When “Nip/Tuck” made its debut in 2003, it broke cable-viewing records and instantly distinguished itself with its stylized look, tongue-in-cheek tone, gorgeous stars and fresh take on America’s obsession with beauty and youth. Those qualities earned it a Golden Globe for best drama, critical acclaim and water-cooler buzz that lasted for most of its first [...]

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Judging the worthiness of new episodes of FX’s plastic-surgery black dramedy Nip/Tuck (returning at 10 p.m. Jan. 6) feels a little like watching a Mexican telenovela in order to learn the ropes of nuanced dramatic acting.
Truth be told, this show, FX’s most ludicrous contribution to primetime, has taken the guilty-pleasure genre and twisted it into [...]

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“Tell me what you don’t like about yourself.” Doctors, I don’t like what you’ve done to a once-fascinating show. Ryan Murphy and the team behind “Nip/Tuck” missed a great opportunity with the fifth season of their cult hit show, now on DVD, and continued their series’ soapy decline.
“Nip/Tuck,” starring Dylan Walsh, Julian McMahon, Joely Richardson, [...]

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There are a few shows that raise the ire of the Parents Television Council like “Nip/Tuck.”
Much like teen-sex-cesspools “Dawson’s Creek,” “The O.C.” and “Gossip Girl,” “Nip/Tuck” has drawn the council’s condemnation for all kinds of kinky acts — including “incestuous necrophilia” — tons of drug use and lots of miscellaneous violence (and that’s not counting [...]

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