Weeds is a U.S.
Golden Globe award winning comedy series created by
Jenji Kohan, starring
Mary-Louise Parker, produced by
Lionsgate Television for
Showtime, and airing on networks around the world.
The plot revolves around a widowed housewife (played by Parker) from an affluent California suburb who becomes her neighborhood's
marijuana dealer to make ends meet. The title is a play on words, referring to both the slang term for marijuana, and
widow's weeds.
It currently comprises four seasons that began airing in August 2005. It was the highest rated series for Showtime its first year; its fourth-season premiere attracted 1.3 million viewers to Showtime, that channel's highest-ever viewership; the season as a whole averaged 962,000 viewers. Showtime announced on July 18, 2008 that two more seasons of thirteen episodes each will be produced.
