Topic: Jenji Kohan

Netflix (NFLX) is reportedly in talks to acquire yet another original series. The company may be nearing a deal with Lionsgate to order 13 episodes...
A comedy from Weeds creator/executive producer Jenji Kohan and the Showtime series' writer David Holstein has been sold to CBS, while a half-hour...
Streaming video/DVD-by-mail giant Netflix continues its quest to become an original programming player. Following its eye-popping 26-episode...

Syfy Presents Programming Slate At Upfront

At Syfy's upfront presentation in New York today, president Dave Howe introduced what he said is the largest original programming slate in the ...

WEEDS Season 5 DVD Reviews

Along with Dexter, Weeds has established the brand of Showtime in its ambition to match the success of fellow pay cable station HBO with original programming.   The show's success has undoubtedly informed the development of the network's other comedies, namely ...

Parent Trap

Charlie's mom, Jenji Kohan, is the creator of the Showtime comedy Weeds. Though Kohan still isn't sure whether her son discovered genuine cannabis, she does know where Charlie's ganja knowledge comes from: He wouldn't have known it from ...
TV dramas `Breaking Bad,' `Weeds,' colored by Mexico's shockingly violent drug traffickingWhen " Breaking Bad" features its own "narcocorrido" drug ballad in an upcoming episode, it's clear that Mexico's bloody narcotics trafficking culture has seeped into the TV drama.The ...

Weeds Season Ends, We Rejoice

The fourth season of Weeds received a slap in the face last week in the form of a blog posting over at the San Francisco Bay Guardian that proclaimed the show has " This season has been an incomprehensible mess of hot-button issues ...