Showtime Orders A Third Season Of Tracey Ullman

Showtime has greenlit a third season of Tracey Ullman’s State of the Union. In the half-hour comdey, Ullman portrays a variety of real-life and fictional characters, doing impersonations of celebrities such as Celine Dion, Jodie Foster and J.K. Rowling. The cable network ordered seven episodes for the new season set to premiere in 2010.

Ullman was nominated for a Screen Actors Guild Award for her work on the show last season. Ullman and Allan McKeown are executive producers. Melissa Wylie is producer.