Weeds
Weeds Season Ends, We Rejoice
The fourth season of Weeds received a slap in the face last week in the form of a blog posting over at the San Francisco Bay Guardian that proclaimed the show has "pretty much sucked."
We'd like to disagree but saying Weeds has "sucked" is being kind. The once vibrant, funny and sharply written show, a lovely oasis in the summer doldrums of television, has devolved into the worst kind of program: homework viewing. We only watch because we have to, and we have to because we've put in three years! But no one likes doing homework.
Season four comes to a merciful close this evening at 10PM on Showtime and we're excited, if only because we'll finally have an open slot in our cluttered DVR. And to think, we thought the third season was bad! read more »
Mary-Louise Parker Will Return to Broadway in Hedda Gabler
Seems like Showtime's Weeds stars have caught the stage bug recently. First, Hunter Parrish makes his Broadway debut in Spring Awakening on Aug. 18. Now Mary-Louise Parker, the MILF who plays his drug-dealer mom on Showtime's Weeds, will trot back onto Broadway too. She'll star in a revival of Henrik Ibsen's classic Hedda Gabler in January 2009 for the Roundabout Theatre Company. Previews are slated to begin on Jan. 6 2009 with an official opening on Jan. 25.
In Hedda Gabler, press notes state,"the newly-wed Hedda Tesman finds herself bored with married life to her scholar husband, George Tesman.
It's Showtime for Edie Falco and Weeds
Showtime gave the greenlight to their new comedy Nurse Jackie, starring Sopranos First Lady Edie Falco. They're also giving the First Lady of MILFs, Mary-Louise Parker, two more seasons of Weeds.
Ms. Falco's series will begin production in New York in the fall. Episodes will air in the spring or early summer 2009, according to Variety. She'll star as a New York City nurse working in an "urban" hospital and juggling her personal life.
"Nothing is more thrilling for us than bringing Edie Falco to Showtime in this unique, quirky, touching comedy/drama," said Showtime's President of Entertainment, Robert Greenblatt at a press conference Friday. read more »
Hills -like Weeds Spinoff in the Works?
It's not over for Conrad on Weeds! The show's creator Jenji Kohan wants to make a Hills-like spinoff, according to the E! Online blog Watch with Kristin. read more »
