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Nip/Tuck

{{short description|2003 American medical drama television series}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=March 2025}}

{{Infobox television

| image = Nip-Tuck (Ryan Murphy Television) logo.svg

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| creator = Ryan Murphy

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| opentheme = {{theme song|"A Perfect Lie"|The Engine Room}}

| composer = James S. Levine

| country = United States

| language = English

| num_seasons = 6

| num_episodes = 100

| list_episodes = List of Nip/Tuck episodes

| executive_producer = {{Plainlist|

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| location = Hollywood, Los Angeles[http://www.fxnetworks.com/shows/originals/niptuck/insider/#about Nip/Tuck] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080511235908/http://www.fxnetworks.com/shows/originals/niptuck/insider/#about |date=May 11, 2008 }}

| runtime = 38–68 minutes

| camera = Single-camera

| company = {{Plainlist|

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| network = FX

| first_aired = {{Start date|2003|7|22}}

| last_aired = {{End date|2010|3|3}}

| related = Mentiras perfectas

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Nip/Tuck is an American medical drama television series created by Ryan Murphy that aired on FX in the United States for six seasons from 2003 to 2010. The series, which also incorporates elements of crime, black comedy, family drama, satire, and psychological thriller, focuses on "McNamara/Troy", a cutting-edge, controversial plastic surgery center, and follows the personal and professional lives of its founders Dr. Sean McNamara and Dr. Christian Troy (portrayed by Dylan Walsh and Julian McMahon, respectively).{{cite web|url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/tv/nip_tuck |title=Nip tuck rundown|publisher=Rotten Tomatoes|access-date=2020-08-28}} Each episode features graphic, partial depictions of the plastic surgeries on one or more patients, as well as developments in the doctors' personal lives. Focus is also given to McNamara/Troy's anesthesiologist Dr. Liz Cruz, Christian's many sexual partners, and Sean's family. With the exception of the pilot, each episode of the series is named after one of the patients scheduled to receive plastic surgery.

Unlike most medical dramas, Nip/Tuck used serial storytelling and often had story arcs spanning multiple seasons; for example, seasons two and three focused on a serial rapist known as The Carver, who often mutilates his victims' faces, leading McNamara/Troy to provide pro bono surgery to the victims.

The show premiered on July 22, 2003, and concluded on March 3, 2010, with the 100th episode.{{cite web|url=https://www.amazon.com/dp/B003CN5SAY|title=Nip/Tuck: The Sixth and Final Season|work=Amazon.com|date=March 27, 2010|access-date=March 27, 2010}} Despite being initially set in Miami, at the end of the fourth season, it was relocated to Los Angeles, and many of the characters followed along. The show earned 45 award nominations, winning one Golden Globe and one Emmy Award.{{IMDb title|0361217}} Series creator Ryan Murphy said that the medical cases on the show are "100 percent based on fact".{{cite magazine |last=Rice |first=Lynette |date=September 9, 2005 |title="Nip/Tuck" chief tells why he reupped with FX |url=https://ew.com/article/2005/09/09/niptuck-chief-tells-why-he-reupped-fx/ |magazine=Entertainment Weekly}}

Overview

The drama is set in a plastic-surgery center, McNamara/Troy, centering on the two doctors who own it. Sean McNamara (Dylan Walsh) is often found having problems at home due to being seduced by beautiful women on a daily basis, and thus tries to keep his family together by patching up the rocky road in which his family and himself are living. Partner Christian Troy (Julian McMahon), though, uses his charm to bring in potential female candidates and conducts vain business deals, almost never failing to end up with them in bed. Sean takes his job seriously and often must fix Christian's mistakes.

Production

According to Ryan Murphy, the series was inspired by makeover episodes of the talk shows The Jenny Jones Show and The Oprah Winfrey Show.{{cite web |url=https://www.tvguide.com/news/like-niptuck-thank-40325/ |title=Like Nip/Tuck? Thank Jenny Jones! |last=Katner |first=Ben |work=TV Guide |date=August 19, 2003 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220518205318/https://www.tvguide.com/news/like-niptuck-thank-40325/ |archive-date=May 18, 2022}}

