High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! "Pilot" is the pilot episode of the American television sitcom Cougar Town, which premiered on ABC on September 23, 2009. The episode was directed by series creator Bill Lawrence, and written by Lawrence and Kevin Biegel. The pilot introduces seven main cast members: Jules Cobb (Courteney Cox) as a 40-year-old mother who’s newly single; Ellie Torres (Christa Miller), Jules` next door neighbor and best friend; Laurie Keller (Busy Philipps), Jules` younger employee; Bobby Cobb (Brian Van Holt), Jules` unemployed ex-husband; Travis Cobb (Dan Byrd), Jules` 17-year old son; Andy Torres (Ian Gomez), Ellie`s husband; and Grayson Ellis (Josh Hopkins), Jules` newly divorced neighbor.