Showtime news: possible L Word spinoff, new seasons for Weeds, new shows - TCA Report
Posted Jul 18th 2008 8:03PM by Joel Keller
Filed under: TCA Press Tour, Weeds, Reality-Free
Some quickie news from Showtime, presented by entertainment president Bob Greenblatt:
- Ilene Chaiken is developing a spin-off for The L Word, which will feature a yet unspecified character from the original show, whose upcoming season will be its last. There will be an open-ended plot in the season finale that Chaiken will continue online, then pick up if the spin-off comes to pass.
- Two more 13-episode seasons of Weeds have been ordered.
- A seventh season of Penn & Teller: Bullshit! has been ordered, making it Showtime's longest-running show.
- A reality/documentary show called Lock 'N Load has been ordered; it's filmed in a gun shop, and it shows the various people who purchase guns and "exploit their right to bear arms," according to the press release.
- Two new pilots have been ordered and filmed. The United States of Tara, produced by Steven Spielberg and written by Diablo Cody, stars Toni Collette as a suburban mother with multiple-personality disorder. John Corbett stars as her husband (yes... it's a comedy). The other pilot is tentatively-titled Nurse Jackie. It stars Edie Falco as a New York City nurse with a painkiller addiction who sometimes crosses moral lines to help her patients (no... it's not a comedy). Tara will begin airing in winter 2009, and Jackie will begin airing in late spring or early summer.
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7-18-2008 @ 9:47PM
N Walden said...
Thanks for the update on all of the Showtime series. How can you write about their upcoming series without mentioning Dexter!? When will our favorite serial killer return?
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7-18-2008 @ 10:24PM
Nattyff said...
ditto!!!
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7-19-2008 @ 4:16AM
Lilly said...
I know she's going to pick Jenny to spin off! I wish she wouldn't, but she loves loves loves Jenny! UGH! I would love a Shane/Alice spin off - pick them both and let them have some fun again like they did in season 1!!
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