Courtney Cox Developing A Sitcom Called "Cougar Town"
Posted on 31. Oct, 2008 by CSS in Entertainment, TV
Courtney Cox is creating a new show, she is teaming up with former Friends writer Bill Lawrence. (Bill is also the creator of Spin City and Scrubs) He is set to produce Cougar Town, while Courtney stars in it- the show is about a newly single 40 year old woman:
Welcome to “Cougar Town.” ABC has greenlighted a single-camera comedy pilot from “Scrubs” creator Bill Lawrence to star “Friends” alumna Courteney Cox. Produced by ABC Studios and penned by Lawrence and “Scrubs” writer Kevin Biegel, “Cougar Town” centers on an attractive, newly single 40-year-old mom (Cox) with a 17-year-old son.
“Forty-year-old women on TV are so beautiful and perfect and wrinkle-free,” said Lawrence, who first worked with Cox when he was a writer on “Friends.” “People don’t do the reality of it, and there is a real comedy area about a woman who is talking about Botox, about having sex with the lights on and how her body is changing.”
Lawrence and Biegel had the idea for the show for a while, and Lawrence felt that Cox, whom he describes as “comedically fearless,” would be perfect for the lead. After the actress guest-starred on the opening three episodes of the upcoming season of “Scrubs,” he approached her. Cox said she has been “a huge fan of Bill Lawrence and his comedic sensibilities” since “Friends” and that “after having such a great time with him on ‘Scrubs,’ it felt like the perfect fit.”
-The Hollywood Reporter
I am a big fan of Courtney’s I tried to hang with her on Dirt but it just wasn’t for me- this sounds like a potentially funny show that could be a hit if it’s well written and has a good cast to back it up.
