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Will Cougar Town Return Sooner Than Expected? "Fingers Crossed," Says Star

Exclusive! "It's a bummer," Busy Philipps tells us of the midseason controversy, "but hopefully it will be a good thing." We hope so, too

By Marc Malkin, Brett Malec Dec 13, 2011 7:45 PMTags
Cougar Town, Courteney Cox, Busy PhilippsABC/MICHAEL DESMOND

Cougar Town may be back sooner than we thought.

When ABC yanked Courteney Cox's hit sitcom from the midseason lineup, it was believed they'd return in March.

However...

"Hopefully sooner," costar Busy Philipps told us last night at the Alice + Olivia fashion show benefiting Baby Buggy at the London West Hollywood hotel. "[Producer] Bill Lawrence gave us a big pep talk today saying that he thinks sooner, so fingers crossed.

"We like to think that the network knows what they're doing," she added with a laugh.

Even so, Philipps said, "It's confusing...It's a bummer, but hopefully it will be a good thing."

Not like any of this is keeping the cast and crew from working. "There's going to be a wedding," Philipps said. "There's going to be possibly another vacation someplace fun. My character has an amazing new business venture that they ripped from my personal life."