"The L Word" may be spun off into a new series when its run ends next year, according to Showtime entertainment president Robert Greenblatt, who isn't divulging many details.
We did see a tantalizing few minutes of Showtime's newest deal, the tentatively titled "Nurse Jackie," which stars Edie Falco as "a very complicated nurse in a New York City hospital," he said.
For "complicated," read really smart and maybe hooked on drugs.
If that sounds like Fox's "House," as it did to at least one critic, Greenblatt doesn't think it should, while admitting the concept might not be totally original. Unlike "House," it's not going to be case-driven," he said.
Plus, "the flawed character's" an element in many Showtime shows, he said.
I wouldn't review from a clip on a bet, but who doesn't want to see more of Edie Falco? And the character looks a world away from Carmela Soprano.
I'm maybe a little less enthusiastic about the announcement that there'll be at least two more seasons of "Weeds," but I know that's just me. For the rest of you (or at least members of that subset that lives in one of Showtime's 16 million households and also likes "Weeds"), Greenblatt promises "there'll be much more illicit drugs to come on the show."
Given shows like "Weeds," "Californication," "Secret Diary of a Call Girl" and others, Greenblatt was asked what the criteria was for choosing Showtime series, and whether nipples might be involved.
"I don't think we show nipple on every show," Greenblatt joked. "But we're striving to get there."
Then more seriously: Yes, premium cable can show skin, he said. But "I hope we don't do that just exploitively."
Of course not. Never.
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