Older actors are more attractive?

Thanks to amytomiko for the heads-up. ♥Source: MiamiHerald.comWhy do so many successful shows star the over-50 crowd?Posted on Sun, Mar. 30, 2008BY GLENN GARVIN…Leblang’s network has amassed one of the youngest adult audiences in television with shows peopled largely by characters in various stages of middle-aged burnout. Among the most popular: Rescue Me, starring 50-year-old Denis Leary as a fireman whose mid-life crisis was triggered by the Sept. 11 attacks. Median age of its viewers: 37. Even more pronounced is the age gap between the star of cranky-old-man sitcom It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia, 63-year-old Danny DeVito, and his audience — more than half of it under 35. Concludes Leblang: “There is something to be said for the idea that people of any age want to watch compelling television, no matter who it stars or what it’s about.”That’s certainly supported by the rankings of Q scores among television personalities compiled by the New York-based Marketing Evaluations. Of the top five men in prime time, the youngest is CSI’s George Eads, 41. Even among actresses, where the conventional wisdom is that age is a curse, the top three are Law & Order: SVU’s Mariska Hargitay (44), CSI’s Marg Helgenberger (49) and sitcom star Reba McEntire (53)…Click here for full article and list. :)