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• Listen, I am absolutely not judging you if you don’t watch Cougar Town. First, it is called Cougar Town, which is possibly one of the worst and most misleading show titles in television history. Now, part of that is because it isn’t actually about a large cat murdering people in a small, wealthy suburb, though if there is any justice in this world that will be a part of an upcoming episode of Suburgatory. Neither is it about a high school football team whose mascot is a cougar, even though that is the opening shot of the series.

• The First Thing You Need To Know is that the producers and writers know the title isn’t great.  In fact, the second season title cards riffed on this, with subtitles like “It’s Okay to Watch a Show Called” and “We Pretend it’s Called ‘Wine Time.’”  To someone who was put off by the show’s original premise and cautiously returning, it told me that the crew knew and were working to get past it.

• When it returns on February 14th, Cougar Town will be the funniest show currently airing on television. Don’t miss it. It’s not about what you think it is; it’s so very much better.

(Source: notaudreyparker)