Throng

8:00pm Wednesday, September 8 on TV2

Nine-time Grammy award-winning singer Sheryl Crow arrives in Cougar Town tonight for a special run of guest appearances.

In the first of the singer's three episodes, Crow guest stars as Sara, a confident wine rep who arrives at Grayson's (Josh Hopkins) bar offering more than just a fine vintage. Unfortunately for Sara, Grayson has no idea how to act around a woman his own age, as he's been dating brainless young women since his ex-wife broke his heart. Does he have it in him to enter a real grown-up relationship again?

Crow says she went for the recurring guest role to challenge herself, as she tells What's The Buzz.

"This year has really been about stretching myself, and doing things that are out of my comfort level - and this is definitely out of my comfort level."

Jennifer Aniston has been confirmed to visit to Cougar Town in the show’s second season.

The actress will reunite with fellow Friends star Courtney Cox on the comedy series, with a guest role planned for at least one episode.

Aniston will play Jules’ (Cox) psychiatrist Bonnie on the show, a similar guest role to which Friends actress Lisa Kudrow took on in season one, where she played a Jules’ dermatologist.

"[She's] kind of a get-too-involved-in-her-life-type of therapist," said series creator Bill Lawrence. "Those guys are so close in real life they kind of do that for each other anyway. Bonnie has the life Jules wishes she has."

Aniston has signed on for one episode, but Lawrence says the role could be expanded.

New X Factor host named

Home and Away actor Luke Jacobz will replace Matt Newton as the new host of the upcoming X Factor Australia it has been announced. Jacobz, who plays cop Angelo on the Aussie soap, will take up hosting duties on the reality talent show which kicks-off in NZ at the start of September.

Aniston to guest on Cougar Town

Jennifer Aniston has been confirmed to join her fellow Friends cast member Courtney Cox on Cougar Town in the upcoming second season. Aniston will play Jules’ (Cox) psychiatrist in the season premiere.

8:00pm Wednesday, August 18 on TV2

Jules (Courteney Cox) and Grayson (Josh Hopkins) debate the merits of Valentine's Day, tonight on Cougar Town.

Jules is determined to avoid spending Valentine's Day alone. So when everyone else makes plans for Valentine's Day, Jules looks to Grayson for company, only to learn he hates the holiday.

Meanwhile, Bobby (Brian Van Holt) and Jules are at an impasse over letting Travis (Dan Byrd) go to a party where he'll undoubtedly be drinking, Ellie (Christa Miller) is determined to triumph as alpha dog over Grayson, and Laurie (Busy Philipps) meets Smith's dad (Barry Bostwick, The Forgotten).

The creator of new comedy Cougar Town is planning to bring at least one character from Scrubs to the show’s second season.

Bill Lawrence, who worked on Scrubs prior to the creation of Cougar Town, has confirmed at least one Scrubs cast member will appear on the next season.

"I promise you either Sarah Chalke, Zach Braff, John C. McGinley, Donald Faison or Judy Reyes will be on the show this year," Lawrence told E!.

A reunion between current Cougar Town actress Christa Miller and Scrubs star John C. McGinley, who played husband and wife Jordan and Perry on Scrubs, is a possibility with Lawrence saying "I think enough time has past that they're not husband and wife anymore”.

The Office to continue without Carell

NBC has pledged to continue making more seasons of The Office despite the confirmation that Steve Carell will be exiting the comedy next year. The network has said they knew for some time that Carell was going to leave so their writers have had plenty of time to develop storylines for the future.

Film actor joins Law & Orde spin-off

Iron Man actor Terrence Howard has joined the cast of new spin-off series Law & Order: Los Angeles. The actor will team up with Skeet Ulrich, Alfred Molina and Corey Stoll in the new crime procedural where he is set to play a Deputy DA.

8:00pm Wednesday, July 21 on TV2

A long-awaited Friends reunion screens on TV2 tonight, with the arrival of Lisa Kudrow to Courteney Cox's comedy, Cougar Town.

Kudrow and Cox are far from friendly in tonight's special episode though. Jules (Cox) and Ellie (Christa Miller) are looking for a great skin care specialist and, despite fearing the meanest dermatologist in town, Dr Amy Evans (Kudrow), they are willing to endure her harsh ridicule and rudeness for an appointment with the best in the business. But when Jules learns Dr Evans is seeing Bobby (Brian Van Holt), she's determined to protect her ex-husband.

Kudrow was eager to appear on her former co-star's new show, after becoming a devoted follower of the series, as she tells TV Guide USA.

8:00pm Wednesday, July 14 on TV2

Jules (Courteney Cox) has a romantic dilemma when she finds herself torn between a sexy jeans model and one of her irritating clients in Cougar Town.

When Jules meets an attractive model (Aaron Blake, Samantha Who) in her spin class, she uses all her charms to bag a date with the younger man. At work, meanwhile, a wealthy potential home buyer, Jeff (Scott Foley, who co-starred with Cox in Scream 3), annoys Jules with his repeated viewings of the same house - but eventually surprises her by making a pass. As she goes out on the town with her toy boy, she finds herself torn between having fun with the sexy, and immature, model and starting a real relationship with the older, self-assured Jeff.