Season two of Cougar Town

Cougar Town

Cougar Town is an American television sitcom that premiered on ABC on September 23, 2009. The series focuses on a recently divorced woman in her forties facing the often humorous challenges, pitfalls and rewards of life's next chapter, along with her son, ex-husband, and friends who together make...

, an American

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 television series, has begun to air since September 22, 2010. Season two regular cast members include Courteney Cox

Courteney Cox

Courteney Bass Cox is an American actress, she is best known for her roles as Monica Geller on the NBC sitcom Friends, Gale Weathers in the horror series Scream and as Jules Cobb in the ABC sitcom Cougar Town, for which she earned her first Golden Globe nomination....

, Christa Miller

Christa Miller

Christa Miller is an American actress who has achieved success in television comedy. Her foremost roles include Kate O'Brien on The Drew Carey Show and Jordan Sullivan on Scrubs . She has also appeared on Seinfeld and CSI: Miami...

, Busy Philipps

Busy Philipps

Elizabeth Jean Philipps , known professionally as Busy Philipps, is an American film actress, perhaps best known for her supporting roles on the television series Freaks and Geeks and Dawson's Creek...

, Brian Van Holt

Brian Van Holt

-Early life:Van Holt was born in Waukegan, Illinois and raised in California. Despite his Dutch surname, he is of mainly Scotch-Irish ancestry. Van Holt has a degree in Sociology from UCLA. At 18 years of age, he struck the perfect image of a Huntington Beach, California surfer...

, Dan Byrd

Dan Byrd

Daniel "Dan" Byrd is an American actor. His most prominent roles include the 2006 remake of The Hills Have Eyes, the CW original comedy series Aliens in America, A Cinderella Story alongside Hillary Duff, ABC's Cougar Town, and the 2010 movie Easy A.-Life and career:Byrd was born in Marietta,...

, Ian Gomez

Ian Gomez

Ian Gomez is an American actor best known for his comedic TV work, the most notable of which are his series-regular stints as Javier on Felicity and Andy on Cougar Town.-Career:...

 and Josh Hopkins

Josh Hopkins

William Joshua Hopkins is an American actor.-Career:Hopkins joined the fourth, and last season, of New York Undercover in 1998. In 1999 Hopkins starred in Alanis Morissette's "Unsent" music video...

. The sitcom was created by Bill Lawrence

Bill Lawrence (producer)

William Van Duzer Lawrence IV is an American screenwriter, producer, and director best known as the creator of Scrubs and co-creator of Cougar Town. Lawrence is married to the actress Christa Miller whom he cast in both television series; they have three children together...

 and Kevin Biegel

Kevin Biegel

-Scrubs:Biegel got his first staff writing job on Scrubs, in its fifth season. In that season he wrote the episode "My Missed Perception" as well co-wrote the season finale "My Transition." In the sixth season he was promoted to story editor...

.

Cast

As of July 30, 2010, former Friends

Friends

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star Jennifer Aniston

Jennifer Aniston

Jennifer Joanna Aniston is an American actress, film director, and producer, best known for her role as Rachel Green on the television sitcom Friends, a role which earned her an Emmy Award, a Golden Globe Award, and a Screen Actors Guild Award.Aniston has also enjoyed a successful film career,...

 was in talks with series producers that resulted in her reuniting on-screen with Courteney Cox. Lisa Kudrow

Lisa Kudrow

Lisa Valerie Kudrow is an American actress, best known for her role as Phoebe Buffay in the television sitcom Friends, for which she received many accolades including an Emmy Award and two Screen Actors Guild Awards...

 guest starred in the season one episode Rhino Skin. On August 23, 2010, ABC announced that Aniston will make a guest appearance on the Season 2 premiere. She will play Glenn, Jules' (played by Cox) shrink. On August 9, 2010, it was confirmed that Ryan Devlin

Ryan Devlin

Ryan Patrick Devlin is an American actor. He is perhaps best known for his role opposite Calista Flockhart on the ABC show Brothers & Sisters where he played her younger boyfriend Seth. In addition, he recurs in the role of Smith in the ABC-TV comedy Cougar Town...

 will be back for multiple episodes as Smith, newbie lawyer and love interest of Laurie. Michael Ausiello

Michael Ausiello

Michael Ausiello is an American television industry journalist and actor. He was a Senior Writer at TV Guide and its companion website, TVGuide.com. On May 28, 2008, Ausiello left TV Guide for Entertainment Weekly and posted his first blog for Entertainment Weekly on July 2, 2008...

