Back in May there were rumblings that plans were in the works to rename the ABC comedy Cougar Town to something more suitable to what the show has become. Initially, Cougar Town was meant to be a show about an older woman, played by Courteney Cox-Arquette, who slept around with a bunch of younger guys [...]
Back in May there were rumblings that plans were in the works to rename the ABC comedy Cougar Town to something more suitable to what the show has become. Initially, Cougar Town was meant to be a show about an older woman, played by Courteney Cox-Arquette, who slept around with a bunch of younger guys … but as the first season unfolded, the show really became about a family of friends just living their lives without very much Cougarness going on at all. But, despite the fact that the show really isn’t about a Cougar character anymore, the powers that be at ABC have decided to stick with the name and not change it when the show returns for season 2 this Fall:
The exhaustive search for a new title for ABC’s Cougar Town—one that better reflects the show’s evolution from single-woman-on-the-prowl sitcom to dysfunctional-family comedy—has been scrapped, exec producer Bill Lawrence confirms to me exclusively. “I’m not changing the title,” Lawrence tells me. “We never thought of a good new one, which kind of sucks. And when you look at the modern landscape of television, changing the title means changing your DVR and all this other stuff.” Lawrence says he’s hopeful the publicity surrounding the proposed title change will “get the message out” that Cougar Town has become a different (and vastly improved) show. “It’ll be a funny burden to have,” he shrugs. “It might be the worst titled show of all time.”
I’m totally on the fence with this one … one the one hand, I really hate the name Cougar Town because it really does NOT reflect the show at all. On the other hand, even if it remains Cougar Town, I’m still gonna watch and love the show. If they ever were going to change the title, now’s the time to do it … if they come back for season 2 with the name intact, that’s it … they can never, ever change it. But, no matter what it’s called, Cougar Town remains one of my fave new shows of last season and I cannot wait for its return.
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