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,{{cite web |date=February 16, 2007 |url=http://www.zap2it.com/tv/news/zap-ryanmurphydealniptuckrenewal,0,3768386.story |title='Nip/Tuck' Creator Cuts New Deal – Murphy stays with FX show, will develop for FOX – Zap2it |publisher=Zap2it |access-date=2008-12-31 |archive-date=2013-09-25 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130925093847/http://www.zap2it.com/tv/news/zap-ryanmurphydealniptuckrenewal,0,3768386.story |url-status=dead }} 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; airing on October 14, 2009. Following a three-week hiatus for the Christmas holidays, the show resumed in January 2010, and concluded on March 3, 2010, with its 100th episode.{{cite web |last=Berman |first=Marc |url=http://www.mediaweek.com/mw/content_display/news/cable-tv/e3i33318fd8458cbc08688e1132dc6af84a |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090810005841/http://www.mediaweek.com/mw/content_display/news/cable-tv/e3i33318fd8458cbc08688e1132dc6af84a |url-status=dead |archive-date=2009-08-10 |title=FX at TCA: More Rescue Me; Original Programming Schedule | Adweek |publisher=MediaWeek |access-date=2013-12-05 }}{{cite web|url=http://www.thefutoncritic.com/news.aspx?id=20091201fx01 |title=Breaking News - FX Sets Midseason Lineup |publisher=TheFutonCritic.com |access-date=2013-12-05}}{{cite web |last=Beck |first=Marilyn |url=http://www.nationalledger.com/artman/publish/article_272625700.shtml |title='Nip/Tuck' Cast Feeling the Pangs of Wrapping up For Good, Kelly Carlson Reflects |publisher=National Ledger |date=2009-04-19 |access-date=2013-12-05 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090424033208/http://www.nationalledger.com/artman/publish/article_272625700.shtml |archive-date=2009-04-24 }}

Nip/Tuck filmed its 100th and final episode on June 12, 2009, without creator Ryan Murphy,{{cite news|url=https://www.latimes.com/entertainment/news/la-et-niptuck20-2009jun20,0,6890685.story |title=For 'Nip/Tuck', beauty fades |work=Los Angeles Times |date= June 20, 2009|access-date=2009-06-20}} 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.{{cite web |url=http://www.dentalinsurancequotes.org/the-women-in-the-life-of-dr-robert-rey/ |title=Dr. Robert Ray – The Women in the Life of Dr Robert Rey |publisher=Dentalinsurancequotes.org |access-date=2008-12-31 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100921055327/http://www.dentalinsurancequotes.org/the-women-in-the-life-of-dr-robert-rey/ |archive-date=2010-09-21 }}

Cast and characters

=Main cast=

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! scope="col" rowspan="2" | Actor

! scope="col" rowspan="2" | Character

! scope="col" colspan="6" | Seasons

style="width:12%;"|1

!style="width:12%;"|2

!style="width:12%;"|3

!style="width:12%;"|4

!style="width:12%;"|5

!style="width:12%;"|6

Dylan Walsh

| Sean McNamara

| colspan="6" {{cMain}}

Julian McMahon

| Christian Troy

| colspan="6" {{cMain}}

John Hensley

| Matt McNamara

| colspan="6" {{cMain}}

Joely Richardson

| Julia McNamara

| colspan="6" {{cMain}}

Valerie Cruz

| Grace Santiago

| {{cMain}}

| colspan="5" {{n/a

}

|-

| Roma Maffia

| Liz Cruz

| {{cRecurring}}

| colspan="5" {{cMain}}

|-

| Kelly Carlson

| Kimber Henry

| colspan="2" {{cRecurring}}

| colspan="4" {{cMain}}

|-

| Jessalyn Gilsig

| Gina Russo

| colspan="2" {{cRecurring}}

| {{cMain}}

| colspan="2" {{cGuest|Special Guest}}

| {{n/a|}}

|-

| Bruno Campos

| Quentin Costa

| {{n/a|}}

| {{cGuest}}

| {{cMain}}

| colspan="3" {{n/a|}}

|}

=Recurring cast=

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! scope="col" rowspan="2" | Actor

