Nearly everything has been done before... Romeo and Juliet was Hero and Leander from the Byzantine era, no reason not to do it again.
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Except that Andre Braugher's character was married the entire time, and Scott Bakula's character had never been married, and none of those characters had children the age of other characters, and Ray Romano's character bet on basketball instead of wanting to coach it, and Ray Romano's character was the only one who lived at the divorcee hotel, and none of these characters are old enough to need to go on a daily nature hike, and none of these characters has a business that they inherited from their father, and none of these characters are professional actors, and no one owns a party supply store, or is planning to join the PGA seniors tour, and no one from MOACA was a doctor.
But, yes, I did enjoy that other show with lead male characters. I watched and enjoyed all 22 episodes. My favorite episode was "A league of Their Owen." I was very disappointed back in 2012, when I learned that there would be no more episodes of that show, and I was looking forward to the next time that a show would air with male lead characters.
First of all, not everything has been done before, your "Romeo & Juliet" example aside. Secondly, despite your fine example, clearly the Elizabethan era vs. the Byzantine era isn't exactly the same as three seasons ago, in the same medium, and roughly the same genre.
Now...I didn't say that every detail was lifted from "Men of a Certain Age," but thanks for taking the time to make your list. And to quibble a little - at least one of the characters IS old enough to "need" to go on a hike, although everyone should exercise at any age. What I meant was, and I always forget that on the IMDB you need to spell everything out, the overall premise is similar: four adult men in Los Angeles at a crossroads in their lives. Yes, one group was in their 40s and these guys are (mostly) in their 30s, but the idea is similar even though the circumstances of their lives are (in some cases) different.
I also enjoyed Men of a Certain Age and was disappointed when it was cancelled. I blame part of it on TNT's bizarre marketing, but I also think that the show was a little too thoughtful and slowly paced for a lot of people in the audience today to appreciate.
The urban hiking open? C'mon - admit it! MOACA influenced the people behind this show!
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