BuddyTV is currently hosting a caption contest for the United States of Tara. First and second prize receive a Showtime tote bag with Dexter season 2, Penn & Teller: BS! season 5, Californication season 1, The L Word season 5, and The Tudors season 1 and other great Showtime goodies. Entering is easy and the more you enter, the better your chances of winning!

The concept is simple. Watch the pilot episode of United States of Tara and then head over to the caption contest to enter.

You take a look at the picture of T, one of Tara's many personalities and you simply give her a caption. Think of something funny, think of something poignant, whatever you want. And enter as many times as you want. The winners will be decided via stars.

BuddyTV's running a special feature on all of the wonderfully unique families on TV. Within the feature, there's a chance to win a flat-screen TV as well as a couple of Showtime prize packages with DVD sets for Dexter season 2, Penn & Teller: BS! season 5, Californication season 1, The L Word season 5, and The Tudors season 1.

TV families always seem to be more interesting than our own. In fact, they're never normal. At one point or another, we'll all wished to be a part of some imaginary clan. Something deep inside draws us to the craziness, the tenderness or the drama. So we salute all these unique TV families.

Through word of mouth last year, I was told that Weeds, a Showtime Original Series, was worth looking into.  Luckily, I stumbled upon a website that offered full episodes of the dark comedy and in just less than a week, I was able to watch the entire three seasons.  From the first episode, I was completely hooked and the lack of scripted original programming on the air these days makes this seem all the better.

Weeds is a refreshing yet absurd tale of suburban survival.  The show explores family, suburban secrecy and the tainted glamour of the underworld through the life on Nancy Botwin, a widowed mother of two who makes ends meet by selling marijuana.  But she's not entirely alone.  Andy, her diseased husband's reckless brother, makes up the loose family unit as the kind of unsuitable surrogate father, who gives dating advice and masturbation lessons to his nephews.  He's like the cool uncle every young boy wants to have. Then there are also other characters on the show whose storylines keep them just as interesting as the lead.