If you've been to the movies lately, you know that the movie industry generally likes its stars under 40. (And maybe a little older for guys like Owen Wilson, 42, or Brad Pitt, 47) and there's the general feeling that the older a woman gets, the harder time she has trying to get roles. But television is a different story. On many shows right now, the lead actors could be (and probably are) receiving a free subscription to AARP magazine.
On TV, characters in the baby boomer generation (who are now between 47 and 65) are leading investigations, litigating cases, seeking romance and handling annoying family dynamics. And, it doesn't seem to matter if they're male or female. On CBS' Blue Bloods, Tom Selleck, 66, is playing the patriarch of a family of cops. On NBC's Harry's Law and DirecTV's Damages, Kathy Bates, 62, and Glenn Close, 63, are, respectively, formidable lawyers steamrolling over their opponents. On CBS's Crime Scene Investigation, Laurence Fishburne, 49, and Marg Helgenberger, 52, lead a team of agents.
On TV, anyway, talent and experience appears to help actors. On ABC's Modern Family, Ed O'Neill, 64, fits right in with the young cast, and Fox's The Middle, revolves entirely around Patricia Heaton, 53. And all the stars of TV Land's surprise hit, Hot in Cleveland, are boomers: Valerie Bertinelli, 50, Wendie Malick, 60, and Jane Leeves, 49. Of course, there's Betty White, too, who's 89.
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