The midlife misadventures of Joe, Owen and Terry have come to an end.

TNT on Friday pulled the plug

http://www.tvline.com/

It was such a great show, and TNT treated it like crap. No wonder it didn't "build an audience;" they only aired it in five-week spurts before benching it for half a year or so at a time.

I know TNT produces the show, and thus owns it. Even so, what are the chances of the show getting shopped to another network (USA, Showtime)? Slim to nil?

:angryfire

Too smart for TV, I guess.

Today, we lose the best hour-long drama currently on television. This afternoon, TNT announced that they had decided to cancel the low-rated critical darling, Men of a Certain Age. It wasn't unexpected, but it sure struck me hard when I got an email about it while I was out this afternoon. It truly saddens me that this show is now gone forever, and I haven't felt this sad about the cancellation of a show in quite a few years.

Read my full blog entry addressing the cancellation! (http://ryanschwartz.posterous.com/goodbye-men-of-a-certain-age#more)

It was such a great show, and TNT treated it like crap. No wonder it didn't "build an audience;" they only aired it in five-week spurts before benching it for half a year or so at a time.

I know TNT produces the show, and thus owns it. Even so, what are the chances of the show getting shopped to another network (USA, Showtime)? Slim to nil?

Has a cable TV show ever gone from one cable channel to another? We know some have gone network to cable but I can't think of any dramas to go from one cable channel to another off the top of my head. Anyone know of any examples?

Has a cable TV show ever gone from one cable channel to another? We know some have gone network to cable but I can't think of any dramas to go from one cable channel to another off the top of my head. Anyone know of any examples?

Well that mini-series on the Kennedy's was made for Showtime, but when they decided not to air it, Reelz channel did.

Has a cable TV show ever gone from one cable channel to another? We know some have gone network to cable but I can't think of any dramas to go from one cable channel to another off the top of my head. Anyone know of any examples?

Not a drama, but Mystery Science Theater 3000 moved from Comedy Central to Sci-Fi.

Well that mini-series on the Kennedy's was made for Showtime, but when they decided not to air it, Reelz channel did.

That was actually made for The History Channel.

Too bad, I caught an episode of it recently and thought it was pretty good. I liked the 3 main actors a lot, and it had potential. It leaned a BIT toward the "the old guys are out of it and need to get with it" angle, but I would have followed it had it remained on.

What a shame. This was truly a fantastic show. Ray Romano is a better dramatic actor than I realized; better golfer too. :) I miss the show already.