Scott Bakula Discusses His New TBS Series "Men Of A Certain Age"

Scott Bakula is headed back to the small screen in a new comedy series headed to TNT. "Men of a Certain Age" will also star comedian Ray Romano and Andre Braugher. The series will focus on three men in their forties and their daily lives as they deal with middle age.

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Bakula sat down with reporters to discuss "Men of a Certain Age," premiering on December 7 at 10:00 pm ET on TNT. When asked about what caught his attention about the new series, Bakula explained, "Well, I thought the script was great when I got it and I loved this idea of how they had written these three men and their kind of history. And the humor of it I thought was fantastic and different and surprising."

"And then I just loved this character of Terry. I just thought he was so not like me and so kind of irreverent and happy go lucky and Peter Pan and one of the Lost Boys at the same time. I just thought he would be so much fun to play."

Bakula is enjoying the new role and laughing it up with Romano at the same time. Bakula told reporters, "Well, the most memorable thing about this, really, is just working in this kind of atmosphere with Ray and with Andre. And the three of us, we just get along really well. And Ray is constantly, constantly - he never does the same scene twice and he's always coming up with a new joke, a new ad lib, a new this or he's always got us on our toes."

The script for the comedy series was written by Ray Romano and Mike Royce, who both worked together on "Everybody Loves Raymond." In January of 2009, TNT ordered 10 episodes of "Men of a Certain Age."