According to The Hollywood Reporter, ABC has cut loose two of their big new fall dramas, "Last Resort" and "666 Park Avenue."

Both were good shows ("Last Resort" being the better of the two) but had trouble finding audiences.

"Last Resort," about members of a U.S. nuclear submarine crew in a standoff against their own military, starred Andre Braugher and Scott Speedman. "666 Park Avenue," about a haunted apartment building in Manhattan, starred Terry O'Quinn, Vanessa Williams and Dave Annable.

Both shows had 13-episode orders and that's all they'll get. ABC will air all 13 episodes in their original order and in their original timeslots, so there's that.

The Last Resort
Thursdays at 8 on ABC

"The Last Resort," debuting tonight at 8 on ABC, is one of those "no distractions while you watch" shows. There shall be no reading through emails or leafing through magazines during this fast-paced drama.

But if you watch this and you pay attention, the payoff is high.

Andre Braugher ("Homicide: Life On the Streets," "Men of a Certain Age") plays the captain of a U.S. nuclear submarine, which receives a mysterious order out of the blue to fire nuclear weapons on Pakistan. When Braugher, as Capt. Marcus Chaplin, asks for clarification of the order from a higher authority, he is relieved of his command, and the sub turned over to his second, played by Scott Speedman ("Felicity"). When Speedman, as XO Sam Kendal, repeats Chaplin's request, the submarine is fired upon and hit by a U.S. warship.

No Happiness at Warm TV!

Looks like TNT has canceled the low-rated but excellent drama, "Men of a Certain Age." The show starred Andre Braugher, Ray Romano, and Scott Bakula. TNT called the decision "extremely difficult." Whatever.

At least in the final episode, it felt like there was a little closure for the characters, with things finally (maybe) looking up for each of them. We'll cling to that.

Here's the full story on the sad cancelation.

The second season starts tonight and to celebrate, we've got "Men Of A Certain Age: The Complete First Season."

If you haven't been watching this TNT show, you're missing something very special. It's the story of three friends, played by Ray Romano, Scott Bakula and Andre Braugher, navigating their late 40s. Ramono's character, Joe, is neurotic and recently separated; he runs a party store, but once dreamed of being a golfer. Terry (Bakula) is an actor, although most of his performances are in the bedroom. Classic Peter Pan. Braugher plays Owen, a husband and father and car salesman at his difficult father's dealership.

Braugher got an Emmy nomination for his part, but all the actors are good -- Romano, I'd say is a revelation.

You'll get two discs with 10 episodes, behind-the-scenes features, deleted scenes, a gag reel, and commentary.

And if you've never watched the show before, catching up will be EZ!

Just email me by 9 tonight (12/6) with your address in the body. A random drawing will determine the winner. Good luck!

If you hear someone calling TNT's new Ray Romano vehicle "Men of a Certain Age" a "'Cougar Town' for men," ignore them. Sure, both shows deal with the same overall theme: middle-aged people fretting over saggy bodies, unrealized professional dreams, and strained family relationships. But that's where the similarities end.

"Men" is definitely not a sitcom, though at times, Romano is very funny as the lonely, goofy party store owner Joe, with a gambling addiction (an unnecessary element, in my opinion) and a failed marriage. And it turns out Romano is a solid dramatic actor as well.

The show is difficult to categorize, but I'd call it a light drama sprinkled with "guy humor" that never gets adolescent or silly in the way "Two and a Half Men" does.

At the end of last season's "House," the quickly deteriorating (not to mention hallucinating) Dr. Gregory House (Hugh Laurie) could no longer deny the severity of his drug addiction, so he committed himself to a mental institution to kick that nasty Vicodin habit and get a handle on his demons.

Tonight's season 6 premiere picks up exactly where that finale left off: House is a newly admitted patient and going through the painful withdrawals on his way to getting clean. But in fact, the "cleaning" of House actually takes up very little time in the 2-hour debut.

The good stuff is what happens next, and it's difficult to overstate just how extraordinary this episode is.