For now, Psych is a television show about a fake psychic detective and Leverage is basically Ocean's 5 every week. Shawn and Gus, the two main characters of Psych are what make the show really. James Roday and Dule Hill have the chemistry of two guys who really were friends since childhood... it doesn't seem right that they only met two years ago. This show has a similar basic premise to The Mentalist in that Shawn pretends to be a psychic when in reality he's just hyper-observant (and it should be noted that Psych predates The Mentalist by two years). It's pretty well-written but what makes it what it is is the chemistry between the stars and the oft-hilarious 80's and early 90's references.
Leverage is a much cooler show about a group of theives who steal from the evil rich to give to the good not-as-rich. The five main characters are Nathan (the mastermind or Danny Ocean of the group), Sophie (the grifter), Eliot (the muscle, played by Christian Kane formerly of the WB show Angel... here's to hoping Eliot gets to sing at one point in this show), Hardison (the hacker... played by the actor who was formerly VooDoo Tatu, on Friday Night Lights) and Parker (the cat burgular). This show is usually not as funny as Psych, but it's just as fun watching them outsmart villains every week.
I'd recommend these to anyone else who's gotten bored waiting for the new fall season.
Leverage airs Wednesdays at 9pm ET.
Psych airs Fridays at 10pm ET.
