TV Goes to Pot: Marijuana-Themed Series Light Up the Small Screen
Marijuana is having its moment in American culture, with recreational pot use now legal in Alaska, Colorado, Oregon, and Washington. California, Arizona, Nevada, Maine, and Massachusetts vote on recreational use in November. It’s a trend reflected in popular entertainment. Three TV series devoted to the subject air within the next month.
HBO’s New York-set “High Maintenance,” which bows Sept. 16, began as a web series in 2012; both iterations of the show follow an unnamed pot deliveryman (series co-creator Ben Sinclair) as he peddles his product to new clients each week.
MTV’s Los Angeles-set “Mary + Jane,” which launched Sept. 5, follows potrepreneurs Paige (Scout Durwood) and Jordan (Jessica Rothe), creators of a dope-delivery app.
“We had the idea for this two years ago and it seemed like kind of uncharted territory,” says Harry Elfont, co-creator of “Mary + Jane” with Deborah Kaplan (“Can’t Hardly Wait”). Snoop Dogg exec...
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