Drama straight from
the surgeon\'s knife
cosmetic surgery,TV
Nip/Tuck
Ever thought about plastic surgery? Or are you simply intrigued by the rich and beautiful going under the knife? Then Nip/Tuck is the one to watch. The series follows the lives of two Miami plastic surgeons, Sean McNamara (Dylan Walsh) and Christian Troy (Julian McMahon). Boy, do they come across some crazy cases...
Based on fact
cosmetic surgery,TV
Nip/Tuck
Nip/Tuck creator Ryan Murphy revealed that the medical cases featured on the show are \'100 percent based on fact\'. One episode deals with a 480-pound Florida resident, who died after emergency workers tried to separate her from the couch she had lived on for six years. In another episode a patient is addicted to plastic surgery. Yep, plastic surgery addiction is a real phenomenon which stems from a psychological condition called body dysmorphic disorder
Racy content
cosmetic surgery,TV
Nip/Tuck
One scene involving a foursome was so explicit that Nip/Tuck was nearly taken off the air. And this was despite it being the highest-rated new US TV series in its debut season in 2003
Bit parts
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Nip/Tuck
Another scene showed a funeral home worker collecting body parts from dead women, including his own sister\'s head! Then he sewed them together to make \'the ideal woman\'. Weird...
Pretty faces
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Nip/Tuck
A series about plastic surgery just has to win an award for the best make-up, doesn\'t it? Nip/Tuck bagged an Emmy Award for \'Outstanding make-up\' in 2003, just a year after its debut
Beauty with brains
cosmetic surgery,TV
Nip/Tuck
Kimber Henry (played by Kelly Carlson) is a one-time model, pornographic actress, and pornography producer. She is the on-off girlfriend of Dr Christian Troy. In the pilot episode, in which she introduced herself as a model, she wasn\'t initially interested in Christian, until he revealed he was a plastic surgeon. After having wild sex, he told Kimber how she could up herself \'from an 8 to a 10\' with plastic surgery... In real life, Kelly Carlson has been listed on Tear Sheet Magazine\'s 50 most beautiful people; she is also a spokesperson for the Smile Network, a humanitarian organization which supports children in developing countries
Marital bliss
cosmetic surgery,TV
Nip/Tuck
British actress Joely Richardson (who plays Julia Naughton McNamara, with her striking American accent) and John Hensley (who plays her husband Sean McNamara), dated in real life
Technical wizards
cosmetic surgery,TV
Nip/Tuck
Nip/Tuck was the first TV series to offer viewers a social podcasting platform where they were able to create the content of the show\'s podcast. The innovative system was first developed in Japan
Watch this space
cosmetic surgery,TV
Nip/Tuck
Nip/Tuck won a Golden Globe Award for the \'Best Television Series - Drama\' in 2005 and has been nominated for three years in a row (2003-2006) for best casting, guest appearances and make-up. So watch out, many other prizes are yet to be collected...
Straight to the point
cosmetic surgery,TV
Nip/Tuck
Each episode (excluding the pilot) is named after a character undergoing plastic surgery and follows their story
Catch up
cosmetic surgery,TV
Nip/Tuck
Series five of Nip/Tuck is due to premiere on 30 Ocotber on
FX, to watch a preview go
here or to buy the DVDs go
here
