When "Friends" left television, so did Courteney Cox, who played Monica Geller on the long-running series. But the actress is coming back in "Dirt", a drama pilot for the FX network, in which she will play tabloid editor Lucy Spiller. The series will revolve around her world as she orchestrates the fates of the celebrities who fill the papers' pages.

"Dirt" will also revolve around the tabloids' schizophrenic photographer Ian Hart and a struggling actor trying to making a name in the industry. The latter role has not yet been cast.

Production on the pilot is scheduled to begin in March. "We are absolutely thrilled that Courteney has chosen `Dirt' for her return to series television," Nick Grad, the network's vice president of original programming, said in a statement on Tuesday.

Along with the show's director, Matthew Carnahan, Cox and her husband, David Arquette, are credited as executive producers.