Some critics were skeptical about the big move that the harshly addictive Showtime series Weeds proffered on its fourth season.  From the comforts of suburbia, the people behind this hit dramedy decided to move Nancy Botwin, played by Mary Louise Parker, and her drug-dealing ways to somewhere perhaps more liberated – a California beach town [...]

The Showtime people just took the stage at the TV Critics press tour and brought good news! Showtime boss Bob Greenblatt announced that they’re renewing Weeds for two more seasons of 13 episodes, and we were promised “lots more illicit drugs to come.”
I was lucky enough to talk to Weeds creator Jenji Kohan one-on-one earlier [...]

On Wednesday’s CBS “Early Show,” co-host Julie Chen teased an interview with actress Elizabeth Perkins from Showtime’s ‘Weeds’: “We’re going to see what she thinks about weed. Not the show, the plant.” Later, Chen offered yet another tease: “You know her from ‘Weeds’ on Showtime. Elizabeth Perkins. We’re going to find out if she thinks [...]