You know what this world needs? Another Desperate Housewives.
Courtney Cox is back in—no, really, this is the actual name of the show—Cougar Town. Cougar Town. What was once a youth soccer league team name now becomes a comedy on ABC (DISH 73, Wednesdays, 9:30 PM.)
Here’s the pitch on ABC’s website: “Can a woman of a certain age be a mom, a successful career woman and still on the prowl? Jules Cobb (Courteney Cox) is about to give it a try in Cougar Town—the comedy that dares to tell the truth about dating after divorce.”
Well, good heavens. Sounds groundbreaking. I enjoy a good comedy that dares to the tell truth about dating after divorce. Let’s ask One Day at a Time about it sometime, shall we?
And no doubt this is a comedy, if it purports to portray Cox as “a woman of a certain age.” She’s pulled, lifted, and tanned within an inch of her former Friends life, and according to the previews, all Women of a Certain Age who are also busy mothers and career women strut through cocktail parties, have juuuuust the right shade of lipstick, and land frat boys. If Cox isn’t living in that ridiculously underpriced Manhattan loft anymore, she’d better double- check that her street address isn’t Wisteria Lane.
The site further promises that “40 is the new 20!” and that there’s already a “Top Five Fan Questions for Cougar Town.” It seems just another one of those frustrating mainstream media memes that there’s nothing wrong with growing older—and then continues to glorify youth.
Speaking of, if you miss Cox on Friends, she’s easily locatable on a syndicated rerun near you. Not sure if that’s a show which DARES TO TELL THE TRUTH ABOUT DATING, but at least you’ll get to look at a pretty coffeehouse.
