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'Cougar Town' signs Ric Swartzlander as new showrunner

4 hours ago | Zap2It - From Inside the Box | See recent Zap2It - From Inside the Box news »

Many changes are afoot for "Cougar Town." Not only is the Courteney Cox-fronted show jumping to a new network (TBS), but production will be in the hands of a new showrunner: Ric Swartzlander, reports EW, who previously helmed "Gary Unmarried."

The news comes less than two weeks after "Cougar Town" creators Bill Lawrence and Kevin Biegel stepped down.

"As a producer, I can't wait. This is a fresh start," Cox told Vulture when Biegel and Lawrence left. "It will feel like the same show, but we're going to have a new [showunner], there will be new people, new changes."

Biegel and Lawrence will still be "actively" involved in the show, but Swartzlander will run day-to-day operations. Meanwhile, Lawrence will develop new projects for Warner Brothers TV.

TBS plans to start airing a new 15-episode fourth season in 2013 and holds an option for a fifth season, too. »

- editorial@zap2it.com

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Courteney Cox cheers 'Cougar Town's' move to TBS

22 May 2012 4:59 PM, PDT | Zap2It - From Inside the Box | See recent Zap2It - From Inside the Box news »

In the wake of TBS picking up "Cougar Town" after ABC dropped it, Courteney Cox tells Zap2it, "I am looking forward to being on a network where we will get a lot of support."

No need to read between the lines. She pretty much says what had long been known in the industry -- the cast and showrunners had felt ABC was not helping the show enough.

"They will promo us like crazy," Cox says of TBS, which will begin airing new episodes of "Cougar Town" early next year.

Co-creator Bill Lawrence is stepping down as showrunner, but Cox says, "I feel like he will take care of us in whatever capacity he can, as much as he can. But I feel like we will be taken care of. And he is so amazing."

After three seasons of playing Jules Cobb, a divorced mom who knows the benefits of an enormous glass of wine, »

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Our favorite onscreen male strippers, from Chris Farley to Danny DeVito -- Video

17 May 2012 1:40 PM, PDT | EW.com - PopWatch | See recent EW.com - PopWatch news »

In case you hadn’t noticed, EW is just a little excited about Magic Mike, the upcoming male stripper movie in which Channing Tatum finally takes off his shirt. While exotic lady dancers have been baring it all on film since before Edison invented the Kinetoscope, their Y-chromosome counterparts haven’t had nearly as much onscreen exposure.

We’re tempted to call Magic Mike an important, pioneering movie about naked dudes — but it’s not the first to shatter Hollywood’s onscreen stripper glass ceiling. Tatum and his costars are pelvic thrusting on the shoulders of giants who are also doing pelvic thrusts. »

- Hillary Busis

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As Cougar Town Bosses Step Down, Creator Bill Lawrence Asks Fans to 'Chill'

16 May 2012 3:35 PM, PDT | TVLine.com | See recent TVLine.com news »

Cougar Town‘s new cable home on TBS won’t be the only change for the show next season. It will also have a new leader.

Related | Cougar Town Boss Bill Lawrence on Show’s Move to Cable: ‘TBS Is Not Doing This Rinky-Dink’

Co-creators Bill Lawrence and Kevin Biegel will be stepping down from to day-to-day showrunner duties on the comedy series, now wrapping its third season on ABC, Vulture reports.

Star Courteney Cox broke the news to the site, saying, “[Season 4] is a fresh start. It will feel like the same show, but we’re going to have a »

- Vlada Gelman

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Bill Lawrence won't be running Cougar Town when it moves to TBS

16 May 2012 3:28 PM, PDT | avclub.com | See recent The AV Club news »

Although Cougar Town was saved from cancellation by a last-minute move to TBS, like its near-weekly screenings of the movie Road Trip, some things will be missing. Namely, series co-creators Bill Lawrence and Kevin Biegel, who will step down from their day-to-day showrunning duties and instead take on more of a "consulting" role in its basic-cable incarnation. The news was first reported by Vulture during an interview with Courteney Cox, who called Lawrence's leaving a "fresh start"—an optimistic assessment that naturally led to enough people freaking out, apparently, that Lawrence had to issue the following edict on Twitter »

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Bill Lawrence Won’t Be Cougar Town’s Showrunner Next Season

