Diablo Cody, Steven Spielberg Show Scores Renewal

LOS ANGELES: Showtime has given a second-season order to United States of Tara, the drama series from Steven Spielberg and Juno scribe Diablo Cody, starring Toni Collette.

The series, executive-produced by Spielberg and created by Cody, stars Collette as a wife and mother struggling with dissociative identity disorder. A co-production of Showtime Networks and Dreamworks Television, the series also stars John Corbett and Rosemarie DeWitt. Production on the second season of 12 episodes starts this summer for launch in early 2010.

The series premiere week of United States of Tara reached 2.67 million subscribers, making it Showtime’s largest since 2004.