Men Of A Certain Age is a new television show on TNT that will start on December 7th at 10PM/9 PM Central following The Closer. The stars of the show are Ray Romano of Everybody Loves Raymond, Scott Bakula of Quantum Leap and Andre Brougher of Homicide Life On The Street. The name of the show provides a glimpse of what the show is about – men who are in their 40′s facing how life is different from when they were younger and what lies ahead for them.

Joe (Romano) is a separated father of two who owns a party supply store but dreams of being a professional golfer. He is worried about his health and being a good guy, yet gambles too much. Terry (Bakula) is a single ladies man who worked as an actor but now is a temp. He seems to have it all, but is plagued with realizing that his acting career is over. Owen (Braugher) works with his father who owns a car dealership. He is married and has three children and can’t live up to his father’s expectations. He seems to be surrounded by stress.

They are good friends who have known each other since college. They are there for each other but still joke about the issues they all cope with. And that’s where the humor comes in. Although there is truth in so much of what you’ll see, this is not a depressing show.

The ironic part of Men Of A Certain Age is that women go through very similar issues as men. This should reach a broad audience because of this. When I watched a sneak preview of the show I actually laughed out loud, which is rare for any TV shows today. There’s no laugh track and that makes this viewer oh so happy.

I suggest you try this show out. Here’s a video to view so you can see how the three actors work together:

I was provided with a thumb drive of a sneak preview of this show from YouCastCorp.com There was no other compensation.

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