Tag: Cougar Town

  • ‘Shrinking’: Christa Miller Emphasizes the Importance of Failing on Set

    ‘Shrinking’: Christa Miller Emphasizes the Importance of Failing on Set

    Christa Miller is no stranger to hugely successful TV shows. She appeared on The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air and Seinfeld, did over 180 episodes on The Drew Carey Show, over 80 on Scrubs, over 100 on Cougar Town, and now she’s a standout on an Apple TV+ gem, a series gearing up for what will…

  • Joel McHale Saw Rehiring Dan Harmon As Community’s Only Hope

    Joel McHale Saw Rehiring Dan Harmon As Community’s Only Hope

    It is a miracle that Dan Harmon’s groundbreaking sitcom “Community” lasted more than a half-season on NBC. The series about seven misfits who form a study group at the fictional Greendale Community College was aggressively dense in its world-building and proudly esoteric in its references. How esoteric? In only its second season, the show turned…

  • Busy Philipps Says TV Exec Shot Down Bid at Directing: ‘Never Going to Happen’

    Busy Philipps Says TV Exec Shot Down Bid at Directing: ‘Never Going to Happen’

    “Girls5Eva” star Busy Philipps is opening up about a disheartening experience she had when she pursued directing a TV series.Philipps, who rose to fame on “Dawson’s Creek,” directed one episode of TBS’ “Cougar Town,” which she also starred in opposite Courteney Cox. An unnamed friend then recommended Philipps to direct a “major studio” series.However, the…

  • Cannes: Matt Walsh, Isla Fisher to Star in ‘Unplugging’

    Cannes: Matt Walsh, Isla Fisher to Star in ‘Unplugging’

    Matt Walsh and Isla Fisher will star in “Unplugging,” a comedy about a couple who try to recapture their romance by taking a vacation in a rural town. They hope that unplugging from social media and electronics will force them to reconnect with each other and will save their marriage.“Unplugging” marks the directorial debut of…