Men of a Certain Age

A Peter Pan who has absolutely nothing but his freedom. A play-by-the-rules guy with a great wife and kids who is under his father’s thumb. A newly separated nerd who can’t shake a nasty gambling habit. Three men who grew up with the American Dream have reached midlife; the promise is broken yet their friendship remains intact (stoked by diner breakfasts where they argue and soothe each other’s wounds). Each episode opens with home movies out of The Wonder Years, yet the seriocomic plots are more like Up in the Air. “As you get to know the characters better, the credit sequence becomes increasingly touching, underscoring…the true pains of adulthood,” writes Nancy Franklin in The New Yorker.

Men of a Certain Age is produced by TNT Original Productions.

Photo—Art Streiber