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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 cast

Major supporting characters

Major recurring characters

Seasons and episodes

Main crew

• Michael M. Robin
• Elodie Keene (10 episodes, 2003–2007)
• Ryan Murphy (8 episodes, 2003–2006)
• Charles Haid (8 episodes, 2006–2008)
• Craig Zisk (6 episodes, 2003–2008)
• Nelson McCormick (4 episodes, 2003–2006)
• Richard Levine (4 episodes, 2006–2009)
• Jamie Babbit (3 episodes, 2003–2004)
• Greer Shephard (3 episodes, 2004–2005)
• Sean Jablonski (3 episodes, 2006–2008)
• Brad Falchuk (3 episodes, 2007–2009)
• Scott Brazil (2 episodes, 2003–2004)
• Jeremy Podeswa (2 episodes, 2005)
• Dirk Craft (2 episodes, 2008–2009)
• Jennifer Salt (15 episodes, 2003–2009)
• Sean Jablonski (13 episodes, 2003–2008)
• Lynnie Greene (3 episodes, 2006–2009)
• Hank Chilton

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 (2008):
  • Nominated – Outstanding Guest Actress in a Drama Series (Sharon Gless)
  • Nominated – Outstanding Guest Actor in a Drama Series (Oliver Platt)

• 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).

• Golden Globe Awards (2004):
  • Nominated – Best Television Series – Drama
  • Nominated – Best Performance by an Actress in a Television Series – Drama (Joely Richardson).

• 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.

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."^[13] Despite some critical backlash on its third season, like the grade of D+ from Entertainment Weekly,^[22] 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.

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,"^[13] 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."^[14]

International broadcast

References

1. ^ Nip/Tuck
2. ^ "Nip/Tuck: The Sixth and Final Season". Amazon.com. March 27, 2010. http://www.amazon.com/dp/B003CN5SAY. Retrieved March 27, 2010.
3. ^ "The Internet Data Datatbase" http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0361217/
4. ^ Entertainment Weekly
5. ^ "'Nip/Tuck' Creator Cuts New Deal – Murphy stays with FX show, will develop for FOX – Zap2it". Zap2it.com. February 16, 2007. http://www.zap2it.com/tv/news/zap-ryanmurphydealniptuckrenewal,0,3768386.story. Retrieved 2008-12-31.
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9. ^ "For 'Nip/Tuck', beauty fades". LAtimes.com. June 20, 2009. http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/news/la-et-niptuck20-2009jun20,0,6890685.story. Retrieved 2009-06-20.
10. ^ "Dr. Robert Ray – The Women in the Life of Dr Robert Rey". Dentalinsurancequotes.org. http://www.dentalinsurancequotes.org/the-women-in-the-life-of-dr-robert-rey/. Retrieved 2008-12-31.
11. ^ ^{a b c d e f g h i j k} "The Futon Critic: NIP/TUCK Season Three Premiere Delivers Beautiful Ratings (Released by FX)". September 21, 2005. http://www.thefutoncritic.com/pr.aspx?id=20050921fx01.
12. ^ ^{a b c} "The Futon Critic: Cable Movies, Series Not Unhinged by Fall Season". October 23, 2003. http://www.thefutoncritic.com/newswire.aspx?id=6210.
13. ^ ^{a b c d e f} "Zap2It: 'Nip/Tuck' Finale Carves Out Ratings Records for FX". December 21, 2005. http://tv.zap2it.com/tveditorial/tve_main/1,1002,271%7C99210%7C1%7C,00.html.
14. ^ ^{a b c} "Mediaweek: The Programming Insider". September 8, 2006. http://www.mediaweek.com/mw/search/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1003118929.
15. ^ ^{a b} By (December 19, 2006). "'Survivor' finale cooks in ratings – Entertainment News, TV News, Media – Variety". Variety.com. http://www.variety.com/index.asp?layout=story&articleid=VR1117956082&categoryid=14&cs=1. Retrieved 2008-12-31.
16. ^ Fitzgerald, Toni. "Media Life Magazine". Medialifemagazine.com. http://www.medialifemagazine.com/cgi-bin/artman/exec/view.cgi?archive=483&num=9246. Retrieved 2008-12-31.
17. ^ "Top 20 Cable TV Show Weekly Nielsen Ratings October 29 – November 4, 2007". Tvbythenumbers.com. http://tvbythenumbers.com/2007/11/06/top-cable-1029-11407-mnf-destroys-competition/1639. Retrieved 2008-12-31.
18. ^ Fitzgerald, Toni. "Media Life Magazine – 'Envelope, Please: Gary Busey for . . .'". Medialifemagazine.com. http://www.medialifemagazine.com/artman2/publish/Cable_20/Envelope_Please_Gary_Busey_for.asp. Retrieved 2008-12-31.
19. ^ ^{a b} "‘Nip/Tuck’ Carves Up Competition in Winter Premiere". TV Week. 07-01-2009. http://www.tvweek.com/news/2009/01/niptuck_carves_up_competition.php.
20. ^ "Cable Rating 'Nip/Tuck' returns to 2.92 million and a 1.4 adults 18–49 rating". Tvbythenumbers.com. http://tvbythenumbers.com/2009/10/15/cable-ratings-niptuck-returns-to-2-92-million-and-a-1-4-adults-18-49-rating/30603. Retrieved 2010-01-23.
21. ^ "The Secret Life of the American Teenager and Make it or Break it sets record for ABC family". Tvbythenumbers.com. http://tvbythenumbers.com/2010/01/05/the-secret-life-of-the-american-teenager-and-make-it-or-break-it-set-records-for-abc-family/37729. Retrieved 2010-01-23.
22. ^ "Entertainment Weekly: TV Review: Nip/Tuck, Grade: D+". December 2, 2005. http://www.ew.com/ew/article/review/tv/0,6115,1136295_3_0_,00.html.

External links

• Official website
• Nip/Tuck at the Internet Movie Database
• Nip/Tuck at TV.com
• Warner Video: Nip/Tuck Official website
• TVGuide: TVGuide's Nip/Tuck Page
• CTV.ca Nip/Tuck CTV.ca website

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