Mobile UPI  |   About UPI  |   UPI en Español  |   UPI Arabic  |   UPIU  |   My Account
Search:
Go

TNT orders Ray Romano pilot

|
|
 
  
Ray Romano watches the New York Knicks play the Chicago Bulls at Madison Square Garden in New York City on November 24, 2007. The New York Knicks defeated the Chicago Bulls 85-78 (UPI Photo/John Angelillo) . 
License photo
Published: April 1, 2008 at 1:24 PM

LOS ANGELES, April 1 (UPI) -- TNT has ordered a one-hour pilot for a drama series co-written and starring actor Ray Romano, the U.S. cable television network announced Tuesday.

Romano wrote the script for the pilot with his "Everybody Loves Raymond" collaborator

Mike Royce.

"'Men of a Certain Age' is about the highs and lows of being a guy in the modern era. It's about three best friends, each hoping to fulfill his dreams before the clock starts running out," Michael Wright, senior vice president in charge of the content creation group for TNT and its sister networks, TBS and Turner Classic Movies, said in a statement. "It's an honest, emotional, funny and very personal take on the subject. 'Men of a Certain Age' is a very special project for TNT, and we're proud to be doing it with Ray and Mike. When we read the script we knew right away this is a series we want to bring to our audience."

"Mike and I have always had success writing what we know. What we know now is that we're middle-aged, neurotic and fat," Romano added. "We're excited to be working with Michael Wright and TNT, who have been incredibly enthusiastic and supportive."

Topics: Classic Movies, Michael Wright, Ray Romano
© 2008 United Press International, Inc. All Rights Reserved. Any reproduction, republication, redistribution and/or modification of any UPI content is expressly prohibited without UPI's prior written consent.

Order reprints
  
Join the conversation
Most Popular Collections
Protesters, police clash at NATO summit Notable deaths of 2012 2012 Billboard Music Awards
The 137th Preakness Stakes Annual Solar eclipse occurs in U.S. Chen Guangcheng arrives in the U.S.
Additional Entertainment News Stories
1 of 29
Members of the Army's Old Guard place flags at Arlington National Ceremtery
View Caption
U.S. flags are seen in the rucksack of a soldier with the Army's 3d U.S. Infantry Regiment, The Old Guard, as he places flags at gravesites in Arlington National Cemetery as part of the Flags-In Memorial Day ceremony on May 24, 2012 in Arlington, Virginia. American flags were placed at each of the more than 220,000 grave markers in honor of those who served and Memorial Day. UPI/Kevin Dietshc
fark
Only in Miami: Police shoot, kill naked man who was EATING A MAN'S FACE
You can get just about anything you want at Afghan markets, including lots of stolen American military...
Chicago Fark Party - 9 June - New bat time, new bat channel
Apparently one of the 11 secret herbs and spices KFC uses is wood harvested from Indonesia's endangered...
New York Times jumps on goofy trend piece bandwagon, explores hot trend of 16-year-old "young cougars"...
Body found floating in Nova Scotia river stuffed in hockey bag. If this story was any more Canadian,...