16 May 2012 1:05 PM, PDT | Vulture | See recent Vulture news »

With Wednesday's announcement that Cougar Town would officially be coming to TBS, we couldn't help but ask star Courteney Cox the second burning question on our minds: Has she, like her alter ego Jules during last night's episode, ever forgotten to flush? "I actually don't flush a lot," she admitted to Vulture at the Turner networks upfront luncheon at Del Posto. "That's because I pee about five times during the night. If I flushed every time, somebody would would wake up. I flush when it's important, you know?" So that's settled! As for the move from ABC to a new network, the actress couldn't be happier about the cul-de-sac crew boozing into the New Year, and it's all thanks to series creator Bill Lawrence's "never say die" attitude. "You know, Bill kept saying this show is not going to go away, it's not going to go away. When he »

- Denise Martin And Josef Adalian

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Cougar Town: 2011-12 Season Ratings

16 May 2012 10:00 AM, PDT | TVSeriesFinale.com | See recent TVSeriesFinale news »

Here are the ratings for the Cougar Town TV series. This season, Jules (Courteney Cox) gets engaged to her boyfriend Grayson (Josh Hopkins). Will they make it to the chapel? The third season of Cougar Town typically airs Tuesday nights at 8:30pm on the ABC network.

These are the TV show's ratings for the 2011-12 season, the best way to tell if Cougar Town is going to be cancelled or renewed for season four. Check out our ABC ratings report card to see how this show's numbers compare with the others on the network.

These figures will be updated as the weeks progress so be sure to bookmark and return to this page:

Episode 03-13: Tuesday, 05/15/12

1.0 in the demo (0% episode-to-episode change) with 3.3 million. (These are fast affiliate numbers and will be updated to reflect »

- TVSeriesFinale.com

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Courteney Cox Calls 'Cougar Town' Move 'A Perfect Fit'

16 May 2012 9:01 AM, PDT | Huffington Post | See recent Huffington Post news »

TBS welcomed "Cougar Town," its new star acquisition, Wednesday morning at the TNT/TBS 2012 Upfront presentation.

"Cougar Town" is "the only show that consumes more red wine at the upfronts than you do," TBS executive vice president and head of programming Michael Wright quipped when he introduced the comedy -- which Turner saved from it's not-so-bright future with ABC -- to assembled media and advertisers.

As the show's cast took to the stage, Courteney Cox spoke warmly about "Cougar Town's" move from ABC to TBS. "Everyone at 'Cougar Town' is thrilled to be a part of this new home at TBS. This network is a destination for new comedy and we know that 'Cougar Town' and TBS will be a perfect fit."

The other major development of the upfront presentation was Turner's plan to accelerate original programming to a year-round schedule on both networks.

As part of that strategy, »

- Alex Moaba

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EW's Morning Bite: And the best sound bite from last night is...

16 May 2012 8:13 AM, PDT | EW.com - PopWatch | See recent EW.com - PopWatch news »

Submitted by Clintbrown85:

“What if we’re not around next fall? What if a new group comes in and replaces us? Everybody is gonna be like, what happened to the cul-de-sac crew? I miss them. Who are these new people? They’re not so good.” 

– Jules (Courteney Cox) on Cougar Town

Check out the rest of your quote submissions from Tuesday, May 15, and come back tonight to share your pick for best sound bite!

Read more:

A double dose of ‘Cougar Town’: Discuss last night’s episodes

TBS saves ‘Cougar Town

Cougar Town’: Do you want a Travis and Laurie romance? »

- EW staff

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A double dose of 'Cougar Town': Discuss last night's episodes

15 May 2012 9:15 PM, PDT | EW.com - PopWatch | See recent EW.com - PopWatch news »

Well I can’t be too mad at ABC for its many Cougar Town preemptions because last night we got a double dose of our favorite cul-de-sac crew. (Also, cheers to TBS!)  So in lieu of a normal recap, we’ll just recount the night’s most memorable moments and lines. And with a full hour of Jules & Co., there was plenty of funny.

In the first episode, “Square One,” Jules and Grayson were forced to move in together after last week’s hurricane damaged Grayson’s house. Meanwhile, Ellie and Laurie fought over who was the sexiest. They enlisted »

- Breia Brissey

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The John Bensalhia Column: Scream of the crop

14 May 2012 1:07 PM, PDT | Shadowlocked | See recent Shadowlocked news »

So here is a slight change of pace – I'll be branching out into other areas apart from Doctor Who, including film franchises, TV shows and comedies. How's about kicking off with a scary movie series then? Newbies be warned – there are so many spoilers in this article, that Doctor Who's River Song would explode with smug rage.

