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A Manic Monday with the Return of Jackie and Tara

thetelevixen — Mon, 28 Mar 2011 16:00:29 +0000

Tonight, two of Showtime’s favourite ladies mark their return for another season – Jackie Peyton and Tara Gregson. To help get you ready for what I’ve dubbed “Manic Monday”, here are clips from the season premieres of both Nurse Jackie and United States of Tara!

In this first clip, Jackie preemptively speaks with Mrs. Akalitus anticipating that Dr. O’Hara is going to report Jackie’s drug use:

In our second clip, Tara expresses her desire to finally get her college degree, despite Max’s apprehension on the matter:

Catch the Season 3 premiere of Nurse Jackie tonight at 10pm, immediately followed by the Season 3 premiere of United States of Tara – only on Showtime in the US, and TMN in Canada.

Photos Courtesy of Showtime

The United States of Tara Season 3 Trailer Is Here!

thetelevixen — Sat, 19 Feb 2011 21:20:01 +0000

Next month marks the return of United States of Tara. What’s in store for Tara and her alters this season? How about a return to school, and the addition of Eddie Izzard as her professor?

Here’s your first look at Season 3:

And Showtime has also released this Season 3 promotional art:

Tara, Alice, Buck, T and Shoshanna are back Monday, March 28 at 10:30pm ET/PT on Showtime.

Photos & Video Courtesy of Showtime

Will Tara Reveal Another Alter? (Spoiler Alert)

thetelevixen — Wed, 18 Feb 2009 03:03:06 +0000

Spoiler Alert!!!

If you thought you’d met all of Tara Gregson’s alters, be prepared to meet another.

In an interview with E! Online‘s Kristin Dos Santos, scribe Diablo Cody reveals that “there may be other alters”. According to Dos Santos, network sources have hinted that a fourth alter will be revealed at the end of the next episode this Sunday.

Think there will be enough room if another alter is added into the mix? I’m not sure yet. Right now, there’s a delicate balance between Tara, Alice, Buck and T, and I can only imagine the tension that adding a fourth alter will create. For now, I’ll keep an open mind, and see how everything plays out.

Tara's a Hit!

thetelevixen — Fri, 23 Jan 2009 03:20:18 +0000

Showtime’s newest offering The United States of Tara made its debut earlier this week, and the numbers are in. So, what’s the verdict on this half-hour series about a wife and mother with dissociative identity disorder?

1.5 million viewers either watched Sunday night or checked it out via On Demand. Combined with an estimated 1 million viewers that streamed the premiere online, more people tuned into Tara than the premieres of other popular Showtime series like Californication, Weeds and Dexter.

I have to say I really enjoyed the first episode. I don’t want to give too much away for those who haven’t watched yet, so I’ll just say it was a great intro to Tara (the immensely talented Toni Collette) and a couple of her “alters”, her very patient husband Max (played with subtle brilliance by John Corbett), her kids Kate and Marshall, and her sister Charmaine. I’m intrigued by these characters, and the situations that arise in Tara’s life which cause her alters to manifest.

If you haven’t discovered The United States of Tara yet, perhaps this TRAILER will spark your interest.

Were you one of the millions that tuned in? What did you think of Tara, her family, and her alters? And will you be tuning in again for the second episode?

Photo courtesy of SHO.com