Previewing Cougar Town on TBS

In a measure of full disclose I should mention I never watched a second of Cougar Town on ABC because, well, it was called Cougar Town and even though some say you cannot judge a book by its cover, if a show cannot come up with a better title than Cougar Town, it must not be worth watching. And I must not have been the only one because after the show got moved away from the cushy post-Modern Family slot where people were too lazy to turn the channel, the rating sank and the show got canceled.

But much like Conan O’Brien, the “cul de sac crew” got a reprieve from TBS but unlike Conan unfortunately did not take the opportunity to change the horrible name (okay, Conan had to change the name of his show). This would have been the perfect time (even the creator has grown to hate it) because all of the fanatic would know of the change while those scared off by the name may want to check it out under a new moniker. Oh well.

So what does this uninitiated viewer think of the new cable version of the sitcom? Well it is not very funny. Since this is my first time watch I cannot comment on if it just lost its funny in its transition to cable or if it stayed the same and just was not very funny to begin with. Maybe a combination of both. The show does seem to be geared towards an older age group to mine as it focuses on a bunch of middle aged people who just sit around and drink all day (and drink, and drink) and am I am about ten year away from joining that group (um, I mean twenty, or twenty-five).

Of the first six episodes I only laughed once and even that involved mustaches and mustaches are never not funny. None one in the cast is particularly funny and just are not good at selling jokes. What makes things worse is that Busy Phillipps sounds just like The Girl You Wish You Hadn’t Started a Conversation with at a Party but significantly less entertaining. Really the most entertaining character, Tom the nosey neighbor, is not even a part of the main cast. So anyone who was already a fan of Cougar Town rejoice because it is back tonight. Personally I hope instead of a fifth season of Cougar Town, next year TBS airs a fifth season of Community.

Cougar Town airs Tuesdays at 8:00 on TBS. You can download episodes of Cougar Town on iTunes.