There are no murders, zombies or superhuman capers on “Men of a Certain Age.” The three lifelong pals who now are coping with middle age are such remarkably ordinary heroes for a TV series they seem downright exotic. As played by series stars Ray Romano, Scott Bakula and Andre Braugher, these guys are never larger than life, but instead recognizably true to life. “Men” (airing at 10 p.m. on TNT for a six-week miniseason) was duly rewarded for its special brand of normality when it premiered in late 2009, winning critical praise and healthy ratings.
This year, it won a prestigious George Foster Peabody award, administered by the University of Georgia and popularly known as the Pulitzer of electronic media. The Peabody judges hailed the series as “comical, poignant and harrowing, sometimes all at once.”
