This looks like it has possibilities... If you get any other promos, would you send them to me before Vegas so you could tell me how I do? ;)

I predict that this is going to be a HUGE hit. Courtney Cox is a good comedic actress, and it doesn't hurt that she's beautiful with a perfect body either.

Looks great. But I can't imagine gorgeous and successful CC can't get anyone she wants, younger, older or exactly her age. Come on!

Egad, that looks awful. Couldn't even finish the promo. Cringe-worthy. CC is as funny as a burn ward.

hey, this is waaay better than Dirt, at least. i love that she's pinching her "fat" that doesn't exist. this actuallylooks fun. cox is a great comedian when she has the right material. im' sorry, is this bad news for your company???? love love lvoe and another EP!!!! thi is insane. please PM me and teach me how to enbed videos in my posts. please pelase please. so i can do this too. or at least post one of my posts as yours.

lea, what they do to offset the beauty is they make her hugely socially inept and a dork. they do this over and over and over again so they can cast gorgeous woman and make you believe that that they have no men in their lives. love love lvoe and graittude

See? That’s what I’m talking about. So many people have totally different opinions about Courtney Cox.

Cartouch – For you? But of course, darling. (Did that sound like Zsa Zsa?)

Sandra – I think I’m in your camp.

Lea – You’re so right about that. But then again, that’s part of Hollywoods continuing issue with ‘suspension of disbelief’ – that gorgeous people are real and have real problems. (Of course, definitions of gorgeous aside, they actually are real and have real problems, but portraying them that way in movies and TV always brings up this understandable problem of believing it).

Beth – I hear you! And I have many friends who agree.

Theodora – No, not bad news at all. The better the product out there, the better for all. We just have to stay on top of what’s in the marketplace.

Beth - I don't care for this type of comedy myself and I agree with Lea, what bs that a woman that looks like CC couldn't get anyone she wanted. But sitcoms succeed or fail according to timeworn formulas, and it looks to me like CC is nailing the formula (and some hot young men....). The whole thing made me go 'urp'. I mean, really that line that middle aged guy dating the young girl utters to CC: "you're just upset b/c you're afraid you couldn't get a hot young thing" is a red herring. Women have always been able to land all the hot unconditional sex they want. The real trouble is not that women can't attract NSA sex after age 40, but that many women see that as a 'bad' thing to want and/or don't really want NSA sex.

Oh heck yes! I was laughing, and after years of non-funny stuff they tried to pass of as "reality"...I'm ready for some comedy, smart writing and acting... and as a 60 year old if I could I would...(I could, but my husband probably wouldn't like it much.)

Gag! The premise that 40-something women are desparate (thanks Cosmo assholes) has been thoroughly debunked. The only redeeming value this show might have will be to further lessen the taboo of older-women younger-men liasons. Besides, we prefer 30-somethings for real relationships.

My first thought was, "Courtney Cox can't be a cougar. She's, like, my age...oh, wait..."

It will be cancelled early. I think it looks boring. Maybe it's just been done to death.

Anything, anything but another reality show. I chuckled. And I always liked Cox.

What fun, David! This I could watch as I really enjoy CC! The subject may be lame but she is worth it!
PS - It's gorgeous in Tahoe (duh!) So when are you and yours heading back up to the mountains! We have a date for the "Divided Sky" or for Rum Runners down at the Beacon on the lake!

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I always thought courtney cox was better looking than jennifer aniston. and DAYUM she is BUFF/HOT
yum :)
thx for that interlude

Have you seen the trailers for HUNG on HBO?

I didn't want to like it. After watching the trailer, I think I will tune in to give it a look. It was cute. Its all in the writing. If it has smart humor aka HBO style, I'll probably like it.

I like the clothes too.

aphrabehn – You sure did!

Sandra – To me, especially since the cougar thing has already moved out of the zeitgeist (as well as the fact that it’d be hard to base an entire series on Courtney Cox bagging young men) the show may rise or fall on whether or not they explore exactly what you’re talking about. There’s comedy there, too.

Buffy – Yeah, I know a lot of people dying for the reality craze to, well, die!

livemonster – Hah! Funny MOW titles.

Kellylark – Yeah, like I was saying above, if they go too far down that one-note Courtney Cox acting desperate road, I’d be surprised if they get any traction.

Jeanette D. – Yep. I’m with you there.

Roger – Well there you go. A solid bet in the ‘gone soon’ category.

Jimmy – It’s interesting; I’m sick of reality shows, too – and I don’t even get the chance to watch TV anymore!

Cathy – You’re on!

vzn – Glad I could be of assistance.