! scope="col" rowspan="2" | Character

! scope="col" colspan="6" | Seasons

style="width:10%;"|1

!style="width:10%;"|2

!style="width:10%;"|3

!style="width:10%;"|4

!style="width:10%;"|5

!style="width:10%;"|6

Kelsey Batelaan

| Annie McNamara

| colspan="6" {{cRecurring}}

Linda Klein

| Nurse Linda

| colspan="6" {{cRecurring}}

Robert LaSardo

| Escobar Gallardo

| {{cRecurring}}

| {{cGuest}}

| {{n/a

}

| {{cRecurring}}

| {{n/a|}}

| {{cGuest}}

|-

| Ruth Williamson

| Mrs. Hedda Grubman

| {{cRecurring}}

| {{cGuest}}

| {{n/a|}}

| {{cGuest}}

| colspan="2" {{n/a|}}

|-

| Joey Slotnick

| Dr. Merrill Bobolit

| {{cRecurring}}

| {{cGuest}}

| {{n/a|}}

| {{cGuest}}

| colspan="2" {{n/a|}}

|-

| Phillip Rhys

| Jude Sawyer

| {{cRecurring}}

| colspan="2" {{cGuest}}

| colspan="3" {{n/a|}}

|-

| Julie Warner

| Megan O'Hara

| {{cRecurring}}

| {{cGuest}}

| {{n/a|}}

| {{cGuest}}

| colspan="2" {{n/a|}}

|-

| Joshua & Josiah Henry

| Wilber Troy

| {{n/a|}}

| {{cRecurring}}

| {{n/a|}}

| colspan="3" {{cRecurring}}

|-

| Vanessa Redgrave

| Dr. Erica Noughton

| {{n/a|}}

| colspan="2" {{cRecurring}}

| colspan="2" {{n/a|}}

| {{cGuest}}

|-

| Famke Janssen

| Ava Moore

| {{n/a|}}

| {{cRecurring}}

| {{cGuest|Special Guest}}

| colspan="2" {{n/a|}}

| {{cGuest|Special Guest}}

|-

| Seth Gabel

| Adrian Moore

| {{n/a|}}

| {{cRecurring}}

| colspan="4" {{n/a|}}

|-

| Willam Belli

| Cherry Peck

| colspan="2" {{n/a|}}

| {{cRecurring}}

| colspan="3" {{n/a|}}

|-

| Rhona Mitra

| Kit McGraw

| colspan="2" {{n/a|}}

| {{cRecurring}}

| colspan="3" {{n/a|}}

|-

| Brittany Snow

| Ariel Alderman

| colspan="2" {{n/a|}}

| {{cRecurring}}

| colspan="3" {{n/a|}}

|-

| Sanaa Lathan

| Michelle Landau

| colspan="3" {{n/a|}}

| {{cRecurring}}

| colspan="2" {{n/a|}}

|-

| Jacqueline Bisset

| James LeBeau

| colspan="3" {{n/a|}}

| {{cRecurring}}

| colspan="2" {{n/a|}}

|-

| Peter Dinklage

| Marlowe Sawyer

| colspan="3" {{n/a|}}

| {{cRecurring}}

| colspan="2" {{n/a|}}

|-

| Rosie O'Donnell

| Dawn Budge

| colspan="3" {{n/a|}}

| colspan="2" {{cRecurring}}

| {{n/a|}}

|-

| Mario Lopez

| Dr. Mike Hamoui

| colspan="3" {{n/a|}}

| {{cGuest}}

| {{n/a|}}

| {{cRecurring}}

|-

| Paula Marshall

| Kate Tinsley

| colspan="4" {{n/a|}}

| {{cRecurring}}

| {{n/a|}}

|-

| Bradley Cooper

| Aidan Stone

| colspan="4" {{n/a|}}

| {{cRecurring}}

| {{n/a|}}

|-

| Portia de Rossi

| Olivia Lord

| colspan="4" {{n/a|}}

| {{cRecurring}}

| {{n/a|}}

|-

| AnnaLynne McCord

| Eden Lord

| colspan="4" {{n/a|}}

| {{cRecurring}}

| {{n/a|}}

|-

| John Schneider

| Ram Peters

| colspan="4" {{n/a|}}

| {{cRecurring}}

| {{n/a|}}

|-

| Sharon Gless

| Colleen Rose

| colspan="4" {{n/a|}}

| {{cRecurring}}

| {{n/a|}}

|-

| Katee Sackhoff (season 5)
Rose McGowan (season 6)

| Dr. Theodora "Teddy" Rowe

| colspan="4" {{n/a|}}

| colspan="2" {{cRecurring}}

|-

| George Newbern

| Dr. Curtis Ryerson

| colspan="5" {{n/a|}}

| {{cRecurring}}

|-

| Melonie Diaz

| Ramona Perez

| colspan="5" {{n/a|}}

| {{cRecurring}}

|}

Episodes

{{Main|List of Nip/Tuck episodes}}

{{Series overview

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Main crew

Awards and nominations

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!Year

! scope="col" |Award

! scope="col" |Date of the ceremony

! scope="col" |Category

! scope="col" |Recipients

! scope="col" |Result

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rowspan="11" |2004

| rowspan="2" |Golden Globe Awards

| rowspan="2" |25 January 2004

|Best Television Series – Drama

|Nip/Tuck

| {{nom}}

| rowspan="2" |{{Cite web |last=Hayes |first=Dade |date=2004-01-26 |title=By Gollum, it’s ‘The King’ |url=https://variety.com/2004/film/awards/by-gollum-it-s-the-king-1117899023/ |access-date=2025-05-11 |website=Variety |language=en-US}}

Best Actress – Television Series Drama

|Joely Richardson

|{{nom}}

rowspan="3" |Satellite Awards

| rowspan="3" |21 February 2004

|Best Television Series – Drama

|Nip/Tuck

| {{nom}}

| rowspan="3" |{{Cite web |last=Maldonado |first=Ryan |date=2003-12-18 |title=Satellites pix picked |url=https://variety.com/2003/film/awards/satellites-pix-picked-1117897313/ |access-date=2025-05-11 |website=Variety |language=en-US}}

