Ex Friends Star Courteney Cox Backs cougar Town Name Change

Fresh after calls from Cougar Towns creator hinting at plans to change the name of the hit show, none other than Courteney Cox has come out to say that she would also like to change the name.

The thinking was that using the term cougar made the show appear to brash and although it is all about an older woman dating toyboys, the show itself is hoping to appeal to quite a mainstream audience.

Also by focussing the name purely on women its also thought that it is misleading in that it appears to only be aimed at women. In fact Courteny says, the show should be accessibly to both sexes. Courteny is famously married to her own toyboy David Arquette and they have been together for a long time.

We would certainly have thought that toyboys have an interest in watching a show about dating older women. However her co-star Busy Philipps has also said an alternative view that she likes the name and would not like to see it changed

Whats Cougar Town All About?

Recently in the UK you may have heard a lot of hype about a new show called Cougar Town which is all about older women in their 40’s and 50’s dating toyboys and younger men old enough to be their sons. The star of the show is Courteny Cox who is famous for playing a lead role in the comedy show Friends. The show has really created a media storm with its brash title and sexy storylines – in fact the tals of older women dating younger guys has now thoroughly become a mainstream topic by the looks of things.

The only criticism that’s been levelled at the show is that its been a bit one sided in that it tends to just show the woman’s perspective rather than that of the guys involved in the dating and relationships. It is a similar story for the show Sex And The City – although both shows have certainly done a lot to improve the image of age gap dating.

A recent survey showed that almost 1/3 of women in their 40s and 50s would be open to dating a toyboy partner who was 5 or more years younger than them selves which is a massive increase on a similar survey that was taken 10 years ago.