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Link Time! Adam Lambert Goes Glittery For His Album Cover

BuzzSugar — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 13:30:50 -0700

Behold: Adam Lambert's glitzy album cover - Best Week Ever
Will you see This Is It today? - PopSugar
Friday Night Lights premieres on DirecTV tonight - Hit Fix
Take a look at the best movies of the 1940s - Moviefone
Hooked on the bloodsuckers? Check out the 25 best reviewed vampire movies - Rotten Tomatoes
Lisa Kudrow will make an appearance on Cougar Town - Zap2it
Go behind the scenes with Spike Jonze and Kanye West - Pitchfork
Val Kilmer and Emmanuelle Chriqui will star in the upcoming film Georgia - Movieline
Family Guy is too raunchy for Microsoft - TV.Com

Which Network's Two-Hour Comedy Block Do You Prefer?

BuzzSugar — Sat, 10 Oct 2009 10:30:12 -0700

Next Thursday, NBC's two-hour Thursday night powerhouse will be complete again with the season four premiere of 30 Rock - get a sneak peek here. Meanwhile, ABC has just picked up its new comedies Modern Family, The Middle, and Cougar Town. With the addition of Hank, ABC now has a comedy block of its own, but which one do you prefer?

Photos copryight 2009, ABC, Inc. and courtesy of NBC

Link Time!

BuzzSugar — Fri, 09 Oct 2009 13:50:10 -0700

Bradley Whitford is heading back to TV in Jack and Dan - TV Squad
A few early predictions for the 2010 Oscars - Vulture
The release date of Nine has been moved from Thanksgiving to Christmas - Cinematical
Ellen Pompeo may not miss any episodes of Grey's Anatomy for maternity leave after all - Watch With Kristin
A countdown of Vince Vaughn's funniest moments (including video clips!) - Moviefone
Daniel Radcliffe will return to Broadway in How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying - MTV Movies Blog
Amazon has New Moon soundtrack snippets! - Pitchfork
Desperate Housewives' creator Marc Cherry is working on a new show for ABC - Hollywood Reporter
ABC picks up The Middle, Cougar Town, and Modern Family for full seasons - HitFix
Fine Living Network is changing over to the Cooking Channel - Yum Sugar
The Top 15: Greatest Opening Title Sequences - TV.com

What's Your Favorite New Fall TV Comedy?

BuzzSugar — Mon, 05 Oct 2009 10:31:53 -0700

By now, all the pilots for the most anticipated new shows have premiered, and I've already picked my faves and permanent TiVo residents. There have been some really strong freshmen comedy shows that run the gamut from romantic, musical, slapstick to pregnancy, including Glee, Modern Family, Cougar Town, Community, Accidentally on Purpose, and Bored to Death.

Which comedy is your new fave?

TV Tonight: Cougar Town, Modern Family and Eastwick

BuzzSugar — Wed, 23 Sep 2009 07:30:00 -0700

It's a big night for ABC - the network is premiering three shows tonight including half of their new Wednesday block of comedy. Hank and The Middle will take over the 8 o'clock hour next week, but tonight brings a few shows I'm actually pretty excited about. First up is Modern Family which is one of my favorite new comedies and after you watch you'll see why we've been saying "Why the face?" to each other in the office for weeks already. The pilot of Cougar Town didn't thrill me, but Bill Lawrence and Courteney Cox eased my fears at the TCAs. Cougar Town has apparently undergone some changes before it hits the air tonight so I'm eager to see whether any of the jokes have gotten less cringe-worthy.

At 10 there's Eastwick starring Rebecca Romijn, Lindsay Price and Jaime Ray Newman. As for Paul Gross? Well you'll have to watch to find out exactly what's up with his otherworldly character. At times it's a little too Practical Magic meets Desperate Housewives, but enough happens in the first episode to keep me watching - at least for a few episodes. Considering how much I love Glee and So You Think You Can Dance - speaking of which don't miss our awesome new giveaway! - it's one of those nights I'm extra thankful for TiVo. What do you think, will any of these shows take a spot in your Wednesday night rotation?

To see some clips of Modern Family, Cougar Town and Eastwick just read more.

PopSugar Fall TV Special: FlashForward, Cougar Town, Modern Family and More!

Molly — Fri, 11 Sep 2009 21:28:43 -0700

Fall TV is underway, and our editors are here to help you navigate your way through all the new shows, returning favorites, and hot faces to look out for. In part two we take a look at the pros and cons of Cougar Town and what we think is the funniest new show, Modern Family. Plus FlashForward and the sexiest new professors on TV. If you missed part one - watch it here now. Check out our PopSugar Rush Fall TV Special now!

Bill Lawrence Soothes My Fears About Cougar Town

BuzzSugar — Mon, 10 Aug 2009 12:30:21 -0700

When I first checked out Cougar Town, the new ABC comedy from Scrubs creator Bill Lawrence and starring Courteney Cox, I was a little concerned. The show was racier than I was expecting, and something in the tone seemed a little off. Apparently, I wasn't alone in that opinion - and apparently, Lawrence is listening. When he took the stage at TCA over the weekend, one of his main messages seemed to be that he knows he has some work to do.

"It's the first time I've ever written a show that I feel like I need outside input [to get right]," Lawrence told me after his session, adding that his staff now has more female writers than male writers. Though his wife (Christa Miller, who also stars in the show) and their friends provide him with a lot of material, he said he still has a tendency to see things from a guy's perspective - like a waxing scene he recently wrote that he said might have gone down the 40-Year-Old Virgin route if he hadn't been careful.