Best Actor – Television Series Drama

|Julian McMahon

|{{nom}}

Best Actress – Television Series Drama

|Joely Richardson

|{{nom}}

GLAAD Media Awards

|12 April 2004

|Outstanding Drama Series

|Nip/Tuck

| {{nom}}

|{{Cite web |date=2005-11-19 |title=GLAAD: Antonio Banderas, John Waters, "Bend it Like Beckham," "Angels in America," Honored at 15th Annual GLAAD Media Awards Presented by ABSOLUT VODKA in Los Angeles |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20051119203029/http://www.glaad.org/media/release_detail.php?id=3637&PHPSESSID=85aa222bb4c8d2b8780aa36bd1e82098 |access-date=2025-05-11 |website=web.archive.org}}

rowspan="5" |Primetime Emmy Awards

| rowspan="5" |19 September 2004

|Outstanding Directing for a Drama Series

|Ryan Murphy (for "Pilot")

| {{nom}}

| rowspan="5" |{{Cite web |title=Outstanding Directing For A Drama Series 2004 - Nominees & Winners |url=https://www.televisionacademy.com/awards/nominees-winners/2004/outstanding-directing-for-a-drama-series |access-date=2025-05-11 |website=Television Academy |language=en}}

Outstanding Main Title Design

|Eric Anderson, Vince Haycock, Paul Matthaeus and Paul Schneider

| {{nom}}

Outstanding Original Main Title Theme Music

|Jeffrey Cain, Cedric Lemoyne and Gregory Slay

| {{nom}}

Outstanding Prosthetic Makeup

|Thomas R. Burman, Bari Dreiband-Burman and James MacKinnon (for "Pilot")

| {{won}}

Outstanding Makeup for a Series (Non-Prosthetic)

|Eryn Krueger Mekash, Stephanie A. Fowler, Thomas R. Burman, Bari Dreiband-Burman (for "Adelle Coffin)

| {{nom}}

rowspan="17" |2005

| rowspan="3" |Golden Globe Awards

| rowspan="3" |16 January 2005

|Best Television Series – Drama

|Nip/Tuck

| {{won}}

| rowspan="3" |{{Cite web |last=Snyder |first=Gabriel |date=2004-12-13 |title=Globes noms all about booze and Hughes |url=https://variety.com/2004/film/awards/globes-noms-all-about-booze-and-hughes-1117914901/ |access-date=2025-05-11 |website=Variety |language=en-US}}

Best Actor – Television Series Drama

|Julian McMahon

|{{nom}}

Best Actress – Television Series Drama

|Joely Richardson

|{{nom}}

Producers Guild of America Awards

|22 January 2005

|Best Episodic Drama

| rowspan="2" |Nip/Tuck

| {{nom}}

| align="center" |{{Cite web |date=2008-12-15 |title=Producers Guild Awards 2005 - The Producers Guild of America |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081215034915/http://www.producersguild.org/pg/awards_a/awards2005.asp |access-date=2025-05-11 |website=web.archive.org}}

rowspan="2" |Satellite Awards

| rowspan="2" |23 January 2005

|Best Television Series – Drama

| {{won}}

| rowspan="2" |{{Cite web |date=2009-12-21 |title=INTERNATIONAL PRESS ACADEMY: SATELLITE Awards |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091221072610/http://www.pressacademy.com/satawards/awards2005a.shtml |access-date=2025-05-11 |website=web.archive.org}}

Best Actress – Television Series Drama

|Joely Richardson

|{{nom}}

Costume Designers Guild

|19 February 2005

|Excellence in Contemporary Television

|Lou Eyrich

| {{nom}}

|{{Cite web |last=Thompson |first=Jenn |date=2005-02-21 |title=Costume nods draped on ‘Aquatic,’ ‘Snicket’ |url=https://variety.com/2005/film/awards/costume-nods-draped-on-aquatic-snicket-1117918259/ |access-date=2025-05-11 |website=Variety |language=en-US}}

rowspan="2" scope="row" |Saturn Awards

| rowspan="2" |3 May 2005

|Best Syndicated/Cable Television Series

|Nip/Tuck

| {{nom}}

| rowspan="2" |{{Cite web |date=2005-07-25 |title=The Academy of Science Fiction Fantasy & Horror Films |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050725081254/http://www.saturnawards.org/ |access-date=2025-05-11 |website=web.archive.org}}

Best Actor on Television

|Julian McMahon

| {{nom}}

BMI Film & TV Awards

|18 May 2005

|BMI Cable Award

|James S. Levine

| {{won}}

|

rowspan="4" |Primetime Emmy Awards

| rowspan="4" |18 September 2005

|Outstanding Guest Actress in a Drama Series

|Jill Clayburgh (for "Bobbi Broderick" and "Naomi Gaines")

| {{nom}}

| rowspan="4" |{{Cite web |title=Outstanding Guest Actress In A Drama Series 2005 - Nominees & Winners |url=https://www.televisionacademy.com/awards/nominees-winners/2005/outstanding-guest-actress-in-a-drama-series |access-date=2025-05-11 |website=Television Academy |language=en}}

