Alan Sepinwall on the joys of 'Men of a Certain Age,' a basic-cable hidden gem about unfulfilled expectations, now streaming on HBO Max
is here again. And it’s not only still wonderful, but these decade-old episodes feel more at home in the Peak TV world than they did in that transitional moment for cable TV at the turn of the previous decade.
As Joe puts it, when you look at yourself in the mirror at a certain age, “You recognize yourself, but there’s that little bit of you that you don’t.” You may also notice that episodes, especially at the start of Season One, often feel about 10 minutes longer than they probably need to be — a relic, perhaps, of the show’s origins at HBO, where each installment would have run closer to 30 minutes rather than TNT’s 40 .was also a bit ahead of its time in how it used two of its three leads. In 2009, Romano was a famous sitcom star, and Braugher a two-time Emmy-winning dramatic powerhouse.
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