-That's how you make an entrance right there!
Looking sharp, buddy. -I figured I had to make
a good entrance, 'cause I hear you're Team Jess.
So thank you for having me on anyway, man.
You know, Team Jess. So I'm like --
-Yeah. Look, I got to say. I was intimidated by Logan.
Matt played Logan on "Gilmore Girls,"
if you didn't know that.
[ Cheers and applause ] -Thank you.
-Here's a picture of you and -- I think it's --
[ Cheers and applause ]
Is this the episode -- Is this where you jumped off the thing?
Is this that episode? -"You jump, I jump, Jack."
-Yeah. Yeah, I remember that. I remember that.
Oh, I remember that episode. -It's so cool.
It's so cool you're such a huge fan, man.
That's so cool. Thank you. -I am. I am.
But now I'm -- I've run out of everything,
because I've watched "Gilmore Girls" so much.
'Cause one of our writers on the show was like, "You've never seen it?"
I go, "I've never really watched 'Gilmore Girls.'"
They were like -- [Gasps] And then I go --
And I really got into it. I dove into it.
I loved you. I loved you. -Well, thank you. Thank you.
-But I watched every single episode,
then I watched the movies on Netflix.
-Yeah. -I mean, I got into everything.
-Yeah, the reboot, that was really cool,
because it was kind of like going to college again,
but you have all the wisdom you have now.
But you go back to college, and it's like --
But you're the right age at college, so it's not creepy.
You know what I mean? It was so much fun.
It was so much fun to do that,
because it was nine years after the original series.
-Yeah. -And the fans wanted it.
And we never knew it was going to happen.
-You didn't think it was going to happen?
Or you didn't know -- -You know, I found out
the reboot was happening online like everybody else.
-No! -I swear.
-Wow. -Yeah. I had no idea.
And I was doing "The Good Wife" at the time.
And I came downstairs, and people had seen it online.
And everybody's like, "Are you doing this? Are you doing this?"
I was like, "I don't -- I don't -- I just found out.
I just found out. I don't know."
-"I just retweeted it. I hope it happens."
-Exactly, yeah. Exactly. -No way.
-"I don't know if Logan's going to be asked back."
But it was great. It was fun. -I want to congratulate you.
Because I think it's the anniversary that --
You might not know.
This is the 20th anniversary of Mr. College of Charleston...
-Oh, thank you. Yes. -...Pageant. The pageant? Yes.
So, I can tell how touched you are
and how emotional you're about to get.
What is this thing? And what do you remember from it?
-I am Mr. College of Charleston 20 years ago.
It's pretty -- -Please, keep --
Stay seated. Stay seated.
[ Laughter ] -Please. Yeah, exactly.
-What was it, and what went down?
-Do I really have to talk about it?
-Yeah, I kind of like -- We want to hear --
[ Cheers and applause ] You're Mister --
-Yeah. This is actually how I became an actor,
crazily enough, yeah.
You win -- You could win free acting classes,
so in college, anything free is good.
So I was like, "I got to win this thing."
So I stepped it up
by saying my favorite movie was "Boogie Nights."
Came out in my underwear with a little enhancement down there.
[ Woman cheers ] -[ Laughs ] Okay.
-And that won the crowd over. And that's the reaction I got.
And here I am today. I got these acting classes.
-You won acting classes? -I won acting classes.
-And then that just, what -- A light bulb went off,
and you said, "Hey, this is what I'm good at.
It's what I want to do." -You know, it's crazy.
Because backstage everybody's making fun of the whole thing.
And when I saw "free acting classes,"
it was a light-bulb moment for me.
I'm like, "I got to win this thing.
This is an opportunity."
And, you know, in your life, you never know
when these opportunities are going to come,
and I felt it in that moment.
So "Boogie Nights," and here I am.
-"Boogie Nights," and you've had a great career.
Absolutely, yeah. And let's talk about the new show now.
It's coming back. "The Resident."
This is on Fox. What is the show about?
So people know. -It's a medical show.
-It's like a doctor show? -Yeah, doctor show.
-Except the difference is...
-You know, we kind of pull the curtain back a little bit
and get into the grit and grime and...
-And the money and the insurance of it all and the complications?
Seriously, I've been in the hospital
for the past three years, and they know me.
They go, "Jimmy, what's up?!" I go, "I'm bleeding."
They go, "Yeah, yeah, yeah! I'm a big fan!
[ Sternly ] What's your insurance?"
Then I go -- "No, no, no, I'm bleeding!"
And they go, Yeah, yeah, yeah. Yeah, that's good.
We love you, man. It's great, man.
What's your insurance?"
[ Laughter ]
It's like, "Dude, take care of me please.
My finger is falling off."
Yeah, no, it's a tricky business.
-Well, I mean, you don't think about it when you're a patient
that running a hospital is a business,
and it takes money and insurance,
and that kind of money involves corruption.
And so we kind of address those issues
that other medical shows don't.
And my character is one who kind of stands up to that corruption.
-That's right! -Yes!
-Stand up! -Fight for the good guys!
-That's what I'm talking about! -Fight for the good guys.
-What's your character's name on this one?
-Dr. Hawkins. Conrad Hawkins. -Dude, I am Team Hawkins.
That's what I'm talking about. -Yes!
-Team Hawkins. I want to show a clip.
Here's Matt Czuchry
in the second-season premiere of "The Resident."
Take a look at this.
-Every moment we turn away or transfers patients,
we hemorrhage money.
Atlanta General and Emory still fully functioning.
The storm hasn't affected them.
So worst-case scenario... -Is happening now.
-Dr. Hawkins, this is a strategy session
for department heads only.
-Half the generators are down,
and the ICU's, they don't have any backup power.
-How many patients on life support?
-36.
There are six empty beds in Neuro with backup power.
The others, we don't start relocating them
to different hospitals... -Yeah, I know, they'll die.
♪♪
Time to start an evacuation.
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-Ohh! That's what I'm talking about!
Matt Czuchry, everybody!