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Ray Barone, the erstwhile sports columnist of "Everybody Loves Raymond, is gone. But he was not a victim of the current newspaper industry's staff-cutting practice.

Raymond simply ran his course and retired. But Ray Romano, who played him, is coming back. He is co-starring with Scott Bakula and Andre Brauer in the new TNT dramedy "Men of a Certain Age."

Arts and Entertainment Editor Bob Sokolsky describes the series as another tale of male buddies trying to cope with the social mores of the 21st century.

Naturally, he adds, they have no idea of how to accomplish that.

Fortunately, Sokolsky says, "Men of a Certain Age" has three capable stars. Unfortunately, "nobody to date has figured out a way to take advantage of that fact."