# Men At Work (2012)

> Four young men in Los Angeles navigate friendship, dating and the chaos of their shared workplace in this TBS sitcom.

Canonical page: https://ember.film/tv/38861

## Facts

- Seasons: 3
- Episodes: 30
- Episode runtime: 22 min
- Status: Ended
- Genres: comedy
- Created by: Breckin Meyer
- Network: TBS
- Cast: James Lesure, Danny Masterson, Michael Cassidy, Adam Busch, Meredith Hagner, Julian Morris, Molly Sims, Kelen Coleman
- TMDB rating: 7.0/10
- IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1942919/

## Ember's analysis

- Pacing: brisk
- Intensity: mild
- Complexity: simple
- Violence: none
- Tone: breezy, irreverent, crude, affable, comforting

## What critics say

Audience reception is mixed to positive, with viewers appreciating the easygoing workplace-style comedy and its ensemble of male friends.

## Synopsis

Men at Work (2012-2014) is an American comedy series created by Breckin Meyer for TBS. Set among a close circle of young men in Los Angeles, it follows Milo Foster (Danny Masterson) alongside friends Gibbs (James Lesure), Tyler (Michael Cassidy) and Neal (Adam Busch), who share a household and a scrambling small-business life. The engine of the show is the friction between ambition and laziness: each half-hour episode stacks up schemes, romantic misfires and the sort of petty rivalry that flares when friends are stuck in each other's pockets. Meredith Hagner plays Amy, a recurring figure in the group's social orbit, and guest appearances add comic spice across the run. Running three seasons and thirty episodes of roughly twenty-two minutes each, the series is a standalone sitcom format with light serial threads rather than a case-of-the-week structure. Its tone is breezy, crude and affable, with buddy banter that leans on bachelor-life mischief more than sharp satire. Fans of Workaholics, Entourage and Two and a Half Men will find a similar cable-comedy energy: loose, irreverent and built on the easy chemistry of a male friend group trying to get ahead while mostly getting in their own way.

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