, from Entertainment Weekly

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, also reported, on August 4, 2010, that Travis will make a gay friend in this season, and that the show's producers are casting the role of Travis’ “enormous jock-y college roommate” named Kevin. On August 10, 2010, it was revealed that Jeremy Sisto

Jeremy Sisto

Jeremy Merton Sisto is an American actor. Sisto has had recurring roles as Billy Chenowith on the HBO series Six Feet Under and Detective Cyrus Lupo on Law & Order on television and also starred in the films Jesus, Clueless and Thirteen.-Early life:Sisto was born in Grass Valley, California, the...

 might be playing Ellie's ex-boyfriend, as Christa Miller

Christa Miller

Christa Miller is an American actress who has achieved success in television comedy. Her foremost roles include Kate O'Brien on The Drew Carey Show and Jordan Sullivan on Scrubs . She has also appeared on Seinfeld and CSI: Miami...

 teased that idea to her husband, the show's creator. On August 11, 2010, it was reported that Bill Lawrence is game on for a Scrubs

Scrubs (TV series)

Scrubs is an American medical comedy-drama television series created in 2001 by Bill Lawrence and produced by ABC Studios. The show follows the lives of several employees of the fictional Sacred Heart, a teaching hospital. It features fast-paced screenplay, slapstick, and surreal vignettes...

reunion, where he said that "either Sarah Chalke

Sarah Chalke

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, Zach Braff

Zach Braff

Zachary Israel "Zach" Braff is an American actor, screenwriter, producer, comedian, and director. Braff first became known in 2001 for his role as Dr. John Dorian on the television series Scrubs, for which he was nominated for an Emmy Award and three Golden Globe Awards.In 2004, Braff made his...

, John C. McGinley

John C. McGinley

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, Donald Faison

Donald Faison

Donald Adeosun Faison is an American actor, comedian, and voice actor best known for his role as Dr. Chris Turk in the ABC comedy-drama Scrubs and as Murray in the film Clueless and the subsequent television series of the same name.Faison has also co-starred in the films Remember the Titans ,...

 or Judy Reyes

Judy Reyes

Judy Reyes is an American actress of Dominican heritage. She is best known for her portrayal of nurse Carla Espinosa on the TV comedy Scrubs.-Early life:...

 will be on the show this year". If that reunion episode happen, than it would mark the second time that Christa Miller and John C. McGinley worked together, as they had previously portrayed husband and wife in that show. On September 3, 2010, it was revealed that Ken Jenkins

Ken Jenkins

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, who previously worked with the show's creator Bill Lawrence

Bill Lawrence (producer)

William Van Duzer Lawrence IV is an American screenwriter, producer, and director best known as the creator of Scrubs and co-creator of Cougar Town. Lawrence is married to the actress Christa Miller whom he cast in both television series; they have three children together...

 in Scrubs

Scrubs (TV series)

Scrubs is an American medical comedy-drama television series created in 2001 by Bill Lawrence and produced by ABC Studios. The show follows the lives of several employees of the fictional Sacred Heart, a teaching hospital. It features fast-paced screenplay, slapstick, and surreal vignettes...

, will be portraying Jules father on the Halloween-themed episode, scheduled to air on October 27, 2010. On September 30, 2010, Michael Ausiello reported that Collette Wolfe

Collette Wolfe

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 is joining the series as a grad student who gets romantically involved with college freshman Travis. On October 29, 2010, it was announced by Morgan Jeffery, from Digital Spy

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, that Zach Braff

Zach Braff

Zachary Israel "Zach" Braff is an American actor, screenwriter, producer, comedian, and director. Braff first became known in 2001 for his role as Dr. John Dorian on the television series Scrubs, for which he was nominated for an Emmy Award and three Golden Globe Awards.In 2004, Braff made his...

 would guest star in a upcoming episode this season where he'll appear in animated form when Laurie downloads an "appetizer app" to her cell phone that features the star offering culinary advice. On November 2, 2010 it was reported by Matt Webb Mitovich, from Fancast, that newcomer Jennifer Cortese is playing Grayson's ex wife Vivian, and her first appearance will be on the Thanksgiving episode, When the Time Comes.

