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Nip/Tuck
Created byRyan Murphy
StarringDylan Walsh
Julian McMahon
Joely Richardson
John Hensley
Roma Maffia
Kelly Carlson
Jessalyn Gilsig
Bruno Campos
Valerie Cruz
Opening theme"A Perfect Lie" by The Engine Room
Country of originUnited States
No. of seasons6
No. of episodes100 (list of episodes)
Production
Executive producersRyan Murphy
Brad Falchuk
Lyn Greene
Michael M. Robin
Richard Devine
Sean Jablonski
Jennifer Salt
Production locationsMiami, Florida (seasons 1–4)
Hollywood, California (seasons 5–6)[1]
Running time42–65 minutes per episode (season premieres sometimes longer)
Production companiesRyan Murphy Productions
The Shephard-Robin Company
Warner Bros. Television
Original release
NetworkFX
ReleaseJuly 22, 2003 (2003-07-22) –
March 3, 2010 (2010-03-03)

Nip/Tuck is an American drama series created by Ryan Murphy, which aired on FX in the United States. The series focuses on McNamara/Troy, a plastic surgery practice, and follows its founders, Sean McNamara and Christian Troy. Each episode typically involves the cosmetic procedures of one or more patients, and also features the personal and professional lives of its main cast.

The show began in 2003, and the sixth and final season started airing October 14, 2009, and concluded the series on March 3, 2010, with the 100th episode.[2] While the show was initially set in Miami, at the end of the fourth season the practice was relocated to Los Angeles and many of the characters have followed. The show had 45 award nominations, winning a Golden Globe and an Emmy.[3] Series creator Ryan Murphy has said that the medical cases on the show are "100 percent based on fact".[4]

Overview

This drama is set in a plastic surgery center, McNamara/Troy, centering around the two doctors who own it. Sean McNamara (Dylan Walsh) is having problems at home, trying to keep his family together, trying to patch up the rocky road he and his family are living. On the other hand, sex-craving Christian Troy (Julian McMahon) uses his charm to bring in potential female candidates and conducts shady business deals, often for the love of money. While Sean takes his job seriously, he often has to fix Christian's mistakes.

Production

In its debut season, Nip/Tuck was the highest-rated new series on American basic cable, and the highest rated basic cable series of all time for the 18–49 and 25–54 age demographics. The fifth season premiered on October 30, 2007,[5] though production was affected by the 2007 Writers Strike. Accordingly, the second half of the fifth season was not screened until January 6, 2009 in the U.S. Another 19 episodes were picked up by FX, which began airing on October 14, 2009. After a 3-week hiatus for the Christmas holidays, the show resumed in January 2010 and concluded on March 3, 2010 with its 100th episode.[6][7][8] Nip/Tuck filmed its 100th and final episode on June 12, 2009, without creator Ryan Murphy,[9] who was, at the time, in India scouting locations for his film version of the memoir Eat, Pray, Love.

The show inspired the creation of the plastic surgery reality show Dr. 90210.[10]

Characters and cast

Main article: List of Nip/Tuck characters
See also: List of Nip/Tuck cast members

Main cast

Character Actor Information
Sean McNamara Dylan Walsh All Seasons
Christian Troy Julian McMahon All Seasons
Julia McNamara Joely Richardson All Seasons
Matt McNamara John Hensley All Seasons
Liz Cruz Roma Maffia Seasons 2-6 (Season 1, recurring)
Kimber Henry Kelly Carlson Seasons 3–6 (Seasons 1–2, recurring)
Gina Russo Jessalyn Gilsig Season 3 (Seasons 1–2, recurring; 4–5, guest)
Quentin Costa Bruno Campos Season 3 (Season 2, guest)

Major supporting characters

Character Actor Information
Annie McNamara Kelsey Batelaan All Seasons (recurring)
Wilber Troy Joshua & Josiah Henry Seasons 2, 4–6 (recurring)
Nurse Linda Linda Klein All Seasons (recurring)

