I'm not 40, I'm not single, and I don't have children, but Cougar Town starring Courtney Cox has the been the one show I've marked my calendar for since I saw the add on the back of one of my boyfriend's FHM magazines. And it didn't disappoint.
Cougar Town, which innocently derives it's name from the local high school's mascot, the Cougar--but obviously eludes to the slang term of an older woman who prefers younger men--follows Jules Cobb (Courtney Cox), a real estate agent and recently divorced woman in her forties with a 17-year-old son who attempts to slide her way back into the dating pool with some encouragement from her young co-worker and friend Laurie Keller (Busy Phillips). However, when she finds all the men her age--particularly her attractive neighbor Grayson Ellis (Josh Hopkins)--are all dating barely legal women, she goes on the prowl and bags herself a young stud.
However, being middle aged and smokin' hot isn't all it's cracked up to be when you have a son who's a senior in high school. Travis Cobb (Dan Byrd), ends up attacking a fellow student who taunts him with a real estate poster boasting his very drunk and very busty mother which students are stealing so they can "pleasure themselves" to them. Other embarrassing and hilarious moments haunt Travis through the course of the episode, including his dead-beat dad Bobby (Brian Van Holt) mowing lawns at his school and coming home to find his mother in a "awkward" position with a man who's barely older than he is.
The Pilot episode had me (and my boyfriend!) laughing for the entire half-hour. The show is both funny and raunchy, and Courtney Cox--reminiscent of her role as Monica Gellar on the hit show Friends--delivers a hilarious performance which is backed up by a solid supporting cast. So no, you don't have to be a middle-aged, single woman to appreciate the hilarity of this show. You don't even have to be female!