Production

On January 12, 2010 Cougar Town was picked up for a second season by ABC. On May 11, 2010, the show's creator, Bill Lawrence

Bill Lawrence (producer)

William Van Duzer Lawrence IV is an American screenwriter, producer, and director best known as the creator of Scrubs and co-creator of Cougar Town. Lawrence is married to the actress Christa Miller whom he cast in both television series; they have three children together...

, said that he was considering changing the series' title since the name Cougar Town

Cougar Town

Cougar Town is an American television sitcom that premiered on ABC on September 23, 2009. The series focuses on a recently divorced woman in her forties facing the often humorous challenges, pitfalls and rewards of life's next chapter, along with her son, ex-husband, and friends who together make...

wasn't well received by the viewers. However, on July 30, 2010, he said that the show would keep its original name.

It was announced by ABC that the show will be put on a major hiatus, returning on April 18, 2011 after a shortened Dancing with the Stars and return to its original timeslot on April 20, 2011 as the new show Mr. Sunshine will premiere in Cougar Town's timeslot.

Reception

The second season of Cougar Town received generally favorable reviews from critics. The season currently holds an average score of 75 out of 100 on Metacritic

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, based on 7 reviews, indicating 'generally favorable reviews'. Tim Stack from Entertainment Weekly

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 regarded the season in a positive light, citing that "very few shows can get away with genuine moments of emotion while also incorporating the phrase 'dead-baby tacos.'" Hitfix writer Alan Sepinwall also gave a positive review of the show, saying that "midway through the first season the writers realized their cast was so funny together that the wisest course was to just put everyone together as often as possible. By the end of the season, it was often funnier many weeks than the Modern Family

Modern Family

Modern Family is an American television comedy series created by Christopher Lloyd and Steven Levitan, which debuted on ABC on September 23, 2009. Lloyd and Levitan serve as showrunner and executive producers, under their Levitan-Lloyd Productions label...

episode leading into it. This is still the show that Cougar Town became at mid-season last year."

Episodes

Series episode	Season episode	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original air date	U.S. viewers (in million)

US Nielsen ratings

Order	Episode	Rating	Share	Rating/share Nielsen Ratings Nielsen ratings are the audience measurement systems developed by Nielsen Media Research, in an effort to determine the audience size and composition of television programming in the United States... (18-49)	Viewers (millions)	Rank 18-49 (Timeslot)	Rank 18-49 (Night)	Note
1 (25)	"All Mixed Up"	5.2	8	3.4/9	8.32	2	5
2 (26)	"Let Yourself Go"	4.5	7	2.8/8	6.97	3	6
3 (27)	"Makin' Some Noise"	4.4	7	3.0/8	7.10	3	5
4 (28)	"The Damage You've Done"	4.4	7	3.2/9	7.23	3	5
5 (29)	"Keeping Me Alive"	4.6	7	3.1/8	7.49	2	4
6 (30)	"You Don't Know How It Feels"	5.2	8	3.3/9	8.16	3	5
7 (31)	"Fooled Again (I Don't Like It)"	4.6	7	3.0/8	7.43	2	4
8 (32)	"Little Girl Blues"	4.3	7	3.0/8	7.05	2	4
9 (33)	"When the Time Comes"	3.8	7	2.4/8	6.62	1	2
10 (34)	"The Same Old You"	4.1	7	2.6/7	6.44	3	5
11 (35)	"No Reason to Cry"	4.2	7	2.8/8	6.57	2	3
12 (36)	"A Thing About You"	3.6	6	2.4/6	5.68	3	5
13 (37)	"Lost Children"	3.2	5	2.0/5	5.03	3	5
14 (38)	"Cry to Me"	3.9	6	2.7/7	6.51	2	4
15 (39)	"Walls"	5.1	8	2.2/6	7.88	2	6
16 (40)	"Baby's a Rock 'n' Roller"	3.7	6	2.3/6	6.18	2	5
17 (41)	"You're Gonna Get It"	3.5	5	2.1/5	5.62	3	5
18 (42)	"Lonesome Sundown"			2.2/6	5.49	3	7
19 (43)	"Damaged by Love"	3.7	6	2.3/6	6.02	2	5
20 (44)	"Free Fallin'"			2.0/5	5.23	2	6
21/22 (45/46)	"Something Good Coming"			2.0/5	5.01	1	4

