Showtime Fast-Tracks Diablo Cody's Tara

Showtime Networks has fast-tracked the pickup of "The United States of Tara," a new 12 episode half-hour comedy series starring Academy Award-nominated actress Toni Collette ( Little Miss Sunshine ) as a wife and mother who suffers from disassociative identity (formerly multiple personality) disorder, it was announced today by Robert Greenblatt, President of Entertainment for Showtime. The comedy series, a co-production of Dreamworks Television and Showtime Networks, will delve into how a dysfunctional family, including Tara's working husband played by John Corbett ("Sex and the City"), copes with the various identities that may appear on any given day and range in age, temperament and even gender. (link)