Outstanding Casting for a Drama Series

|Eric Dawson, Carol Kritzer and Robert J. Ulrich

| {{nom}}

Outstanding Prosthetic Makeup

|Eryn Krueger Mekash, Stephanie A. Fowler, Mary Kay Morse, Thomas R. Burman, Bari Dreiband-Burman (for "Christian Troy")

| {{nom}}

Outstanding Makeup (Non-Prosthetic)

|Eryn Krueger Mekash and Stephanie A. Fowler (for "Julia McNamara")

| {{nom}}

rowspan="3" |Satellite Awards

| rowspan="3" |17 December 2005

|Best Television Series – Drama

|Nip/Tuck

| {{won}}

| rowspan="3" |

Best Actor – Television Series Drama

|Dylan Walsh

|{{nom}}

Best Actress – Television Series Drama

|Joely Richardson

|{{nom}}

rowspan="8" |2006

|Writers Guild of America Awards

|4 February 2006

|Television: Episodic Drama

|Jennifer Salt (for "Rhea Reynolds")

| {{nom}}

| align="center" |{{Cite web |date=2023-04-08 |title=Writers Guild Awards Winners 2012-2006 |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230408090627/https://awards.wga.org/awards/nominees-winners/2012-2006 |access-date=2025-05-11 |website=web.archive.org}}

Costume Designers Guild

|25 February 2006

|Excellence in Contemporary Television

|Lou Eyrich

| {{nom}}

| align="center" |{{Cite web |last=Brown |first=Maressa |date=2006-02-26 |title=Atwood in fashion at costumers’ kudos |url=https://variety.com/2006/film/awards/atwood-in-fashion-at-costumers-kudos-1117938896/ |access-date=2025-05-11 |website=Variety |language=en-US}}

Young Artist Awards

|25 March 2006

|Best Performance in a TV series – Guest Starring Young Actor (Comedy or Drama)

|Tanner Richie

|{{nom}}

| align="center" |{{Cite web |date=2010-07-04 |title=27th Annual Young Artist Awards - Nominations / Special Awards |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100704071111/http://www.youngartistawards.org/noms27.htm |access-date=2025-05-11 |website=web.archive.org}}

rowspan="2" |Saturn Awards

| rowspan="2" |2 May 2006

|Best Syndicated/Cable Television Series

|Nip/Tuck

| {{nom}}

| rowspan="2" align="center" |{{Cite web |last=Campea |first=John |date=2006-02-17 |title=The 2006 Saturn Awards Nominations |url=http://www.themovieblog.com/2006/02/the-2006-saturn-awards-nominations/ |access-date=2025-05-11 |website=The Movie Blog |language=en-US}}

Best Actor on Television

|Julian McMahon

| {{nom}}

rowspan="3" |Primetime Creative Arts Emmy Awards

| rowspan="3" |19 August 2006

|Outstanding Art Direction for a Single-Camera Series

|Liz Kay and Ellen Brill (for "Ben White")

|{{nom}}

| rowspan="3" align="center" |{{Cite web |date=2006-11-03 |title=Academy of Television Arts & Sciences |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061103012348/http://www.emmys.org/downloads/images/2006emmys/PrimetimeNoms.php |access-date=2025-05-11 |website=web.archive.org}}

Outstanding Prosthetic Makeup

|Eryn Krueger Mekash, Stephanie A. Fowler, Mary Kay Morse, Thomas R. Burman, Bari Dreiband-Burman (for "Cherry Peck")

| {{nom}}

Outstanding Makeup (Non-Prosthetic)

|Eryn Krueger, Stephanie Fowler, Debbie Zoller, and Michele Tyminski (for "Quentin Costa")

| {{nom}}

rowspan="4" |2007

|NAACP Image Awards

|2 March 2007

|Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series

|Sanaa Lathan

| {{nom}}

| align="center" |{{Cite web |title=NAACP Image Awards 2006 |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070228153720/http://www.naacpimageawards.net/PDFs/Nominees_Only.pdf}}

Primetime Creative Arts Emmy Awards

|8 September 2007

|Outstanding Prosthetic Makeup

|Eryn Krueger, Stephanie Fowler, Bill Corso, Mary Kay Witt, Christopher Nelson, and Christien Tinsley (for "Conor McNamara")

| {{nom}}

| align="center" |{{Cite web |title=Wayback Machine |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070927001910/http://www.emmys.org/downloads/2007/59ptemmys_noms.pdf |access-date=2025-05-11 |website=web.archive.org}}

AACTA Awards

|6 December 2007

|Best Actor – International

|Julian McMahon

| {{nom}}

| align="center" |

Satellite Awards

|16 December 2007

|Best DVD Release of a TV Show

|Nip/Tuck

| {{nom}}

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rowspan="2" |2008

| rowspan="2" |Primetime Creative Arts Emmy Awards

| rowspan="2" |13 September 2008

|Outstanding Guest Actor in a Drama Series

|Oliver Platt

| {{nom}}

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Outstanding Guest Actress in a Drama Series

|Sharon Gless

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rowspan="2" |2009

| rowspan="2" |Primetime Creative Arts Emmy Awards

| rowspan="2" |12 September 2009

|Outstanding Prosthetic Makeup

|David Dupuis, Thomas R. Burman and Bari Dreiband-Burman (for "Budi Sabri")

| {{nom}}

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Outstanding Makeup (Non-Prosthetic)

|Eryn Krueger Mekash and Stephanie A. Fowler (for "Giselle Blaylock And Legend Chandler")

| {{nom}}

2010

|Primetime Creative Arts Emmy Awards

|21 August 2010

|Outstanding Prosthetic Makeup

|Thomas R. Burman, Bari Dreiband-Burman, Thomas Floutz, Stephanie A. Fowler, Bart Mixon, Michele Tyminski Schoenbach, Vincent Van Dyke, and Michele Tyminski Schoenbach (for Enigma")

| {{nom}}

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U.S. television ratings

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

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! colspan="3" | Season finale

