Twenty Good Years

Twenty Good Years
Created by	Michael Leeson Marsh McCall
Starring	Jeffrey Tambor John Lithgow Heather Burns Jake Sandvig
Composer(s)	Steve Hampton John Adair
Country of origin	United States
Original language(s)	English
No. of seasons	1
No. of episodes	13 (9 unaired)
Production
Camera setup	Multi-camera
Running time	30 minutes
Production company(s)	Marsh McCall Productions Werner/Gold/Miller Productions Warner Bros. Television
Release
Original network	NBC
Original release	October 11 – November 1, 2006 (2006-11-01)
External links
Website

Twenty Good Years is an American sitcom that aired on NBC from October 11, 2006, until November 1, 2006. The series Jeffrey Tambor, John Lithgow, Heather Burns and Jake Sandvig.

Synopsis

John Lithgow plays John Mason, a surgeon forced into semi-retirement, while Jeffrey Tambor was Jeffrey Pyne, a judge. The comedy show was about two old friends that appeared to be polar opposites in many situations. One thing they agreed upon, however, is that life is short and both men vowed to live every day like it is their last, since they figured at their age, they only had "twenty good years" to live.

On May 14, 2007, the series was officially canceled by NBC.

Ratings and reception

Since the series debut, Twenty Good Years had been plagued by schedule changes before the season began, as well as receiving mixed-to-negative reviews. They had also placed fourth in its Wednesday time period and continued to slip since the first episode. On October 25, 2006, NBC announced that it was replacing the Wednesday night comedy block with specials, pulling Twenty Good Years from the schedule with no plans for a return.

Episodes

Ep #	Episode	Air date	Overview
1	Pilot	October 11, 2006	Meet John and Jeffrey, two complete opposites who can only agree on one thing – they only have twenty good years left to live. In spite of the differences between the two, they vow to live each day as if it were their last – without looking back and without any regrets.
2	"Big Love"	October 18, 2006	John and Jeffrey go to a rock music club. To their surprise, the club’s sexy owner (Jane Leeves) flirts with them and invites them to an after-party. John and Jeffrey end up dating her at the same time and she offers a challenge that may be too much for them to handle.
3	"The Elbow Incident"	October 25, 2006	When Jeffrey hurts his elbow in a basketball game against two younger players he refuses to let John operate because he is afraid of hospitals. This does not sit well with John because he wants a rematch against the younger players.
4	"Jeffrey's Choice"	November 1, 2006	John does not like it when Jeffrey's ex-girlfriend Gina shows up again. He is afraid it will ruin the plans he has for him and Jeffrey.
5	"Sorry, Wrong Ship"	Unaired	Hugh reluctantly invites John and Jeffrey to a yacht party with Hugh’s model friends; however John and Jeffrey accidentally board the wrong yacht which is populated with mourners on their way to spread their friends’ ashes at sea.
6	"The Bong Show"	Unaired	When Jeffrey accidentally buys a bong thinking it is a vase, John sneaks it into the background of a formal photo being taken of Jeffrey to be hung in the courthouse in honour of twenty years of service as a judge.
7	"Murder He Thought"	Unaired	Gina claims to have gone into therapy and changed her behaviour. However, John refuses to believe her, but Jeffrey allows Gina to come along on a spelunking expedition where she falls and breaks her leg.
8	"Between Brock and a Hard Place"	Unaired	When Jeffrey and John's neighbor, Brock Manley, invites them to apply for membership in "The Magellan Adventure Club," an exclusive, all male club, it leads the two friends into an initiation process they didn't bargain for.
9	"They Shoot Turkeys, Don't They?"	Unaired	As they prepare for Thanksgiving, Jeffrey struggles to teach Hugh how to make the perfect pie and John makes plans to hunt for his turkey dinner. Meanwhile, John finds out about Stella's relationship with the doctor hired to replace him.
10	"Remember the Alimony"	Unaired	When John’s ex-wife, Kate announces that she is engaged, John is ecstatic because he won’t be paying alimony to her anymore. Jeffrey suspects that Kate’s fiancé is gay after admitting that he’s ‘living a lie’.
11	"John's Old Lady"	Unaired	Jeffrey notices that John’s constant bickering with their attractive middle-aged next door neighbour is just thinly-veiled flirtation. Meanwhile, a sexy law student flirts with Jeffrey; however they do not have much in common with each other.
12	"The Crying Game"	Unaired	When John’s date accuses him of being unemotional, John pretends to cry, however she sees through him. Meanwhile, Jeffrey cooks in a smoky kitchen because his building manager always ignores his pleas to fix the broken vent and a stuck window.
13	"Come Fly with Me"	Unaired	Jeffrey finds the woman that he wants to spend the rest of his life with and, as always, John’s not happy about it. Feeling rejected, John goes to Las Vegas and returns the next day with a new wife, a Korean blackjack dealer.

International broadcasts

Country	Broadcaster	Timeslot	Notes
Australia	Nine HD		The entire series has been broadcast.
Belgium	VT4	15:40 (UTC+1)
Brazil	SBT
Bulgaria	Nova television
Denmark	6'eren
Slovenia	Kanal A	Midnight (UTC+1)	The entire series has been broadcast.
New Zealand	TV2
Finland	MTV3
Russia	NTV		The entire series has been broadcast.
Macedonia	A2 TV
Cyprus	Nimonia
Ukraine	Novyi Kanal
Norway	TV3

External links

• Twenty Good Years at IMDb
• Twenty Good Years at TV.com