May 14, 2008
Some major overhauls are in the works for Showtime's dark comedy series. When Weeds returns for a new season on June 16, fans can expect the show to alter at least three elements that viewers have been accustomed to, according to the New York Post.
Weeds stars Mary-Louise Parker as Nancy Botwin, a widowed housewife in an affluent California suburb, who has become an upper-middle-class marijuana dealer to make ends meet. For three seasons, it's known for having the song “Little Boxes,” sung by Malvina Reynolds, played during the intro.
May 7, 2008
Showtime has officially entered Mary-Kate Olsen in the Emmy race for best guest actress in the dark comedy series Weeds for her role as Tara Lindman. This potentially puts her against Lindsay Lohan, who is set to play an old schoolmate of America Ferrera's character Betty Suarez on Ugly Betty's May 22 season ender, and Britney Spears, who guest starred as a receptionist on the sitcom How I Met Your Mother.
Submitting an Emmy entry costs several hundred dollars, which means Showtime is quite serious about backing up Olsen in the race. There is no word yet on whether CBS is officially entering the Britney Spears episodes or whether ABC will put up cash on Lindsay, though many speculations have already been circulating.
May 2, 2008
When the third season of Weeds concluded with a scene of a burned down Agrestic neighborhood, actress Elizabeth Perkins feared that she and several other cast members will be written off the show. However, all her worries immediately vanished as she started to shoot for the fourth season of the dark comedy series.
"It was so funny, when we read the finale we all sort of stopped and looked at each other and said, 'Does this mean I'm not coming back?' But we're scheduled to do 13 episodes, we're heading into episode three, and a large portion of the cast is still on our show," Perkins, who portrays Celia Hodes on Weeds, told the National Ledger.
April 25, 2008
In case you've missed an episode of Weeds season 3, you can catch the dark comedy drama when it comes out on DVD on June 3, which is two weeks prior to the premiere of the highly anticipated fourth season. But unlike previous releases, this particular DVD set will consist of environmentally friendly materials.
Lionsgate, the leading independent filmed entertainment studio, has come up with an initiative called “Green,” which promotes the use of 100 percent recyclable materials. In line with this, the company is also evaluating other options throughout its filmed entertainment operations, including the development of standards for benchmarking the success of various environmental initiatives and cost-benefit analyses of diverse programs designed to promote environmental friendliness.
April 20, 2008
Given the day, it seems only appropriate that we would pay respect to the most laid back, easy-going group of all: the stoners. April 20 is as close as we come to having a Nation Weed Smoking Day in this country, so what better way to celebrate here at BuddyTV than to reflect on our favorite pot-smoking television characters. Well, I imagine you could think of one or two better ways.
For this list, we've put together five of our favorite television characters with reefer madness. Sure, there are many characters who've experimented, such as Seth Cohen from The O.C. or Ross on Friends, but for this list, we wanted honest-to-God, red-blooded, bong lovers. And indeed, we've found characters who all have a need...a need for weed.
April 17, 2008
Academy Award-nominated actor Albert Brooks has signed on to appear in at least four episodes of Weeds, which returns on Showtime for a fourth season on June 16. The 60-year-old comedian will be lending his signature neurotic touch as he plays the role of Len, the estranged father-in-law of Mary-Louise Parker's character, Nancy Botwin, according to a network rep.
This will be the first live-action, small-screen character role for Brooks since his 1970s era appearances on shows like The New Dick Van Dyke Show and Love, American Style. His non-talk show or Saturday Night Live TV appearances over the past 15 years have been limited to some sporadic voice-over work on The Simpsons.