The broadcast networks once again will give viewers extra chances to catch the premieres of their new series.
“Cougar Town” (ABC, Wednesday, September 23 at 9:30/8:30c) – Friday, September 25 at 9:30/8:30c
Category: Cougar Town
Courteney Cox is home on Cougar Town
Monday, Sep 7, 2009
Courteney Cox has found her groove with Cougar Town. The 45-year-old television actress said she is more enthusiastic about the series than anything she has ever done.
Cox plays a divorced mother trying to find love in Florida. She said: “I hope this show is a huge hit and that people love it. Because I like playing this character more than any character I’ve ever played.”
Bill Lawrence, co-creator of Cougar with Kevin Biegel, said Cox’s character, Jules, is built around her real-life personality. Lawrence said: “I wanted her to be like Courteney. If you talk to Courteney when she’s off-guard, or when she’s being herself, she’s incredibly frank, she’s incredibly brassy. Very opinionated, very self-deprecating. But at heart she’s still a goofball.”
COUGAR TOWN Season Premiere Preview
Monday, Sep 7, 2009
Here’s a couple more previews of the Cougar Town premiere.Not great quality sorry
Better than Friends? Courteney Cox reveals Cougar Town role is ‘more me than Monica’
Friday, Sep 4, 2009
The comedy sees her star as Jules, a fortysomething single mother of a 17-year-old son.Fans will see her on the prowl for younger men as she tries to get back into the dating scene.
Earlier this month, the star hinted that her Friends co-star and real-life best friend Jennifer Aniston may make a guest appearance in the ABC sitcom.
It’s five years since she appeared in Friends, but to her fans Courteney Cox will forever be Monica Geller.So it may come as a shock to learn that the actress much prefers her latest role, as the star of Cougar Town.
Courteney, who plays a man-eating divorcee, says: ‘I hope this show is a huge hit and that people love it. Because I like playing this character more than any character I’ve ever played.’And she told the LA Times she prefers her new show to acting in Friends.’This show says what I think,’ she explained.
In photos to promote the show mother-of-one Cox sits with her legs swung around a chair. Her toned figure looks decades younger than her 45 years.
TVGuide.com Editors Pick the Eight Must-Watch New Shows Premiering This Fall
Tuesday, Sep 1, 2009
TVGuide.com, a one-stop entertainment and video destination reaching more than 19 million unique users per month, today announced its list of the eight must-watch shows debuting on network television this fall. The 2009 fall television season officially gets under way Tuesday, September 8.
TVGuide.com’s editorial team selected eight shows that stand out as the most fun, the highest quality and the most buzz-worthy out of the 21 new shows premiering on the five major networks this fall. The eight shows are (listed in alphabetical order): Community (NBC), Cougar Town (ABC), FlashForward (ABC), Glee (FOX), Melrose Place (CW), Modern Family (ABC), NCIS: Los Angeles (CBS), and The Vampire Diaries (CW).
A complete schedule of new and returning television premiere dates, online video previews and streaming episodes, and show recaps and synopses are available in the Fall Preview section of TVGuide.com. In addition, TV Guide Network will premiere its two-hour “2009 Fall TV Preview” special on Sunday, September 13 at 8:00 p.m. ET/PT.
TVGuide.com Senior Editor Mickey O’Connor had the following comments for each show, listed by network:
Cougar Town (September 23) – “Cougars everywhere rejoice! Courteney Cox shines in her funniest role since Friends.”
2009-2010 New Show Awareness By Each Network
Tuesday, Sep 1, 2009
Awareness studies from Nielsen go to all the networks to help them determine how many potential viewers are aware of their new shows… And if the broadcasters need to adjust their marketing messages… Some of this is a slippery slope because, say, a network show is premiering late and the marketing has barely begun… Spinoffs and remakes (NCIS, Cleveland Show, Melrose Place, SNL) tend to have higher awareness than new originals… Dramas usually have higher awareness than sitcoms at this stage of the summer because they start production earlier and have more footage to show… So, with those warnings:
Best Awareness Among 18-49 Demo By Network
Cougar Town
Flash Forward (strong intent-to-view sentiment among those aware of this show)
Worst: Hank
NCIS: Los Angeles (also strong intent to view)
The Good Wife
Worst: Three Rivers (doesn’t premiere until October)
Glee
The Cleveland Show (very strong intent to view)
Worst: Brothers
Trauma
SNL Weekend Update (good intent-to-view)
Worst: Community
Melrose Place
Vampire Diaries (strong intent to view)
Worst: The Beautiful Life