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(in millions)

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Age 18–49
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(in millions)

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18–49
(in millions)

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! span style="width:7%; font-size:smaller; font-weight:bold; line-height:100%;"| Viewers Total
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! span style="width:7%; font-size:smaller; font-weight:bold; line-height:100%;"| Viewers
18–49
(in millions)

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! style="background:#f9f9f9;text-align:center;" | 1st

! rowspan="6" style="background:#f9f9f9;font-weight:normal;text-align:center;line-height:110%;" | Tuesday 10:00 pm

| July 22, 2003

! style="text-align:center;font-weight:normal;" | 3.7{{cite news|url=http://www.thefutoncritic.com/pr.aspx?id=20050921fx01|work=The Futon Critic|date=September 21, 2005|title=The Futon Critic: NIP/TUCK Season Three Premiere Delivers Beautiful Ratings (Released by FX)}}

! style="text-align:center;font-weight:normal;" | 2.0

| October 21, 2003

! style="text-align:center;font-weight:normal;" | 2.99{{cite news|url=http://www.thefutoncritic.com/newswire.aspx?id=6210|work=The Futon Critic|date=October 23, 2003|title=The Futon Critic: Cable Movies, Series Not Unhinged by Fall Season}}

! style="text-align:center;font-weight:normal;" | 2.1

! style="background:#9cf;text-align:center;font-weight:normal;" | 3.25

! style="background:#9cf;text-align:center;font-weight:normal;" | 2.2

style="background:#f9f9f9;"

! style="background:#f9f9f9;text-align:center;" | 2nd

| June 22, 2004

! style="text-align:center;font-weight:normal;" | 3.8

! style="text-align:center;font-weight:normal;" | 2.7

| October 5, 2004

! style="text-align:center;font-weight:normal;" | 5.2

! style="text-align:center;font-weight:normal;" | 3.6

! style="background:#9cf;text-align:center;font-weight:normal;" | 3.8

! style="background:#9cf;text-align:center;font-weight:normal;" | 2.6

style="background:#f9f9f9;"

! style="background:#f9f9f9;text-align:center;" | 3rd

| September 20, 2005

! style="text-align:center;font-weight:normal;" | 5.3

! style="text-align:center;font-weight:normal;" | 3.7

| December 20, 2005

! style="text-align:center;font-weight:normal;" | 5.7{{cite news |url=http://tv.zap2it.com/tveditorial/tve_main/1,1002,271%7C99210%7C1%7C,00.html |work=Zap2It |date=December 21, 2005 |title=Zap2It: 'Nip/Tuck' Finale Carves Out Ratings Records for FX |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071030203937/http://tv.zap2it.com/tveditorial/tve_main/1%2C1002%2C271%7C99210%7C1%7C%2C00.html |archive-date=October 30, 2007 }}

! style="text-align:center;font-weight:normal;" | 3.9

! style="background:#9cf;text-align:center;font-weight:normal;" | 3.9

! style="background:#9cf;text-align:center;font-weight:normal;" | 2.7

style="background:#f9f9f9;"

! style="background:#f9f9f9;text-align:center;" | 4th

| September 5, 2006

! style="text-align:center;font-weight:normal;" | 4.8{{cite news|url=http://www.mediaweek.com/mw/search/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1003118929|work=Mediaweek|date=September 8, 2006|title=Mediaweek: The Programming Insider|access-date=February 8, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080118203306/http://www.mediaweek.com/mw/search/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1003118929|archive-date=January 18, 2008|url-status=dead|df=mdy-all}}

! style="text-align:center;font-weight:normal;" | 3.4

| December 12, 2006

! style="text-align:center;font-weight:normal;" | 3.38{{cite news|url=https://www.variety.com/index.asp?layout=story&articleid=VR1117956082&categoryid=14&cs=1 |title='Survivor' finale cooks in ratings – Entertainment News, TV News, Media – Variety |publisher=Variety.com |date= December 19, 2006|access-date=2008-12-31}}

! style="text-align:center;font-weight:normal;" | 2.38{{cite web |last=Fitzgerald |first=Toni |url=http://www.medialifemagazine.com/cgi-bin/artman/exec/view.cgi?archive=483&num=9246 |title=Media Life Magazine |publisher=Medialifemagazine.com |access-date=2008-12-31 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090203093751/http://www.medialifemagazine.com/cgi-bin/artman/exec/view.cgi?archive=483&num=9246 |archive-date=2009-02-03 }}

