This Fall, Courtney Cox will be bringing the subject of Cougars to the small screen. ABC’s Cougar Town, premieres September 23, 2009, at 9:30/8:30 central. Cox both produces and stars in this comedy about a divorced mother in her 40s. Cougars, in case you were somehow not yet aware, are older women who date younger men.
In a small Florida town, the center of high society is the Cougars high school football team… which is wildly appropriate since this town is the natural habitat for over-tanned, under-dressed divorcées prowling for younger men. Jules desperately doesn’t want to be one of them, but with an ugly divorce behind her and 40 staring right back at her, she’s longing for a little more action in her life. The available men her own age, like her silver fox of a neighbor, Grayson Ellis, only seem interested in dating barely legal hotties. Egged on by her very married and very irreverent best friend Ellie and her determined assistant Laurie, Jules reluctantly dips her toe back into the dating pool. To her surprise, she hits it off with a nice young guy named Matt — emphasis on the young — and discovers this gal still has the goods.
I like Courtney Cox and I think she’s good with the comedy, but I was sorry to see that her show Dirt, from the FX Network was canceled. It was definitely not in the comedy vein. Check out the show Cougar Town ABC website for more information about the show.
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