If the TCA Press Tour proved anything, it’s that the cast of WEEDS seems to be having as much fun filming the show as we do watching it. Click the link below for some fatastic candid photos from last week’s WEEDS panel at the TCA press tour and for more WEEDS fun, be sure to tune into the third season premiere this August 13 at 10PM on Showtime.
Special thanks to my friends at Showtime for all the great pics. Does anyone else wonder if Ashley is jealous of Mary-Kate’s newest starring role?
Frequent visitors to theTVaddict.com know how excited we are about the upcoming season of DEXTER. For some very revealing (and somewhat gruesome) second season photos, click the link below.
From mobsters (THE SOPRANOS) to power-hungry families (THE TUDORS, ROME), television has seen its fare share of dysfunctional families. Yet no family puts the fun into dysfunctional like the cast of WEEDS. Showtime’s most buzzed about series returns to TV this August 13 at 10PM and theTVaddict.com is thrilled to give you a first look at the returning cast.
New additions include half an Olsen twin (Mary-Kate plays a new love interest for Silas) and Matthew Modine (as Sullivan Groff, a mysterious land developer for Majestic, a new Christian, mega-church development being built right near Agrestic).
“WEEDS isn’t your eight-o’-clock family fare. It’s an adult show with adult subject matter and we’re confident Mary-Kate is right for the role,” says WEEDS creator and executive producer Jenji Kohan. “She came in and read with Hunter (Parrish) and was absolutely charming and real and seemed like a great fit. Audiences have seen only one side of Mary-Kate but here, we’ll see her in a whole new light.”
Okay, so David Duchovny doesn’t exactly look happy to be back on television. But as a former X-FILES addict, do we really care?
Sophisticated and unique, CALIFORNICATION centers on novelist Hank Moody (Duchovny) who struggles to raise his 13-year-old daughter (Madeleine Martin), while still carrying a torch for his ex-girlfriend Karen (McElhone). His obsession with truth-telling and self-destructive behavior — drinks, drugs and relationships — are both destroying and enriching his career.
While we have yet to see the pilot, of this we’re sure. Watching David Duchovny stare at a blank screen for an hour will be more entertaining [and far less confusing] than HBO’S train-wreck of a series JOHN FROM CINCINNATI. All together now — they cancelled DEADWOOD for this? CALIFORNICATION premieres this August on Showtime, stay tuned for details.
With THE SOPRANOS reaching its conclusion (Tony’s Dead. Deal with it.) and SEX AND THE CITY a distant memory, this TV Addict thought he’d end the week off by giving you one question to ponder over what will no doubt be a gorgeous June weekend.
QUESTION: There’s only enough money in your household budget for one additional speciality channel. HBO or SHOWTIME, which channel do you choose?
Post away with your answers — answers which I imagine will give executives of both networks something interesting to read all weekend long.
Once again, theTVaddict.com is thrilled to let YOU be the critic. Readers can now check out a special sneak peak of Showtime’s latest dramatic offering MEADOWLANDS by clicking here. The password is ’secret’. And don’t forget to return to theTVaddict.com to let us know what you think of Showtime’s latest offering.
Proving that there’s more than one kind of “reality” television, Showtime’s latest offering, THE TUDORS (premiering Sunday, April 1 at 10 p.m. ET, with episodes one and two currently available both on-line and via Showtime On Demand) offers viewers a sexy, sudsy saga based on the life of England’s King Henry VIII. Borrowing a page from HBO’s ROME, Showtime’s royal fleshfest offers up a history lesson one isn’t likely to sleep through. As the series opens, England and France sit poised on the very cusp of war, with King Henry (the charismatic Jonathan Rhys Meyers in a career-defining performance) eager to send his troops into battle if only to guarantee his own name will be remembered for generations to come. But his trusted (perhaps more than he should be) advisor, Cardinal Thomas Wolsey, proposes that the young King seek fame by instead brokering peace. And thus is set into motion a series of events which put the unhappily married king on a collision course with the beautiful Anne Boleyn (the lovely Natalie Dormer, whose flirtatious glances can’t help but remind one of Juliet Landau’s BUFFY THE VAMPIRE SLAYER alter ego, Drucilla… during her saner moments).
I’m not proud to say that the only thing I remember from European History in high school and college about Henry VIII is the fact that he married Anne Boleyn and that he fooled around with her sister Mary.
Maybe you’re like me. Maybe you only know that he had 6 wives, or you know that he liked to “take a mistress,” or you know that he had some illegitimate kids. Maybe that’s the only thing you know.
I’m happy to tell you that the minute details of his extraordinary early life are not required knowledge before you dive into the 10-part miniseries that explores the world of King Henry VIII.
Showtime was kind enough to send over the first 6 episodes of this amazing show and I’m indebted to them for life.
Rather than focus on the things you may have learned in your European History classes, there are 5 basic things you should know about this show before diving in, head first, and enjoying every minute of it.
HBO watch your backs. SHOWTIME is definitely stealing your spotlight and gaining the attention of this TV Addict.
Thanks to some dreadful/gloomy/rainy weather, I recently was stuck inside on a Saturday and decided to give DEXTER a try. After fifteen minutes of Showtime’s newest killer series, I was hooked! DEXTER revolves around Dexter Morgan, a respected police officer who in his free time channels his gruesome homicidal tendencies by killing villains who have literally gotten away with murder. Michael C. Hall (SIX FEET UNDER) stars as Dexter and does a brilliant job of making me sympathize with a serial killer. While I’m not exactly sure what that says about me, I have to say that DEXTER is the most engrossing new series I’ve seen all fall. I can’t wait for TMN (on Demand) to release further episodes (as I’ve only seen the first six).
And before I move on, a quick theory if I may (I’m a few episodes behind, so please don’t spoil anything for me in the comments!). Would it not be incredible if the ice truck killer (and Dexter’s rival) was his sister? Episode six did a fantastic job of illustrating in a flashback how left out Debra (Dex’s sister) felt when it came to Dexter’s special relationship with their father. Nobody knows more (or anything) about Dexter’s true nature than Deb, so my money’s on Debra.
Continuing with the Showtime theme was last night’s season finale of WEEDS (up here in Canada we’re two weeks behind!). All I can say is WHAT AN ENDING! How on earth is Lacy LaPlante (Nancy Botwin) going to get herself out of this little jam. Also, is Silas not the dumbest kid on the planet? I honestly was hoping he was the big ‘rumoured’ death in the finale — I can’t stand how self-centred and moronic he is.
Finally, the second season of SLEEPER CELL premieres this December. To show us how excited they are about the upcoming season, Showtime blew up a car. Check it out below!
Continuing with the Showtime theme was last night’s season finale of WEEDS (up here in Canada we’re two weeks behind!). All I can say is WHAT AN ENDING! How on earth is Lacy LaPlante (Nancy Botwin) going to get herself out of this little jam. Also, is Silas not the dumbest kid on the planet? I honestly was hoping he was the big ‘rumoured’ death in the finale — I can’t stand how self-centred and moronic he is.
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