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The United States of Tara

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Misadventures of a housewife with a personality disorder and a dysfunctional family.

Showtime Sets Premiere Lineup for its Leading Ladies | Today's News: Our Take | 10/1/2008
Look out, Oxygen: Showtime could be emerging as the other destination for ladies — albeit not the warm-fuzzy types. The net has announced that both new and returning female-driven shows will premiere in a triple-header on Sunday, Jan. 18. The back-to-back lineup will kick off at 9 pm with start of The L Word's sixth and final season, followed by the 10 pm series debut of United States of Tara. As previously reported, the half-hour dramedy stars Toni Collette as a suburban mom with a dissociative identity disorder. Executive producers include Juno mastermind Diablo Cody and Steven Spielberg, among others.Rounding out the night at the appropriately later hour of 10:30 pm will be Secret Diary of a Call Girl (yes, Belle du Jour's really back for more). Kicking off its second season, the series will see Belle finding new independence — and a hanger-on.Are you embracing Showtime's lady-centric lineup? — Anna DimondCatch more of the ladies — and gents — on... read more be the first to leave a comment
Showtime Sneak Peeks: Edie Falco and Toni Collette | Today's News: Our Take | 7/19/2008
Breaking news! Edie Falco is an awesome actress. This reporter learned this — definitely not exclusively — when he saw a sneak peek at Falco's new half-hour Showtime dramedy (tentatively titled Nurse Jackie) on Friday. Falco plays a complicated nurse in an inner-city hospital. "What do you call a nurse with a back problem?" she asks in the preview. (Pause.) "Unemployed." As a result, the wisecracking, potty-mouthed, maybe-promiscuous Nurse Jackie also has a bit of a painkiller problem. It looks very promising.Ditto for Toni Collette, who plays a suburban mom who suffers from multiple-personality disorder on United States of Tara. Here's what makes this show interesting to me: Tara's family (including husband John Corbett) is aware of her illness, tolerates it and even knows and has relationships with each of her personalities. Weird, right? Wait until you meet them. My particular favorite is "T," and I'm guessing she'll be yours too.Neither show has a solid premiere date... read more

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