By the middle of the 1990s, the horror film had seemingly died for good. Just like Dracula slowly rotting away to a skeleton, the horror genre had slowly ebbed away for the past decade or so. Hammer Horror classics from the 1960s and 1970s had given way to popular horror franchises in the 1980s such as Friday The 13th and A Nightmare On Elm Street, but even by the mid-1990s, these had seemingly vanished into the ether. However, acclaimed director Wes Craven along with Kevin Williamson were to breathe new life into the rotting genre. »

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Cougar Town Boss Talks Move to TBS: How Does Cast Really Feel, and Are They Making Less?

11 May 2012 | E! Online | See recent E! Online news »

"They are thrilled." This is how Cougar Town executive producer Bill Lawrence describes the mood from Courteney Cox and the rest of his cast, as the news broke today that the ABC comedy will be moving to TBS for a fourth season. But is it true his stars are making less with the new TBS deal? And are there any hard feelings regarding ABC, which let them go? Read on for the scoop from Cougar Town's head honcho… Now that you aren't airing on ABC any more, what can you say about their lack of promotion the last season or two? Any hard feelings? Not at all. ABC is also the studio and ABC and Disney did all the legwork on this. The fact that they not only kept the show going, »

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Cougar Town Boss Talks Move to TBS: How Does Cast Really Feel, and Are They Making Less?

11 May 2012 | E! Online - UK | See recent E! Online - UK news »

"They are thrilled." This is how Cougar Town executive producer Bill Lawrence describes the mood from Courteney Cox and the rest of his cast, as the news broke today that the ABC comedy will be moving to TBS for a fourth season. But is it true his stars are making less with the new TBS deal? And are there any hard feelings regarding ABC, which let them go? Read on for the scoop from Cougar Town's head honcho… Now that you aren't airing on ABC any more, what can you say about their lack of promotion the last season or two? Any hard feelings? Not at all. ABC is also the studio and ABC and Disney did all the legwork on this. The fact that they not only kept the show going, »

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Cougar Town Headed to TBS Where a Big-Time Marketing Push Awaits

10 May 2012 9:30 PM, PDT | TheHDRoom | See recent TheHDRoom news »

TBS is rolling the dice on ABC's Cougar Town starring Courteney Cox by taking over the series for at least the next season, the show's fourth.

This past season on ABC, Cougar Town hit a slippery ratings slope when the network moved it away from its effective Modern Family lead-in to Tuesday nights. Even though 61 episodes were already in the can and only two seasons were left to reach syndication, ABC was thought to be on the cusp of axing the show or cutting its episodes back to 13.

Don't expect TBS to cut corners on Cougar Town just to ride it out to 100 episodes. They picked up one season guaranteed for 15 episodes, more than ABC would have been able to offer, and have an option open on a second.

Co-creator Bill Lawrence dropped some additional information about the Cougar Town move to TBS during a chat with TVLine earlier today. »

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Cougar Town Stars Celebrate Home On New Network

10 May 2012 2:56 PM, PDT | WENN | See recent WENN news »

Actors Courteney Cox, Busy Phillips and Josh Hopkins are celebrating after finding a new network to call home for their U.S. comedy Cougar Town.

The TV sitcom's future has been in jeopardy over the last few months, with Cox and Phillips famously launching independent promotional campaigns in a bid to boost ratings amid fears the show, which premiered in 2009, was facing cancellation.

The Friends star also took a stand against ABC network bosses and accused them of failing to properly market the series, but on Thursday, it was announced that executives had landed a deal with rival channel TBS to give the show a new lease of life.

Cox and her co-stars are overjoyed at being given the chance to make a fourth season of the comedy and they wasted no time in taking to Twitter.com to share the news with fans and thank them for their continued support.

An excited Cox writes, "Cougar Town is moving to TBS!! So happy we get to continue making our show! We cannot thank you all enough for your support. Seriously, guys. Thank You".

Phillips tweeted, "It's Official: Cougar Town Jumps From ABC to TBS in Two-Season Deal," and Hopkins added, "CougarTown trending world wide. Thanks all".

