TNT announced today that they are renewing the show that NBC cancelled. Southland will begin its 10 episode second season on TNT and third season in total in January.
I have to admit, I have never seen the show but I love when a cancelled show gets a second life like Southland was given one by TNT. My hat is off to TNT for sticking with the show. I hope this sends a message to the networks that one network’s loss might be another one’s gain. Too bad another net didn’t pick up either Moonlight or Swingtown because maybe us fans would still be watching them.
BTW off the top of my head here are some shows that have switched networks…Golden Girls, Taxi, Charles in Charge, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, JAG, Scrubs and now Southland. Some did better on their new channels than others and I am glad most of those show (minus Scrubs and JAG) was given one last chance!
CBS announced today that it has picked up the #1 new show of the season NCIS LA and the well liked The Good Wife for a second season. Both shows have done really well for CBS on Tuesdays, so it is no surprise that CBS is sticking with them.
Also coming back for a second season is TNT’s critically acclaimed show Men of a Certain Age that stars Ray Romano, Scott Bakula and Andre Braugher. Can I tell you I love this show! I am one of the few people that didn’t love Everybody Loves Raymond, but I am loving this show so check it Mondays at 10p on TNT.
Here is something to sing about, Fox is bringing back the most talked about show of the new season, Glee for a second one. As if there was any doubt that they would!
Finally ABC Family had its highest ratings yet for The Secret Life of the American Teenager and Make It or Break It when they had their season premiere last week, so they wasted no time to announce that they will bring them both shows for another season.
All the above shows join the pick ups of ABC’s Wednesday night comedies The Middle, Modern Family and Cougar Town.
TNT’s Men of a Certain Age is story about 3 middle aged guys living life, and you don’t have to be a middle aged man to love this show that premieres tonight at 10p. The show stars Ray Romano, Scott Bakula and Andre Braugher as three life long friends dealing with everyday life and getting through it all together.
Ray Romano plays Joe a recently separated father of two living in a hotel who owns a party store and his marriage came to an end because of his gambling addiction. Scott Bakula plays Terry a never been married actor working a temp job who dates women almost half his age. Andre Braugher plays Owen a married father of three young kids who hates working as a car salesmen for his father’s dealership. Together these friend laugh at the good times and help each other through the bad ones.
Every day the three get up early and go for a hike and then they have breakfast at Norm’s and talk about their lives. Then they go their separate ways, work their jobs and we learn more about each of them. Joe is struggling to make it on his own without his wife, but throughout it all he is a good dad to his teenage kids. Terry is trying to get his next acting job while he looks for the next woman date. And then there is Owen who gets beaten down by dad everyday he goes to work and is hoping to some day to stand up to him and his kiss a$$ co-worker Marcus.
During the first three episodes we see Joe struggle with dating again, Terry stands up to bad drivers in a way that we all wish we could, Owen deals with his health his issues that come with getting older and finally finding those balls between his legs. There are some great male bonding moments between the three and the people in their lives. The best part about it, is the show feels real and you can see the scenarios happening in your everyday life, but you are glad that some of them you don’t. Plus what a freaking cast! I personally have had a crush on Scott Bakula since Quantum Leap. Ray Romano had a show everyone loved! Andre Braugher is always amazing in everything he does.
All in all Men of a Certain Age is an enjoyable show that everyone can enjoy! So check it out tonight and every Monday at 10p for a show that brings bromance into the middle ages.
BTW as I was told before I watched the three episodes I got to review the show that I should stick with it past the pilot because it is a little slower than the rest of the episodes and I am so glad I did. I sincerely enjoyed this show and I know you will too!
After weeks of rumors, TNT has officially picked up Southland, the show that NBC cancelled before it even aired its second season premiere. TNT has acquired all 13 episodes of the show that includes 7 from the first season and 6 from what would’ve been its second one on NBC. Southland will begin airing on TNT on January 12th at 10p with its pilot.
Southland is a Warner Bros show that is part of the same parent company as TNT which probably explains the pickup. But I say who cares whenever a show that deserves to be saved is saved!
xoxo Ellen!
