Showtime Renews The United States of Tara February 11, 2009 7:45 pm
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Showtime has renewed its freshman series The United States of Tara for a 12-episode second season. The half-hour drama, starring Toni Collete as a woman with dissociative identity disorder (also referred to as multiple personality disorder) premiered with an impressive 2.67 million viewers, the best for the network since 2004, and has performed well in subsequent weeks.
“It has been pure pleasure working with Diablo Cody, Toni Collette, Steven Spielberg and everyone at Dreamworks on United States of Tara,” said Showtime entertainment chief Robert Greenblatt announcing the pickup. “This show is a perfect fit for our premium brand and we’re thrilled that critics and audiences have responded to this groundbreaking show so well. I look forward to many more alternate personalities emerging from this unique series.”
Diablo Cody will be returning as a writer and executive producer for season two, which begins production this summer for an early 2010 premiere. Steven Spielberg, Justin Falvey and Darryl Frank also serve as executive producers.
Source: Broadcasting & Cable
Watch The United States of Tara Online December 29, 2008 6:40 pm
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Showtime has begun streaming the series debut episode of their new series The United States of Tara on Sho.com. Just click this link and enter the password “tara” to watch the entire 30-minute pilot episode of the series. The United States of Tara stars Toni Collette as Tara Gregor, wife and mother of two teens who suffers from multiple personality disorder. It comes from executive producer Steven Spielberg and its script was written by Diablo Cody.
The show will make its Showtime debut on January 18, 2009.
Showtime Greenlights The United States of Tara June 6, 2008 1:30 am
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Showtime has given a 12-episode order to half-hour comedy series The United States of Tara starring Toni Collette (pictured right) as a wife and mother who suffers from disassociative identity disorder. John Corbett also stars as Tara’s husband. The pilot was written by Academy Award-winning screenwriter Diablo Cody (Juno) who will stay on as a writer and one of the series executive producers along with Steven Spielberg, Justin Falvey and Darryl Frank.
The full press release follows after the jump.
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