Full disclosure: USA Network is my absolute favorite television network. I’ve enjoyed every show they have put on the air, from the short-lived “Fairly Legal” (which did have its flaws, I will admit) to some of the tent pole shows, like “Burn Notice,” “Suits,” and, my personal favorite, “White Collar” (expect a review on all three shows before the year is up.)

It’s due to my love of “White Collar,” the show of a con man who is serving out the rest of his time as a consultant for the FBI, that I made room on my television schedule for “Graceland.” Both are created by Jeff Eastin, which reeled me in from the start. After all, “White Collar” is the shining example of USA’s “blue sky” programming, with its attractive lead (Matt Bomer) and some great dialogue (in reference to a plane, one character quipped “Think of it as a Kardashian. What it lacks in refinement it makes up for in cargo space”) and its picturesque setting (New York City) with, of course, blue skies.

Now take this formula and throw in a few dark clouds. “Graceland” tells the story of a group of undercover agents from the DEA, the FBI and Customs who live together in a beach house nicknamed, as if you didn’t already know, “Graceland.” (According to Johnny, one of the FBI agents played by scene-stealing Manny Montana, the drug lord the agencies seized the house from was an Elvis fan.) For attractive leading men, we have Daniel Sunjata of Rescue Me, and Aaron Tveit, who recently was in a little indie you might have heard of titled “Les Misérables.”

Tveit plays Mike Warren, a recent graduate of the FBI academy who gets sent to Graceland to work with Sunjata’s Paul Briggs, one of the FBI’s greatest agents, as the audience is constantly reminded. “Graceland” gave away the big twist in the previews, which is that Mike has been sent to Graceland to investigate Briggs, effectively putting a damper on any hopes of seeing a Bomer/Tim DeKay-level give-and-take Eastin’s “White Collar” is known for.

Or does it? Part of the fun of “White Collar” is the fact that Bomer’s con man Neal Caffery is constantly doing things behind the back of DeKay’s Special Agent Peter Burke. In the first three episodes, “Graceland” has reminded both Mike and the audience “your lies are your life.” It will be interesting to see if Tveit is up to such a task. My money is on yes.

The rest of the “Graceland” housemates include Vanessa Ferlito as Charlie, an FBI agent who appears sometimes lets herself become too emotionally-invested with those she meets undercover (in the third episode, we see her try to help an informant with some drug problems), Brandon Jay McLaren as a customs agent named DJ who hasn’t really had his chance to shine on the show yet, and Serinda Swan as Paige Arkin, another customs agent who I am willing to bet Mike ends up hooking up with by the end of the first season. The first time they meet in the bathroom of a club while she’s undercover, the message is basically telegraphed. Personally, I’m much more interested in the friendships.

One problem I see with “Graceland” is that it doesn’t quite know what it is yet. It’s stuck between trying to be a darker “Burn Notice” but add in a healthy dose of “White Collar” buddy-cop humor. In three episodes, it’s a lot to accomplish, making the show feel occasionally forced and sometimes a little campy. However, I thought the same thing of “Suits” and “White Collar” when I first started watching those, and now that they’ve both found their footing, I can’t miss an episode. It is possible “Graceland” just needs some time to find out exactly what it wants to be. In the meantime though, I’m content to just enjoy the ride.

3/4