Weeds (TV series)

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Weeds

Genre Black comedy[1][2]

Comedy-drama[1][3]

Satire[1]

Created by Jenji Kohan

• Mary-Louise Parker
Starring
• Elizabeth Perkins

• Justin Kirk

• Tonye Patano

• Romany Malco

• Hunter Parrish

• Alexander Gould
• Andy Milder

• Allie Grant

• Kevin Nealon

Opening theme "Little Boxes"

Composers • Joey Santiago (season 1)

• Gwendolyn Sanford & Brandon Jay

(seasons 2–8)

Country of United States

origin
 Original English

language

No. of seasons 8

No. of episodes 102 (list of episodes)

Production

Executive • Jenji Kohan

producers • Roberto Benabib (seasons 3–8)

• Craig Zisk (seasons 3–5)

• Matthew Salsberg (seasons 6–8)

• Mark A. Burley (seasons 7–8)

• Scott Ellis (season 8)

• Lisa I. Vinnecour (season 8)

Production Red Studios (seasons 1–6) and Universal Studios

locations (seasons 7–8) in Hollywood, Los Angeles,

California

Running time 26-31 minutes

Production Tilted Productions

companies Lionsgate Television

Showtime Networks

Distributor Lionsgate Television

Release

Original Showtime
network

Original release August 8, 2005 –

September 16, 2012

External links

Website

Weeds is an American dark comedy-drama[1][2][3] television series created by Jenji

Kohan that aired on Showtime from August 8, 2005 to September 16, 2012. Nancy
Botwin (Mary-Louise Parker), a widowed mother of two boys Silas (Hunter Parrish) and
Shane (Alexander Gould), begins selling marijuana to support her family. Other main
characters include Nancy's lax brother-in-law Andy Botwin (Justin Kirk), who moves in
to help raise her children, naive acquaintance Doug Wilson (Kevin Nealon), narcissistic
neighbor Celia Hodes (Elizabeth Perkins), who lives with her husband Dean (Andy
Milder) and their daughter Isabelle (Allie Grant), as well as Nancy's wholesalers Heylia
James (Tonye Patano) and Conrad Shepard (Romany Malco). Over the course of the
series, the Botwin family become increasingly entangled in illegal activity.
The first three seasons are set primarily in the fictional town of Agrestic, located in
the San Fernando Valley of Los Angeles, California. During seasons 4 and 5, the
Botwins reside in the also fictional San Diego suburb of Ren Mar. In season 6, the
family relocates to Seattle, Washington and Dearborn, Michigan. In season 7, the family
resides in New York City, living in Manhattan for the duration of the season, but
relocates to Connecticut in the season 7 finale and throughout season 8.