Monsieur – Oh yeah. Hung. Previews looks great. Seems like HBO and Sue Naegle have a lot riding on this one. And even though it’s pretty ‘high-concept’, HBO’s the place to go crazy with it, find unexplored avenues and all that.

livemonster & brie – See? Everyone wants the writing and production values to be like HBO. Me, too. The producers and broadcast networks try to get there. They do. There’s just those pesky constraits that advertising places on the broadcast part of the business...

@livemonster – Seriously? I hadn’t heard of it, so I googled and imdb’d. Nada. That’s a real MOW? Did it air?

David, are the constraints by advertisers dictated by budgets or demographics?

Brie – Complicated question. Broadcast networks set advertising rates (for prime-time, day-time, etc.) in advance, and adjust based on Nielsen (ratings) data at various points during the year. Rarely are shows directly sponsored by advertisers. But still, those advertising dollars are based on hitting the right numbers and key demographics. Seeking smaller, targeted demographic populations are the domains of certain cable networks, including the pay TV providers. But the broadcast networks still need to throw the large net in order to maximize their revenue. Those are the ‘constraints’ I was talking about. Producers and network development execs are going to be wary of shows that veer too far into targeted, smaller demographic groups or into what might be called controversial themes and stories because of this.

Budgets are a constraint, too, but not as a direct function of 1st run advertising. A lot of people are surprised to find out that the production costs for most television shows are not covered by the network license fees paid to the producers (only a few network shows are produced by the networks’ own production companies). In other words, in order for the networks to make money, they can’t pay for the full production costs of their 1st run shows. They pay a portion of them to the producers, and in return, the producers retain the rights to syndicate the show (sell all television broadcasts, post 1st run plus 1 rerun, to indivudual stations or station groups). That’s where the producers can make their money – in syndication. So as you can see, the networks are left with the ever slimming difference between the license fees they pay out and the ad dollars they bring in. And the producers have to decide if the budgets they ‘deficit finance’ for their shows are worth the gamble of whether or not they’ll see big syndication dollars.

Whew. Bet you didn't think your one sentence Q would get all that, eh?

Looks ok to me. but I have an irrational fondness for Monica.

Mostly I want to say: I NEED THAT ORANGE DRESS.

It looks like it might be amusing, although why watch it when you're living it?

And the title. UGH.

Sandra, I understand where you're coming from. It wasn't the concept itself - though the concept seems hackneyed too.

The writing seemed abysmal and sexist and just plain unfunny. The arm-pinching bit? Come on? Farm animal? That's funny? "You're as hot as balls?" Ew.

I just tried to watch it again. To see if there was something...and guess what? I couldn't get through it a second time! It's disturbingly unfunny.

At 40, she's THAT clueless? Come on. They're acting like she's sexually retarded or something. And that young guy would have been all over her, not caring at all about her scar - which makes him seem like a wuss. (And she might want to wait until the guy actually kisses her neck before she fakes pleasure. God forbid the scene is actually sexy.)

Oh and again - she's CC and effin' gorgeous to boot. I love when she's tries to pinch that 1/16 inch of fat from her well-toned abs. Ha! Poor, ugly thing. How WILL she be able to bag men at her age? Its an impossibility, I tell you!

Hilarity ensues...not.

I'm rather surprised that some found it humorous...though I was okay with the dress!

Thank you David. I find the workings of the TV industry fascinating. I appreciate you taking the time to explain.

Brie (24 - 54) :)

Steven – Too funny. It sure walks and talks like Monica.

Mary Elizabeth (AssCloudSurfer) – Now that just goes to show how completely out of the loop I am about fashion. I was thinking ‘what were they thinking?’ about that dress.

Beth – Funny. My wife couldn’t get through it either, and as she clicked it off, rather pointedly, she gave me a glance that said, ‘You actually laughed at that?’. Then she listed every single thing you mentioned. (But, of course, she knows just because I laughed a couple times @the preview doesn’t mean I’d actually tune in).

Brie – Anytime.

I am so going to watch this for however long it's on! It looks like great escapist fun....something I could use a little of these days......;-D

Looks like typical summer garbage. Last year one of the networks put out "pun intended" a show based in the 70's about couples who swing...the guy in this promo was in the cast. If I was a Jr. High school or High School kid I'd love it - it'd be better than Love American Style which was racy way back when.

Although Courtney Cox is pretty, for some reason I find nothing sexy about her and the fact that she married David Arquette makes me find her additionally unattractive and wonder what's rattling around in her pretty little head.

Come to think of it she is perfectly cast, since it turns out she married a child in real life!

I thought the promo was great...fun, funny. I really like Courtney Cox and I think there are a lot of woman who are going to relate to it. The only caveat is that she is spectacular and gorgeous so it's a little hard to believe her aging anxieties...but that's Hollywood. At the end of the day, I'm looking for fun, superficial and fluff...this promises that. Thanks David.