July 7, 2008
Nancy Botwin, the witty and very likeable protagonist of Showtime's top-rated series Weeds, is apparently a huge influence on another series currently on the works.
Renowned film critic turned director Rod Laurie (The Contender) is reportedly developing a “female-driven drama” for Showtime, and says he aims to pattern the character after Botwin.
June 30, 2008
Despite not returning on the Showtime comedy Weeds' new season, fans of Romany Malco can rest assured that they will still be seeing lots of him should they choose to. The Brooklyn, New York-native, who plays Conrad, the pot-dealing partner of Nancy (played Mary-Louise Parker), has been developing a character called Tijuana Jackson and plans to release one episode weekly on the popular video-hosting site YouTube.
“[It is] the thing I'm most excited about. T.J. is a former convict currently under house arrest. He has three women that he lives with, women he utilized to solicit sex. So the court has made a stipulation: You stay out of jail as long as you support these women. I'm going to be releasing one episode a week on YouTube to test out the response.”
June 26, 2008
Although Showtime's Weeds is dark comedy series that authentically taps on the shady dealings within the drug business, that doesn't mean that cast uses real marijuana while filming the pot-themed series. In an interview with FANCAST, Elizabeth Perkins, who presently stars as Celia Hodes on the show, clears the air on the kind of herbs they use, as well as her take on the legalization of weed.
According to Perkins, producers of the show supply the cast with fake weed that doesn't actually get you stoned. Nevertheless, the fake marijuana obviously looks, and smells like the real thing.
June 19, 2008
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Mary-Louise Parker, lead star of the Showtime TV series Weeds, sported an unusual accessory during Sunday's Tony Awards. The 43-year-old actress, who plays widowed housewife and marijuana dealer Nancy Botwin, reportedly wore a cast after breaking a toe while filming on the set of Weeds.
But Parker's injury doesn't involve just any ordinary scene. In fact, People reports that she broke her toe during a sex scene for Showtime's addictive comedy.
June 16, 2008
In a summer filled with reality television, the re-emergence of one of TV's funniest shows is something to celebrate. Weeds, the clever marijuana comedy, returns with the premiere of its fourth season tonight at 10pm on Showtime. The series returns after a major change in last season's finale: the central town of Agrestic was set ablaze, as was protagonist Nancy Botwin's house.
How does Weeds move on from such a massive overhaul? By heading full-steam ahead in a bold new direction. The Botwin clan is on the run and wind up in a beachside town on the California-Mexico border
June 14, 2008
The fourth season of Weeds will premiere on June 16. Building on the success of last summer's hit comedy lineup, the network will once again pair off Weeds with another half-hour series. Weeds returns for its fourth season at 10pm ET/PT, followed by the premiere of Secret Diary of a Call Girl, a British hit series starring Billie Piper (Doctor Who), at 10:30pm ET/PT.
The Monday comedy schedule was announced by Robert Greenblatt, Showtime's president of entertainment, along with the news of the 13-episode order of Weeds that began production in April.