Major recurring characters

Character Actor Information
Escobar Gallardo Robert LaSardo (Seasons 1 & 4, recurring; 2,5 & 6 guest)
Mrs. Hedda Grubman Ruth Williamson (Season 1, recurring; 2 & 4, guest)
Dr. Merrill Bobolit Joey Slotnick (Season 1, recurring; 2 & 4, guest)
Jude Sawyer Phillip Rhys (Season 1, recurring; 2–3, guest)
Megan O'Hara Julie Warner (Season 1, recurring; 2 & 4, guest)
Dr. Erica Noughton Vanessa Redgrave (Seasons 2–3, recurring; 6, guest)
Ava Moore Famke Janssen (Season 2, recurring; 3 & 6, guest)
Adrian Moore Seth Gabel (Season 2, recurring)
Kit McGraw Rhona Mitra (Season 3, recurring)
Ariel Alderman Brittany Snow (Season 3, recurring)
Michelle Landau Sanaa Lathan (Season 4, recurring)
James LeBeau Jacqueline Bisset (Season 4, recurring)
Marlowe Sawyer Peter Dinklage (Season 4, recurring)
Dawn Budge Rosie O'Donnell (Seasons 4–5, recurring)
Kate Tinsley Paula Marshall (Season 5, recurring)
Aidan Stone Bradley Cooper (Season 5, recurring)
Olivia Lord Portia de Rossi (Season 5, recurring)
Eden Lord AnnaLynne McCord (Season 5, recurring)
Colleen Rose Sharon Gless (Season 5, recurring)
Dr. Theodora 'Teddy' Rowe Katee Sackhoff and Rose McGowan (Seasons 5–6, recurring)
Dr. Curtis Ryerson George Newbern (Season 6, recurring)
Ramona Perez Melonie Diaz (Season 6, recurring)

Seasons and episodes

Main article: List of Nip/Tuck episodes

Main crew

Controversy

The Parents Television Council (PTC) has criticized the show.[11] The show is shown at a late hour with multiple 'Viewer Discretion Advised' warnings between every commercial break. A particular scene involving a foursome pushed the PTC into starting a campaign to get the show taken off the air by writing to the sponsors of the show and threatening to boycott their products.[12][13] Another scene the PTC criticized depicted a funeral home worker removing and assembling body parts from dead women, including his sister's head, then sewing them together to make "the ideal woman." The PTC President described it in a decency hearing as "incestuous necrophilia."[14] The PTC also took issue with an episode featuring a woman, whose mother and sister died of breast cancer, performing a mastectomy on herself using an electric turkey carving knife in the middle of the McNamara/Troy lobby.

Awards and nominations

  • Emmy Awards (2010):
    • Nominated - Outstanding Prosthetic Makeup for a Series, Miniseries, Movie or a Special
  • Emmy Awards (2009):
    • Nominated – Outstanding Prosthetic Makeup for a Series, Miniseries, Movie or a Special
    • Nominated – Outstanding Makeup for a Series (Non-Prosthetic).
  • Emmy Awards (2007):
    • Nominated – Outstanding Prosthetic Makeup for a Series, Miniseries, Movie or a Special
  • Emmy Awards (2006):
    • Nominated – Outstanding Art Direction for a Single-Camera Series
    • Nominated – Outstanding Prosthetic Makeup for a Series, Miniseries, Movie or a Special
    • Nominated – Outstanding Makeup for a Series (Non-Prosthetic).
  • Golden Globe Awards (2005):
    • Won – Best Television Series – Drama.
    • Nominated – Best Performance by an Actor in a Television Series – Drama (Julian McMahon)
    • Nominated – Best Performance by an Actress in a Television Series – Drama (Joely Richardson).
  • Emmy Awards (2005):
    • Nominated – Outstanding Casting for a Drama Series
    • Nominated – Outstanding Guest Actress in a Drama Series (Jill Clayburgh)
    • Nominated – Outstanding Prosthetic Makeup for a Series, Miniseries, Movie or a Special
    • Nominated – Outstanding Makeup for a Series (Non-Prosthetic).
  • Emmy Awards (2004):
    • Won – Outstanding Makeup for a Series, Miniseries, Movie or a Special (Prosthetic).
    • Nominated – Outstanding Directing for a Drama Series
    • Nominated – Outstanding Main Title Design
    • Nominated – Outstanding Main Title Theme Music
    • Nominated – Outstanding Makeup for a Series (Non-Prosthetic).

U.S. television ratings

Viewer numbers (based on average total viewers per episode) of Nip/Tuck on FX.

Season Timeslot Season Premiere Season Finale Viewers
Total
(in millions) 		Viewers
Age 18–49
(in millions)
Date Viewers Total
(in millions) 		Viewers
18–49
(in millions) 		Date Viewers Total
(in millions) 		Viewers
18–49
(in millions)
1st Tuesday 10:00 PM July 22, 2003 3.7[15] 2.0[15] October 21, 2003 2.99[16] 2.1[15] 3.25[16] 2.2[16]
2nd June 22, 2004 3.8[15] 2.7[15] October 5, 2004 5.2[15] 3.6[15] 3.8[15] 2.6[15]
3rd September 20, 2005 5.3[15] 3.7[15] December 20, 2005 5.7[17] 3.9[17] 3.9[17] 2.7[17]
4th September 5, 2006 4.8[18] 3.4[18] December 12, 2006 3.38[19] 2.38[20] 3.9 2.75[19]
5th – Part I October 30, 2007 4.3 [21] 3.5 February 19, 2008 ??? 2.41[22] ??? ???
5th – Part II January 6, 2009 3.1[23] 2.4[23] March 3, 2009 3.8 2.4 ??? ???
6th Wednesday 10:00PM October 14, 2009 2.9[24] 1.9[25] March 3, 2010 1.8 TBD TBD TBD

Nip/Tuck became an instant basic cable hit from its 2003 series premiere.