A number of the things that bugged me in the pilot have been reshot: He said the opening scene (which used to feature Cox and Busy Philipps's characters ogling guys at a high school football game) felt "like a cartoon" and has been changed, and he's toned down lines that make it seem like Cox's character couldn't get a date despite looking like, y'know, Courteney Cox. (Now it's more that - as a friend told him - "every single guy at our age is either gay, broken, or dating younger girls.")

To hear what Lawrence thinks of the term "cougar" and why he used it for the title, read more.

Lawrence said he's honestly not sure if the term "cougar" should be considered a positive or negative word - "I’ve heard both sides of it, being a misogynistic word and a word of empowerment. I think it’s just a word." - and noted that Cox's character could, indeed, actually date men her own age. Also, women in the show are never called cougars, except for the "unbelievably big cheat" that cougars are the high school mascot.

About that title: "What we were hoping to do titling the show Cougar Town was set the bar so low that . . . occasionally, people would watch it and go, 'Wow, this is not as horrible as I thought it would be,'" Lawrence cracked on the panel. But, more seriously, he said that part of the game of TV these says is to come up with a "noisy" title that will make people take notice. He continued:

If this show were to be every week about what young man is Courteney going to sleep with, that’s the Samantha from Sex and the City show, and I don’t think people would respond to it, and I wouldn’t respond to it. And, in fact, it’s not the show.

I feel better about the show after hearing what Lawrence had to say - but what about you? Does the title bug you? Or do you think it's brilliant?

Pilot Watch: Cougar Town

BuzzSugar — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 07:00:56 -0700

The networks have announced their Fall schedules, but which series will be worth watching? Throughout the Summer, as I watch the pilots, I'll be posting my first impressions. Note that a lot can change before a show actually makes it to air, so these aren't reviews, just quick thoughts on how the shows look now. Today's pick is the ABC comedy Cougar Town.

What's it about? A divorced 40-year-old real estate agent with a teenage son tries to find out if she can regain her dating mojo while also keeping her self-respect.

Who's in it? Courteney Cox, Busy Philipps, Christa Miller, Dan Byrd, Josh Hopkins, Brian Van Holt

The good: There's something familiar and welcoming about seeing Cox on screen again as Jules, and I got a kick out of some of the supporting players, especially Philipps as Cox's unabashedly trashy co-worker. There are a couple of funny continuing gags, including one with peanut butter crackers and another with footie pajamas. Byrd (Heroes, Aliens in America) does a great job of convincing us that having Jules for a mother would be embarrassing.

The bad: The show's language is surprisingly raunchy - I'd give an example, but I don't think I can print it here - and Jules can seem too sex-crazed and desperate (especially because it's hard to believe she's having such trouble finding a date in the first place). The show leans on physical comedy more than I expected, though to be fair, Cox can pull it off. I love that there's a show with a hot leading lady in her 40s, but judging from one episode, it doesn't seem quite like the sensitive, pro-woman comedy I was hoping for.

Will I watch? I'm really pulling for this show, and I have faith in its stars and creator, but I'm a little concerned about it. I'll still follow it for a while, at least.

To check out a preview video and some photos, just read more.

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First Look: ABC's New Comedies

BuzzSugar — Tue, 19 May 2009 14:15:32 -0700

Get ready, because Wednesday nights on ABC this Fall are going to look a lot like the clips below. At the network's Upfront presentation today, ABC announced four new comedies as part of its 11 new shows: The highly anticipated Cougar Town starring Courteney Cox, Hank with Kelsey Grammer, The Middle with Patricia Heaton, and the mockumentary-style Modern Family. The four shows will air back-to-back on Wednesdays this Fall, leading into the new drama series Eastwick.

How do they look? Well, I think Hank and The Middle look an awful lot like shows that could have aired during ABC's family-friendly TGIF lineup back in the day. I can't get a good read on Modern Family yet from the clips. It's nice to see Courteney Cox doing comedy again in Cougar Town, though I'm not quite sold on the show yet - but I'm holding out hope.

To check out videos and photos from each of the four shows, just read more.

Upfronts Buzz: Samantha Who? Canceled, While ABC and CBS Pick New Shows

BuzzSugar — Mon, 18 May 2009 14:30:00 -0700

Over the weekend, things were looking pretty good for Samantha Who? to return in the Fall. But apparently, the numbers just didn't work: Christina Applegate's show won't be back on ABC next season because the budget just couldn't be cut down enough for ABC to pick it up.

Meanwhile, the network turned its attention to picking up new shows - and it's got a bundle of them. It's the next network to present at the Upfronts tomorrow, and its rumored list of shows includes Eastwick, V, Flash Forward (which has already gotten advertised during Lost),the crime drama Happy Town, a law show called The Deep End, a new police drama called Copper, and a Jerry Bruckheimer show called The Forgotten.

ABC also has four comedies in the works, including Cougar Town with Courteney Cox, Hank with Kelsey Grammer, The Middle with Patricia Heaton, and the mockumentary-style Modern Family. That's a ton of new shows, and I'm curious to see where they all fall on the schedule tomorrow.

Meanwhile, over at CBS, four series were reportedly ordered, though the official word won't come till Wednesday. Julianna Margulies's The Good Wife and Alex O'Loughlin's Three Rivers both reportedly earned spots on the schedule, as has the Jenna Elfman comedy Accidentally on Purpose and the NCIS spinoff with Chris O'Donnell and LL Cool J.

Lots more to come in this crazy week, but let's talk about these developments for now. Sad about Samantha Who? or not surprised? Liking the sound of any of the new shows?