Cox's estranged husband David Arquette, who serves as the show's co-executive producer and makes a cameo in the upcoming season finale on 29 May, also raved about the news, posting, "Attn (attention) Cougar town fans... Thanks for your support - thank you TBS". »

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Cougar Town Moves to TBS for Season Four

10 May 2012 2:48 PM, PDT | Collider.com | See recent Collider.com news »

Apparently ABC just couldn't justify keeping Cougar Town around for another season, but fans need not worry about losing the Courteney Cox led comedy series. Today TBS sent out a press release announcing they had rescued the series and picked it up for a fourth season that will begin airing sometime in early 2013. All the stars will be back for at least one more round, and if the ratings deliver on the cable network, we may get even more than a fourth season. It's refreshing to know that series have more options for survival at this point in TV history when primetime networks aren't willing to keep a show around to please fans. And yet they wonder why they have to cancel and scarp so many terrible shows after they cancel the good ones? If Community sticks around like we're all hoping, maybe we'll get some more crossover action too. »

- Ethan Anderton

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Cougar Town

10 May 2012 2:26 PM, PDT | TVSeriesFinale.com | See recent TVSeriesFinale news »

Network: ABC, TBS

Episodes: Ongoing (half-hour)

Seasons: Ongoing

TV show dates: September 23, 2009 -- present

Series status: Has not been cancelled

Performers include: Courteney Cox, Christa Miller, Busy Philipps, Dan Byrd, Josh Hopkins, Ian Gomez, Brian Van Holt, and Carolyn Hennesy.

TV show description:

Jules Cobb (Courteney Cox) is a 40-year-old recently divorced mother who gets back into the dating scene, despite the fact that it's now filled with mostly younger men. She and her teenage son live in the fictional town of Gulf Haven, Florida.

Jules' ex-husband is Bobby Cobb (Brian Van Holt), a former semi-pro golfer and currently a "landscape artist." He rides around in a golf cart and knows what a good time is. Their son is 17-year-old Travis (Dan Byrd). He's got a sarcastic wit and loves both of his »

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Courteney Cox’s ‘Cougar Town’ going to TBS

10 May 2012 1:28 PM, PDT | Hollywoodnews.com | See recent Hollywoodnews.com news »

HollywoodNews.com: Courteney Cox is getting ready to move as her ABC show ‘Cougar Town’ will reportedly be airing its fourth season on TBS.

The show will reportedly be moving to the new station for its early 2013 season, states UsMagazine.com. With this deal, TBS has also gained encore rights to the previous 61 episode from past seasons.

Cougar Town’ was in risk of being canceled so the move has definitely saved the show for the cast, crew and fans.

Are you happy with the move?

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'Cougar Town' Officially Moving To TBS

10 May 2012 12:10 PM, PDT | Huffington Post | See recent Huffington Post news »

This isn't just time to open a bottle of wine. It's time to break out Big Carl and call all your neighbors over for an impromptu party.

"Cougar Town" has been picked up by TBS, where the comedy's fourth season will air in early 2013. According to TV reporter Josef Adalian, the next season of the show, which stars Courteney Cox as the ringleader of a group of wine-loving friends and neighbors, will consist of 15 episodes.

The network has also picked up the rerun rights to the 61 episodes in the show's first three seasons. In other words, much wine will be drunk on TBS starting early next year. ABC's loss of the lovable Crew (which also includes Busy Philipps, Ian Gomez, Dan Byrd, Brian Van Holt and Christa Miller) is TBS' gain.

"'Cougar Town' is a smart, whimsical sitcom that draws its humor from likable, relatable characters" Michael Wright, »

- The Huffington Post

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'Cougar Town' officially moves to TBS; new episodes in 2013

10 May 2012 11:30 AM, PDT | Zap2It - From Inside the Box | See recent Zap2It - From Inside the Box news »

The cul-de-sac crew is moving to a new home: "Cougar Town" is heading to TBS for its fourth season.

The cable channel announced Thursday (May 10) that it will pick up the show from ABC for a fourth season. TBS has ordered 15 episodes for Season 4, which is expected to air early next year, and also grabbed rerun rights to the first three seasons.

"'Cougar Town' is a smart, whimsical sitcom that draws its humor from likable, relatable characters," TBS/TNT/TCM president and head of programming Michael Wright says. "We are thrilled to have 'Cougar Town' moving to the TBS neighborhood as the network continues to expand its slate of original comedy series."

"Cougar Town" has struggled some on ABC this season, averaging about 5.2 million viewers and a 2.0 rating in the adults 18-49 demographic. Reports of a move to cable first surfaced late last week, and a »

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