What is the premise of the new show that Ray Romano plays a guy named Joe?
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Ray Romano is following his runaway success on the sitcom “Everybody Loves Raymond” with a one-hour drama about a sad-sack California divorcé named Joe and his two buddies — all of whom are, per the show’s title, “Men of A Certain Age.” The series, which premieres tonight on TNT and also stars Scott Bakula and Andre Braugher, is wonderfully acted and smartly written. It explores a well-worn subject with sly humor and insight, wisely avoiding clichés (no one sleeps with their secretary or begins riding a Harley). But “Men of a Certain Age” is hardly rippling with testosterone, like many of the dude-centric shows on basic cable (see: “Sons of Anarchy;” “Rescue Me.”) In one scene, Romano’s character has a father-son talk with his boy about anxiety. The soundtrack is filled with long-lost AM Gold nuggets like “Reflections of My Life” by Marmalade. “That’s all I have on my iPod,” Romano said. “It’s kind of a lame iPod. It’s all classic rock, it’s soft rock, it’s Neil Sedaka, it’s Chicago, i
Men of a Certain Age follows Joe (Romano), a father in the midst of a divorce who lives in a motel, runs a party supplies store and suffers from a gambling addiction that ruined his marriage. His only friends are two guys he’s known since college – one, a used car salesman while the other is a womanizing office temp. The former is played by Andre Braugher of Homicide: Life on the Street fame, while the latter is played by Scott Bakula who has been a wide range of roles from Murphy Brown to his lead role on the Star Trek series Enterprise (although he is probably best known for his riveting performance in Major League III: Back to the Minors). This show seems like it could be a hit. By pioneering a new direction in TV history that notoriously takes a comedic approach to the mid-life crisis, this show embraces a more honest and sobering approach to the lives of middle-aged men.