! style="background:#9cf;text-align:center;font-weight:normal;" | 3.9

! style="background:#9cf;text-align:center;font-weight:normal;" | 2.75

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! style="background:#f9f9f9;text-align:center;" | 5th – Part I

| October 30, 2007

! style="text-align:center;font-weight:normal;" | 4.3{{cite web |url=http://tvbythenumbers.com/2007/11/06/top-cable-1029-11407-mnf-destroys-competition/1639 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071206112113/http://tvbythenumbers.com/2007/11/06/top-cable-1029-11407-mnf-destroys-competition/1639 |url-status=dead |archive-date=December 6, 2007 |title=Top 20 Cable TV Show Weekly Nielsen Ratings October 29 – November 4, 2007 |publisher=TV by the Numbers |access-date=2008-12-31 }}

! style="text-align:center;font-weight:normal;" | 3.5

| February 19, 2008

! style="text-align:center;font-weight:normal;" | N/A

! style="text-align:center;font-weight:normal;" | 2.41{{cite web |last=Fitzgerald |first=Toni |url=http://www.medialifemagazine.com/artman2/publish/Cable_20/Envelope_Please_Gary_Busey_for.asp |title=Media Life Magazine – 'Envelope, Please: Gary Busey for . . .' |publisher=Medialifemagazine.com |access-date=2008-12-31 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090203093711/http://www.medialifemagazine.com/artman2/publish/Cable_20/Envelope_Please_Gary_Busey_for.asp |archive-date=2009-02-03 }}

! style="background:#9cf;text-align:center;font-weight:normal;" | N/A

! style="background:#9cf;text-align:center;font-weight:normal;" | N/A

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! style="background:#f9f9f9;text-align:center;" | 5th – Part II

| January 6, 2009

! style="text-align:center;font-weight:normal;" | 3.1{{cite web| url=http://www.tvweek.com/news/2009/01/niptuck_carves_up_competition.php| title='Nip/Tuck' Carves Up Competition in Winter Premiere| publisher=TV Week| date=2009-07-01| access-date=2009-01-07| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090116130813/http://www.tvweek.com/news/2009/01/niptuck_carves_up_competition.php| archive-date=2009-01-16| url-status=dead}}

! style="text-align:center;font-weight:normal;" | 2.4

| March 3, 2009

! style="text-align:center;font-weight:normal;" | 3.8

! style="text-align:center;font-weight:normal;" | 2.4

! style="background:#9cf;text-align:center;font-weight:normal;" | N/A

! style="background:#9cf;text-align:center;font-weight:normal;" | N/A

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! style="background:#f9f9f9;text-align:center;" | 6th

! style="background:#f9f9f9;font-weight:normal;text-align:center;line-height:110%;" | Wednesday 10:00 pm

| October 14, 2009

! style="text-align:center;font-weight:normal;" | 2.9{{cite web|url=http://tvbythenumbers.com/2009/10/15/cable-ratings-niptuck-returns-to-2-92-million-and-a-1-4-adults-18-49-rating/30603|title=Cable Rating 'Nip/Tuck' returns to 2.92 million and a 1.4 adults 18–49 rating|publisher=TV by the Numbers|access-date=2010-01-23|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091019083820/http://tvbythenumbers.com/2009/10/15/cable-ratings-niptuck-returns-to-2-92-million-and-a-1-4-adults-18-49-rating/30603|archive-date=2009-10-19}}

! style="text-align:center;font-weight:normal;" | 1.9{{cite web|url=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|title=The Secret Life of the American Teenager and Make it or Break it sets record for ABC family|publisher=TV by the Numbers|access-date=2010-01-23|archive-date=2010-01-09|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100109101020/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|url-status=dead}}

| March 3, 2010

! style="text-align:center;font-weight:normal;" | 1.8

! style="text-align:center;font-weight:normal;" |

! style="background:#9cf;text-align:center;font-weight:normal;" |

! style="background:#9cf;text-align:center;font-weight:normal;" |

Nip/Tuck became an instant cable hit from its 2003 series premiere.{{citation needed|date=October 2013}}

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". Despite some criticism on its third season, the story arc involving The Carver attracted even more of an audience to the series than any of the seasons before, reaching its climax 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|date=February 2011}}

Including "Cherry Peck / Quentin Costa", three episodes of Nip/Tuck rank as the three most-watched scripted programs ever on FX.{{citation needed|date=October 2013}} 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. 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 were in the 18–49 age group demographic, "making the finale the number-one 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,"{{dead link|date=October 2013}} according to [https://web.archive.org/web/20000302171729/http://zap2it.com/ Zap2It].

