'Cougar Town' Moving to TBS After three seasons on ABC "Cougar Town" is shifting to TBS, the comedy-centric cable channel that has been trying to promote a slate of original sitcoms. New episodes of "Cougar Town" will start showing on TBS in early 2013, the channel said in a news release Thursday. There will be 15 made, a TBS spokeswoman said. Older episodes will also be shown on the channel, though the spokeswoman did not specify when that would start. "Cougar Town" is produced by ABC Studios, which, like the ABC network, is an arm of the Walt Disney Company. The possible move to cable from broadcast was first reported last weekend, signaling that ABC Studios was searching for a new home for the series. Past moves to cable - the drama "Damages" did it, and so did "Southland" - have translated to budget cuts for broadcast shows. It remains to be seen if the same will be true with "Cougar Town." Michael Wright, the president and head of programming for TBS, said in a statement, "We are thrilled to have Cougar Town moving to the TBS neighborhood as the network continues to expand its slate of original comedy series."