For its third season, FX aired Nip/Tuck solely in the fall of 2005, instead of during the summer season like the two years prior. John Landgraf, president of FX, stated that such a move was a "huge risk" since it stacked up "against the full barrage of fall network competition."[17] Despite some critical backlash on its third season, like the grade of D+ from Entertainment Weekly,[26] the story arc involving The Carver attracted an audience to the series larger than any season before, culminating in a December 20, 2005 two-hour season finale, entitled Cherry Peck / Quentin Costa, which became the most-watched scripted program in the history of the FX network.[citation needed]

Including Cherry Peck / Quentin Costa, three episodes of Nip/Tuck rank as the three most-watched scripted programs ever on FX. The second season finale, entitled Joan Rivers, which aired on October 5, 2004, drew 5.2 million viewers. It was then eclipsed on September 20, 2005 when the third season premiere, entitled Momma Boone, drew roughly 5.3 million viewers. Exactly three months later on December 20, 2005, the aforementioned third season finale, entitled Cherry Peck / Quentin Costa, drew 5.7 million viewers. Of those 5.7 million viewers, 3.9 million viewers were in the 18–49 age group demographic, "making the finale the No. 1 episode among the key advertising demographic of any cable series in 2005. It's also the largest demographic number for any single telecast in the network's history,"[17] according to Zap2It.

According to the September 8, 2006 Mediaweek column The Programming Insider, "the fourth season-premiere on Tuesday, September 5, 2006, averaged a stellar 4.8 million total viewers and 3.4 million adults 18–49, building over its season three average by 25 percent and 26 percent, respectively. Nip/Tuck's performance among adults 18–49 ranks as basic cable’s top-rated season-premiere in the demo for 2006, as of September 8, 2006."[18]

International broadcast

Country Network
 Argentina Warner Channel
Australia Australia Showcase
 Austria ORF1
 Belarus Channel One
Belgium Belgium 2BE
 Bolivia Warner Channel
Brazil Brazil Warner Channel
SBT
Brunei Brunei STAR World
Bulgaria Bulgaria Nova Television
Cambodia Cambodia STAR World
Canada Canada CTV
 Chile Warner Channel
 Colombia Warner Channel
 Costa Rica Warner Channel
Cyprus Cyprus LTV
Czech Republic Czech Republic TV Nova
Prima Cool
Denmark Denmark TV3 Puls
 Dominican Republic Warner Channel
 Ecuador Warner Channel
 El Salvador Warner Channel
Estonia Estonia Kanal 11
Finland Finland MTV3
France France M6
Germany Germany ProSieben
sixx
TNT Serie
Greece Greece Star Channel
 Guatemala Warner Channel
 Honduras Warner Channel
 Hong Kong STAR World
Hungary Hungary TV2
 Iceland Stöð 2
India India Zee Café
 Indonesia STAR World
Republic of Ireland Ireland RTE 2
Israel Israel Channel 2
Italy Italy Rai 2
Japan Japan WOWOW
 Kazakhstan Channel One
 Kenya Kenya Television Network
 Latvia TV3
 Lithuania TV3
North Macedonia Macedonia A1
Malaysia Malaysia STAR World
 Mexico Warner Channel
Netherlands Netherlands NET 5
 New Zealand TV One
 Nicaragua Warner Channel
Norway Norway TVNorge
 Pakistan STAR World
 Panama Warner Channel
 Paraguay Warner Channel
 Peru Warner Channel
 Philippines Jack TV
Studio 23
Poland Poland TVN (Poland)
Portugal Portugal RTP2
Romania Romania PRO Cinema
Russia Russia Channel One
 Singapore STAR World
Slovenia Slovenia Kanal A
South Africa South Africa M-net
Spain Spain Fox
Sweden Sweden Kanal 5
  Switzerland SF zwei
 Taiwan STAR World
 Thailand STAR World
Turkey Turkey CNBC-e
Ukraine Ukraine 1+1
Inter
United Arab Emirates United Arab Emirates Fox Series
OSN First
United Kingdom United Kingdom Sky Living
United States United States [[FX {TV channel)|FX]]
 Uruguay Warner Channel
 Venezuela Warner Channel

References

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  12. ^ Traditional Values Coalition. "Sleazy 'Nip/Tuck' Show Back On FX". Traditionalvalues.org. Retrieved 2008-12-31.
  13. ^ ":: Nip/Tuck Advertiser Letter ::". Parentstv.org. Retrieved 2008-12-31.
  14. ^ "Press Center". Industryears.com. Archived from the original on May 14, 2008. Retrieved 2008-12-31.
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