Former �Friend� Courtney Cox is to make her TV comeback in a new drama �Dirt�.

In the pilot for the FX network, Cox plays the role of tabloid editor Lucy Spiller who obviously dishes the �dirt�.

According to the New York Daily News, the network�s Vice President for original programming, Nick Grad said: "We are absolutely thrilled that Courtney has chosen `Dirt' for her return to series television,"

Production on the pilot show is scheduled to kick off this month.

Cox and her husband David Arquette are both to be credited as executive producers on the show alongside Mathew Carnahan.