Australian ratings

Over the 13 episodes that have aired they have averaged 0.295 million viewers or 295,461 viewers

Order	Episode	Original airdate	Timeslot	Viewers (millions)	Nightly rank	Weekly rank
1	"All Mixed Up"		Tuesday –	0.362	28
2	"Let Yourself Go"		Tuesday –	0.193	42
3	"Makin' Some Noise"		Tuesday –	0.314	29
4	"The Damage You've Done"		Tuesday –	0.191	43
5	"Keeping Me Alive"		Tuesday –	0.323	30
6	"You Don't Know How It Feels"		Tuesday –	0.287	33
7	"Fooled Again (I Don't Like It)"		Tuesday –	0.344	30
8	"Little Girl Blues"		Tuesday –	0.286	34
9	"When the Time Comes"		Tuesday –	0.310	32
10	"The Same Old You"		Tuesday –	0.431	26
11	"No Reason to Cry"		Tuesday –	0.265	38
12	"A Thing About You"		Tuesday –	0.221	41
13	"Lost Children"		Tuesday –	0.314	33
14	"Cry to Me"		Tuesday –	0.238	41
15	"Walls"		Tuesday –	0.263	39
16	"Baby's a Rock 'N' Roller"		Tuesday –	0.296	37
17	"You're Gonna Get It"		Tuesday –	0.309	35	TBA
18	"Lonesome Sundown"		Tuesday –	0.223	43	TBA
17	"Damaged By Love"		Tuesday –	0.246	40	TBA

New Zealand Ratings

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Over the 13 episodes that have aired they have averaged 0.328 million viewers or 323,692 viewers

Episode Number	Episode Name	Airdate	Viewers (millions)	Rank(Timeslot)	Rank 18-49 (Night)
2-01	All Mixed Up	February 9, 2011	N/A	N/A	N/A
2-02	Let Yourself Go	February 16, 2011	0.334	2	8
2-03	Makin' Some Noise	February 23, 2011	0.328	2	5
2-04	The Damage You've Done	March 2, 2011	0.290	2	7
2-05	Keeping Me Alive	March 9, 2011	0.356	2	7
2-06	You Don't Know How It Feels	March 23, 2011	0.322	2	7
2-07	Fooled Again (I Don't Like It)	March 30, 2011	0.286	2	7
2-08	Little Girl Blues	April 6, 2011	0.306	2	7
2-09	When The Time Comes	April 13, 2011	0.301	2	7
2-10	The Same Old You	April 20, 2011	0.294	2	6
2-11	No Reason To Cry	April 27, 2011	0.413	2	6
2-12	A Thing About You	May 4, 2011	0.319	2	6
2-13	Lost Children	May 11, 2011	0.401	2	6
2-14	Cry To Me	May 18, 2011	TBA	TBA	TBA
2-15	Walls	May 25, 2011	TBA	TBA	TBA
2-16	Baby's a Rock 'n' Roller	June 8, 2011	TBA	TBA	TBA
2-17	You're Gonna Get It	June 15, 2011	TBA	TBA	TBA
2-18	Lonesome Sundown	June 22, 2011	TBA	TBA	TBA
2-19	Damaged By Love	June 29, 2011	TBA	TBA	TBA
2-20	Free Fallin'	July 6, 2011	TBA	TBA	TBA
2-21	Something Good's Coming	July 13, 2011	TBA	TBA	TBA
2-22	Something Good's Coming	July 20, 2011	TBA	TBA	TBA