Ray Romano is plotting a return to the smallscreen via TNT, reports Variety.

Comic thesp has teamed with "Everybody Loves Raymond" scribe-producer Mike Royce to create "Men of a Certain Age," a comedic one-hour drama in which Romano will also star. In a rare move, TNT is going straight to pilot on the script, which was written outside the normal development process.

"Men" will revolve around three men in their 40s, friends since college, who now find themselves going through midlife crises of various sorts. Project is described as akin to "Sideways" in tone.