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This is what I’m thinking:

* Andre Braugher’s (see right) Emmy nomination for best actor in a drama wasn’t enough to save “Men of a Certain Age.”

TNT canceled the series headlined by Ray Romano, Scott Bakula and Braugher because of low ratings.

The limited viewership shouldn’t have been much of a
surprise since TV dramas featuring men are rarely successful and this one featured middle-aged men and their problems.

Men watch sports, especially in the summer. Women watch more TV than men and “Certain Age” really was much more geared to men than women.

I’d like to think some other network could save “Certain Age.” It would seem to be an ideal fit for HBO (which is owned by the same company as TNT) or AMC. But I don’t see it happening since both cable networks are doing very well with their own new creations these days.

* If you missed Friday night’s 90-minute series finale of “Friday Night Lights,” be advised a 65-minute version with limited promos for shows on NBC and other cable networks owned by its parent company is available on Time Warner’s Prime Time on Demand.

Spoiler alert: If you haven’t seen it and don’t want to know what happened, skip the next few paragprahs.

The series ended with Coach Eric Taylor (Kyle Chandler) finally compromising and telling his wife Tami (Connie Britton) that “it is your turn” to take a job as dean of admissions at a college in Philadelphia. He became coach of the college football team.

The development was necessary if the Taylors were to continue to portray one of the best – if next the best – marriages on TV ever.

Now if only President Obama and the Republicans could reach such a compromise on the debt ceiling.

In other “Lights” sub-plots, Tim Riggins (Taylor Kitsch) started building his dream house with his brother and they both declared “Texas forever.” The Taylors’ 18-year-daughter daughter Julie (Aimee Teegarden) became engaged to Matt Saracen (Zach Gilford).

And the Dillon Lions led by Coach Taylor won a state title on a Hail Mary pass that viewers only knew was completed because of the rings on the fingers of the players the following summer when a championship banner also was displayed.

It was beautifully-written in every way, which is why Jason Katims earned an Emmy writing nomination for the episode called “Always.”

* Speaking of the Emmys, the nominating voters seemed to be sending a message to the 60something late night hosts David Letterman and Jay Leno and their younger writers.

Letterman and Leno weren’t nominated in the category of Outstanding Variety Music or Comedy Series or nominated for writing in that category.

Leno’s failure to be nominated is no surprise. He has never been an Emmy favorite. But the absence of Letterman is a big surprise.

The nominees included Conan O’Brien’s TBS show and NBC’s “Late Night with Jimmy Fallon.” Both of those nominations are a shot at Leno since he took back “The Tonight Show” from Conan and Fallon’s show follows Leno’s on NBC.

The rest of the nominees in the Outstanding Variety Music or Comedy series were “The Colbert Report,” “The Daily Show with Jon Stewart,” “Saturday Night Live” and HBO’s “Real Time with Bill Maher.”

The Emmy message seems to be it is time to let the younger hosts get their due even if their ratings don’t approach those of Leno or Letterman.

* Finally, the executive producer of “Glee” announced that the 2011-12 season will be the final one for stars Lea Michele, Cory Monteith and Chris Colfer. I understand they can’t realistically stay in high school forever but “Glee” has never been big on realism anyway. Hopefully, the show will find a way to include them in some sweeps episodes after their final full season in 2011-12.

pergament@msn.com.

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