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United States of Tara will be back for season two

by Mike Moody, posted Feb 11th 2009 3:05PM

showtime united states of taraI guess all those good reviews and high ratings haven't gone unnoticed. United States of Tara has only been on the air for a month, but Showtime has already committed to another year of Toni Collette dealing with her multiple personalities. The network has given the green light to a 12 episode second season.

Tara's premiere earned 2.67 million viewers, more than the premieres of Showtime's Dexter, Weeds, Californication and The Tudors. I'm with America on this one. I was charmed by the Tara premiere, and it's quickly become my favorite Showtime series.

Tara is one of the best "family" shows on TV. The best thing about this series – except for Collette's amazing performance – is how well it portrays a modern American family dealing with a very difficult situation. There's humor and tragedy, and the supporting cast does a great job of making this extraordinary family seem believable.

The series is written and produced by Diablo Cody, the Oscar-winning screenwriter of Juno. Steven Spielberg also serves as executive producer. If you haven't done it yet, I suggest watching this Sunday's episode with live Twitter commentary by Cody. She does it almost every week, and you get to learn lots of cool stuff about the show. For example, did you know that John Corbett once roadied for Dokken?

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Nefeli

A great video recap of our beloved Tara
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p-VutmUTQw4

April 29 2009 at 2:48 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
kryssi

i totally am addicted to this show!!!! when does season 2 start?

April 17 2009 at 2:22 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
segsig

I've got two months of Showtime for free left, then what am I going to do? Hope Nate Corddry is back for season two!

February 11 2009 at 7:37 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Kris

I love United States of Tara, especially Marshall. :3
Kind of wish TV Squad would review more than just the first two episodes though. =/

February 11 2009 at 6:15 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Andrew

I don't know, I 've watched a couple eps of this and I am really not that into it. Weeds is much better as a dramedy in my opinion.

February 11 2009 at 3:54 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
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Joey Geraci

Tense typo. Weeds "was" much better as a dramedy. I wholeheartedly agree! But the last season (and somewhat the season before), it has gotten silly and kind of stupid. I still watch, but I don't think it currently is better than Tara.

And I thought the Tara pilot was just OK. But the later episodes have hooked me. I love that the gay boy isn't a walking stereotype (for the most part). I love Alice. I am growing to love the daughter. And of course, Nate Cordry is awesome! Even Tara's sister, who I was kind of annoyed with initially, is growing on me. I love Buster as the teacher (although I hope he gets to show his comedic chops a little more).

February 11 2009 at 4:27 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Tobias

I haven't seen the show but if Cody and Spielberg are behind it, it's gotta be great. I like Collette too. She does "messed up" really well.

February 11 2009 at 3:25 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
CDB

Honestly, this is quite a surprise. I honestly haven't seen a single episode, I just didn't have faith in the concept or creator.

But now I might just have to give it a go!

http://makeasitcom.com

February 11 2009 at 3:15 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply

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