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Cougar Town is an American television sitcom that premiered on ABC on September 23, 2009. Set in Gulfhaven, Florida (nicknamed "Cougar Town" since its high school teams are the Cougars), 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 wine-loving friends who together make up her dysfunctional, but supportive and caring extended family. The pilot episode of the show was broadcast after Modern Family. ABC officially gave the series a full season pickup on October 8, 2009.
The show was created by Bill Lawrence and Kevin Biegel and is produced by Doozer (Lawrence's company) and Coquette Productions in association with ABC Studios. Filming for the series takes place at Culver Studios in Culver City, California. The broadcasting of the pilot episode achieved 11.28 million viewers. The second season of Cougar Town premiered on September 22, 2010 with 8.35 million viewers. The third season, consisting of 15 episodes, was originally slated to premiere in November 2011 but due to ABC's promotion of the ill-fated Man Up! it premiered on February 14, 2012.
Teenager Travis may live in Florida's leisurely Cougar Town, it's not easy being the son of his divorced parents: over-protective Jules and lazybones Bobby. Jules obsessively draws attention, wins sympathy and 'benignly' bosses everyone around. That includes her real estate office deputy Laurie, neighbor Ellie- who rules her devoted Cuban husband Andy Torres with iron hand- and in various modes hunky new neighbor and barman Grayson, all forming a quarrelsome gang.
Keywords: career, cougar-as-older-woman, dating, divorce, ex-husband-ex-wife-relationship, father-son-relationship, friendship, interracial-relationship, love-interest, mother-son-relationship