The women of Cougar Town are obsessed with sex
Some of you may think that TV Squad is filled with cheerleaders, that we all love TV so much that we rarely pull out our swords and skewer a show. Well, this should change your mind. I tuned in to Cougar Town last night and, I have to say, I was appalled. I thought I had seen what is likely the worst sitcom of the season -- Accidentally on Purpose -- but Cougar Town has surpassed it in badness.Let me preface the rest of this criticism by saying that I was a loyal viewer of Friends. I liked Bruce Springsteen's video Dancing in the Dark. Scream was a hoot! I've been following Courteney Cox's career for years and I think she's terrific. She's funny and pretty and self-deprecating. I went into Cougar Town with high hopes. In other words, I have good will for Courteney Cox, like Jenna Elfman.
However, Cougar Town was an insult to comedy, not to mention women. Not that I'm going off on a femme-rant here, but the women on Cougar Town, at least in the pilot, were all obsessed with sex to the exclusion of anything else.
Um...no. That's not how we all think when there's so much else to worry about. Jules is a real estate agent in Florida in a market that's crashed. You would never know that in the pilot. But that's just details. As a woman, as a human being, where was Jules' self-confidence and self-worth. If the character is not better than that, I don't want to know her. Cox is better than this character. and so it Cox.
In Joel's review, he was willing to stick with Cougar Town for a few more episodes to see if Bill Lawrence could fix the flaws. I'm not so sure it's worth the bother.

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