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With Nancy Botwin (Mary-Louise Parker) burning the house down at the end of Season 3, Weeds has made it very clear it’s not afraid to throw out the old playbook and to start anew. That’s just what the series plans to do again this year, as the Botwin family leaves San Diego’s sandy beaches and the seedy politics of Tijuana behind for the open road.

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“You have to reinvent the show. Now we’re about to send the characters fleeing on the road so you have the opportunity to make new characters, new personas,” executive producer Victoria Morrow said at a Comic-Con panel Thursday. “It’s basically a decimation of all the Botwins’ work and a rebirth.”

In Season 6, premiering on Aug. 16 at 10/9c, the Botwin family will …

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Today, a U.S. Appeals court ruled that the FCC’s indecency rules were “unconstitutionally vague,” and overturned the commission’s entire slate of indecency rules.

This ruling was in response to cases of “fleeting” expletives or incidents, like the Janet Jackson wardrobe malfunction or Bono uttering the f-word at the Golden Globes; the court felt that there “is ample evidence in the record that the FCC’s indecency policy has chilled protected speech.”

But the impact of this ruling will reverberate much more than you think; the court threw out the entire set of indecency rules the FCC had been using since 1978, after a radio station played George Carlin’s ‘Seven Dirty Words’ routine on the air. The court just felt that it didn’t pass constitutional muster that, for instance, the commission could judge that the use of ‘bulls–t’ in an ‘NYPD Blue’ episode was indecent, but the use of ‘d–k’ and ‘d–khead’ were not.

Of course, most people who have never been a fan of the commission’s random indecency rules could have told you that years ago. But the big question now is: what does this mean for the broadcast networks?

That answer seems pretty easy: Until the FCC can come up with an indecency policy that can be deemed constitutional, the broadcast networks are likely going to use this opportunity to push the envelope even further than they do now, especially after 10PM.

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Here’s to hoping Crystal Bowersox has the same success as last year’s American Idol runner-up, Adam Lambert.

Earlier this week, the unique, talented singer signed her first professional deal with 19 Recordings/Jive Records. Look for her to release a blues/folk/rock album later this year.

“I’m really grateful to be given this opportunity to make an album and let people hear my music, and I’m looking forward to working with all of the folks at 19/Jive,” said Bowersox, who lost to Lee DeWyze on the season nine finale.

Fans can see Crystal, Lee and company in concert this summer, as the American Idol tour kicks off its 49-date run July 1 in Detroit.

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