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Showtime just announced that the man who once played Dr Leo Marvin in the cinematic masterpiece What About Bob? will be appearing in at least four episodes of the upcoming sixth season of Weeds. The extremely vague description of the character Richard Dreyfuss will be playing says he "will play an unexpected character from Nancy Botwin’s past". Well then, why not just give away the entire plot.

The new season of Weeds premieres August 16th at 10pm. Additional guest stars along for the ride this season include returning guests Alanis Morissette and Jennifer Jason Leigh, as well as newcomers Linda Hamilton, Peter Stormare, and the legendary Mark-Paul Gosselaar. It is totally fair to call him a legend, he was in the Zack Attack.

For those of you out there that love William H Macy as much as I do, today gives us reason to celebrate.  The owner of one of the world's greatest whispy mustaches, when he feels so inclined, will now be on a television show playing an alcoholic dad.  It's even going to be on Showtime so it probably won't suck.  Praise jebus.

Pay cabler has given a 12-episode order to a darkly comic drama series starring William H. Macy and Emmy Rossum from Warner Bros. TV and John Wells Prods. Macy plays Frank Gallagher, the alcoholic patriarch of a large blue-collar family in Chicago. Rossum co-stars as the eldest daughter, Fiona, who is tasked with raising her five siblings.

"Shameless" is based on the British TV series of the same name. Creator Paul Abbott co-wrote the pilot for the U.S. adaptation with Wells and will serve as an exec producer on the series. The pilot shot late last year was helmed by Mark Mylod ("Entourage," "United States of Tara").  [via variety]

Somewhere later in the article the producer references the show as "Party Of Five on acid".  I was never a fan of Party Of Five but I am a fan of acid so I guess we can just cancel those out.  Macy can literally play anything and this sounds like a role that is destined for an emmy nod, as well as some classic youtube montages of a passed out drunk.  Color me inebriated.  We'll update you with more when we hear it.

Apparently Seth Rogen likes porn more than your typical thirtysomething, and Kevin Smith seems to be rubbing off on him (get it!). I always say you can really trust a guy that loves porn, like my old neighbor Esteban, he loved porn, and he loved boys, and thats why he loved boy porn so much. He was a fine man, and I totally would have testified in his defense if there wasn't a Jimmy Stewart marathon on. It's not everyday you get to see It's a Wonderful Life on TV in the winter.

Rogen and production partner Evan Goldberg are developing a comedy series for the pay cabler (Showtime) about three twentysomethings who learn about life and love while running a pornography shop.

Rogen and Goldberg will exec produce the as-yet untitled project.

Showtime is really doing a good job of stealing whatever Oklahoma City Thunder HBO had back in the Sopranos days. They also have the highly anticipated Diablo Cody series United States of Tara premiering in January. I am certainly interested in what Rogen and Goldberg put together, it seems like a surefire hit to me, young guys talking about sex. Please star Michael Cera, thank you.