According to the September 8, 2006, [https://web.archive.org/web/20081010155411/http://mediaweek.com/ Mediaweek] column "The Programming Insider", "the fourth-season premiere on Tuesday, September 5, 2006, averaged 4.8 million total viewers and 3.4 million adults 18–49, building over its season-three average by 25% and 26%, respectively. Nip/Tuck{{'}}s performance among adults 18–49 ranks as basic cable's top-rated season premiere in the demographic for 2006, as of September 8, 2006."

Broadcast

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In Australia, the series was broadcast on Showcase and Nine Network; in Canada on CTV and Series+; in France on M6; in Ireland on TG4; in New Zealand on TV One, TV2 and Canterbury Television.{{cite web |title=Séries sur M6 : Replay en streaming |url=https://www.6play.fr/pp |website=6play}}{{Cite web |date=2006-04-15 |title=NIP TUCK {{!}} TV2 {{!}} tvnz.co.nz |url=http://tvnz.co.nz:80/view/tv2_minisite_index_skin/tv2_nip_tuck_group |access-date=2024-05-24 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060415000043/http://tvnz.co.nz:80/view/tv2_minisite_index_skin/tv2_nip_tuck_group |archive-date=2006-04-15 }}

In the United Kingdom, Sky One acquired the series just a few weeks ahead of its US debut, on 8 July 2003, and premiered in the 10:00pm time slot on 13 January 2004.{{Cite web |date=2004-01-14 |title=Big figures for 'Nip/Tuck' on Sky One |url=https://www.digitalspy.com/tv/a13017/big-figures-for-niptuck-on-sky-one/ |access-date=2024-05-24 |website=Digital Spy |language=en-GB}}{{Cite news |last=Deans |first=Jason |date=2003-07-08 |title=Airey snaps up Warner Bros shows |url=https://www.theguardian.com/media/2003/jul/08/broadcasting1 |access-date=2024-06-14 |work=The Guardian |language=en-GB |issn=0261-3077}} In August 2004, Nip/Tuck began airing on Channel 4, who had already acquired the free-to-air rights to the series before Sky announced they had the first-run pay TV rights. They only aired the first two seasons before dropping the show from its lineup.{{Cite web |date=2004-08-12 |title=channel4.com - E4 - NIP/TUCK |url=http://www.channel4.com/entertainment/tv/microsites/N/nip_tuck/ |access-date=2024-05-24 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040812034020/http://www.channel4.com/entertainment/tv/microsites/N/nip_tuck/ |archive-date=2004-08-12 }} In 2007, Nip/Tuck moved from Sky One to the British version of the show's home network, FX.{{Cite web |date=2007-07-19 |title=FX nabs 'Nip/Tuck', more in acquisitions spree |url=https://www.digitalspy.com/tv/a66735/fx-nabs-niptuck-more-in-acquisitions-spree/ |access-date=2024-06-14 |website=Digital Spy |language=en-GB}} It has also since aired on Sky Living.

In South Africa the show aired, after the actual running time, on SABC 3.

Home media

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| The Complete First Season

| June 15, 2004

| September 20, 2004

| October 20, 2004

|

  • 3 making-of documentaries
  • Giving Melodrama a Facelift
  • Realistic Expectations: The Practice of Plastic Surgery
  • Are They Real or Fake?: Miraculous Makeup Effects of Nip/Tuck
  • Severed Parts gag reel
  • Cutting room floor deleted scenes
  • A Perfect Lie music video. Teaser trailer.
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| The Complete Second Season

| August 30, 2005

| May 30, 2005

| July 13, 2005

|

  • Cutting room floor: Deleted scenes
  • Featurette: Recurring Pain: Three Women and Their Man
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| The Complete Third Season

| August 29, 2006

| May 8, 2006

| May 2, 2007

|

  • Severed Parts - unaired scenes
  • 2 featurettes
  • Chasing the Carver
  • The Perfect Look: Set Design.
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| The Complete Fourth Season

| September 4, 2007

| August 13, 2007

| July 2, 2008

|

  • Cutting Room Floor - unaired scenes
  • Clever casting: The season's guest stars
  • Sizzle: the sexuality of Nip/Tuck.
  • The cutting edge: how real-life dramas are incorporated into the show
  • Severed parts: gag reel
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| The Complete Fifth Season

| December 30, 2008 (part 1)
October 6, 2009 (part 2)

| January 18, 2010

| October 28, 2009

|

  • Hollywood Hedonism: The Transition from Miami to Hollywood
  • Cutting Room Floor: Unaired scenes
  • Severed parts: gag reel
  • Featurette: The Science of Beauty
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| The Complete Sixth and Final Season

| June 8, 2010

| September 6, 2010

| February 2, 2011

|

  • Deleted scenes
  • Featurette
  • Gag reel
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| The Complete Series

| November 2, 2010

| N/A

| N/A

|

  • Special features from individual season box sets

International adaptation

In 2013, the Colombian network Caracol Televisión produced the Spanish language adaptation of the series, titled Mentiras perfectas (Perfect Lies).{{cite web|url=http://tiendamovistar.terra.com/capa/co/|title=Movistar Store|website=tiendamovistar.terra.com}}

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