinley was the perfect man to play this important father-like figure in Michael’s life. “We were over the moon to get him,” Nix says. “One of the big things about Michael is that he’s got this sort of snarky manner, and as a human being, he’s isolated and prickly in some ways. So the great thing about John C. McGinley is that he is Michael squared. He’s super prickly but at the same time, you see that he gave Michael this quality of being able to simultaneously take things very seriously and not seriously at all. To joke around in intense situations, but also remain entirely committed to success and willing to put himself in danger.”
McGinley appreciated the compliment. “The most flattering thing was that they wanted me to bring John C. McGinley instincts and flavor to this. That’s a really empowering thing for somebody to say to you,” he says. “If you tell any actor that, they’re going to run through a wall for you.”
So far, McGinley hasn’t been called on to run through any walls or perform any other big action stunts for Burn Notice. (“I think Tom’s function will be to set the table and then let the heroes do that stuff,” he says.) However, he’ll interrogate an imprisoned Fiona in an upcoming episode, just one of his many interactions with the other members of Michael’s crew. “Tom is somebody who played a role in Fiona and Michael’s earliest relationship and he has a particular relationship with Madeline,” Nix says.
Additionally, McGinley teases some fun scenes between Tom and Sam (Bruce Campbell). “I think Sam’s just a bit of a ball of yarn that maybe the cat likes to bat around a little bit — never taking him too seriously since Tom knows some of things he’s done in the past,” McGinley says. “Bruce, of course, is one of my favorite actors ever. It’s so great when you meet these guys, and they’re even better than their body of work.”
But the best part of McGinley’s Burn Notice gig has been the ambiguity surrounding his character. “You can’t really put your finger on what direction he’s going in. You can’t tell if he’s a good guy,” he says. “He seemed damaged. I always want characters to be damaged because writers can write eccentrics best if there’s some inherent damage to the character. Otherwise it’s a little bland.”
Whether Tom turns out to be good or evil, McGinley is willing to follow it through. When asked whether he would come back to the show beyond his initial arc, he quickly states, “I would do it in a second.”
Burn Notice airs Thursdays at 9/8c on USA.
Jeffrey Donovan on What To Expect from ‘Burn Notice’ This Season
USA Network’s “Burn Notice” kicked off its sixth season tonight. But what’s going to happen next? Jeffrey Donovan, who plays lead character Michael Westen, and WSJ Speakeasy’s Alexandra Cheney, discuss how the successful series is likely to evolve this season. “Some big things happen,” he forecasts, including–spoiler alert!–the death of one of the characters. Watch the video interview.
Burn Notice – Episode 6.02 – Mixed Messages – Promo
Burn Notice Creator: ‘Very Different’ Season 6 Will Make Things ‘Vastly Worse’ for Michael & Co.
USA Network’s Burn Notice left viewers with the ultimate humdinger at the close of last season, when Fiona (played by Gabrielle Anwar) – in order to wrest away the leverage that big bad Anson Fullerton had against Michael (Jeffrey Donovan) – turned herself into the feds for the bombing of the consulate. How that selfless act plays out will fuel a “very different” kind of Season 6 (premiering Thursday at 9/8c), series creator Matt Nixshares in this TVLine Q&A.
TVLINE | Coming out of the Season 5 finale, it would seem that with Fi having surrendered herself, Anson Fullerton (played by Jere Burns) has no cards left to play. Am I right?
He has whatever resources he has left over, but she has taken away the leverage that he had over Michael, so yeah, he’s pretty much out of options. Rebecca – Kristanna Loken’s character — is still around, and there’s whatever money he had. But in terms of Michael as the focus of his efforts to rebuild his organization, Anson now is basically fighting for his life.
TVLINE | Since Fiona only planted one of the explosions in the consulate, is it now a matter of proving she had no role in the larger tragedy? That Anson was behind it?
Ultimately, it isn’t about Fiona going to trial and people “proving” this or that. Fact is, Anson is a very embarrassing figure for the intelligence community, so to some extent it’s about them waking up to the fact that he is not who they thought he was. And yet they also need someone to go down for the bombing of that consulate. If Michael can get Anson, that’s a big step toward getting Fiona out of jail. It’s not the only step, but it’s a major one.
TVLINE | Oh, so it could be some time before Fi rejoins the team?
Oh yes. For a lot of reasons, many of them having to do with how the show works on the network — and I’m not blaming anyone for this — our season premieres often have to hit the reset button fairly quickly. But this year, between people sort of relaxing about serialization and the fact that we’re in our sixth year, the reset button really doesn’t get hit. 
So Fiona’s in jail for a while. And even when she gets out, other things are permanently changed. I mean, it’s still Burn Notice, but it’s a very different season. A very different season.
TVLINE | But since the Michael/Fiona dynamic is a reason why many folks tune in, how will you keep that alive?
Fiona’s time in jail isn’t about splitting them up; it’s about focusing on their struggle to be together. The question becomes how far Michael is willing to go for the woman he loves. They still have contact while she’s in prison, it’s just focused on the quest to get her out. The irony is that these episodes feature some of the most romantic, intense screen time they have had together. And that’s not a coincidence — their relationship thrives on conflict and danger.
TVLINE | How does prison go for Fiona? Is she prepared for it?
She’s Fiona. She can hold her own, but she’s also a very special prisoner with an enemy who is not sitting still. So, she has enemies in prison, enemies outside of prison…. Just keeping her alive is a task, much less getting her out.
TVLINE | Seeing as this is your sixth season, is part of the struggle for you each year finding new ways to keep the larger mythology alive? When you launched the show, did you possibly have it mapped out this far?
In a general sort of way. It’s interesting, because the early marketing for this show, for totally legitimate reasons, was very focused on: “What is the name of the person who burned Michael Westen?” — but that had never really been my particular interest. It was a larger thing for me. But Anson really is the last guy. I wouldn’t rule out some of the characters who were involved in the burn notice coming back at some point, but there’s not going to be “a man behind the man” here.
TVLINE | But once Anson is taken down, is there still a “burn notice” in Burn Notice?
Yes. Yes, but for other reasons. And this season really shakes up Michael’s position vis-a-vis the intelligence community in general. Certain things get resolved, but ultimately Michael and everybody find themselves in a vastly worse position than they were in before. This year we really confront,
“What has this quest cost Michael? And how much more is it going to cost?” And the answer is: A whole lot.
TVLINE | Aw, now you’ve got me worried about Ma.
[Laughs] The question becomes, How much can Michael ask of his friends? How much of their lives are they supposed to devote to his quest? As we’re resolving a lot of the questions associated with Michael’s burn notice, his situation actually becomes far more intense and far more dire. It’s been exciting working on this season because the episodes are just very different. They are largely focused on very high-stakes, very personal situations for Michael and the other main characters. Those episodes tend to be fast and intense, with immediate, life-or-death stakes, the kind that have always tended to be our favorites to make, and often turn out to be fan favorites as well. It’s all very focused on the team this year, which is very exciti
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