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Nurse Jackie 
Nurse Jackie intertitleGenre Medical drama
Comedy-dramaCreated by Liz Brixius
Evan Dunsky
Linda WallemStarring Edie Falco
Eve Best
Merritt Wever
Haaz Sleiman
Paul Schulze
Dominic Fumusa
Anna Deavere Smith
and Peter FacinelliCountry of origin United States Language(s) English No. of seasons 3 No. of episodes 36 (List of episodes) Production Executive producer(s) Liz Brixius
Caryn Mandabach
John Melfi
Linda WallemLocation(s) New York City Camera setup Single camera Running time approx. 27 minutes Broadcast Original channel Showtime Original run June 8, 2009 – present External links Website Nurse Jackie is an American series that premiered on June 8, 2009, on Showtime, Movie Central and The Movie Network.[1][2]
The series stars Edie Falco as the title character Jackie Peyton, an emergency room nurse at All Saints' Hospital in New York City.[2][3][4][5] For Jackie, "Every day is a high wire act of juggling patients, doctors, fellow nurses and her own indiscretions."[6] Showtime says the half-hour series "is at turns wicked, heartbreaking and funny."[6]
Contents
Production
Nurse Jackie was created by Liz Brixius, Linda Wallem and Evan Dunsky with Brixius and Wallem serving as showrunners for the series and sharing executive producer duties with Caryn Mandabach and John Melfi.[1][6] Showtime ordered an initial 12 episodes.[6] Before the series premiered Brixius told the New York Daily News that "Guys' stories tend to be about conquests — getting the job, winning the Olympics, whatever. Women stories aren't as immediately climactic so they need to play out over the course of three months ... And every medical show out there has been about doctors. Doctors are absolutely unable to do what they have to do without nurses. We want to tell those stories."[1]
The June 8, 2009 series premiere was Showtime's most-successful premiere ever, with 1 million viewers for the premiere and over 350,000 for the repeat broadcast.[7] Showtime immediately picked up the series for a second season.[7] Season Three was set to premiere on March 28, 2011, although the first two episodes of the season were leaked.[8] On May 23rd, 2011 Showtime ordered a fourth season of Nurse Jackie.[9]
Episodes
See also: List of Nurse Jackie episodesCast
Jackie is described by Showtime as a "strong-willed, iconoclastic New York City nurse juggling the frenzied grind of an urban hospital and an equally challenging personal life," noting that the character has "an occasional weakness for Vicodin, Adderall, Percocet and Oxycontin to get her through the days."[6] The main characters include Dr. Eleanor O'Hara (Eve Best), a British doctor and Jackie's best friend at work; Zoey (Merritt Wever), a jubilant but inexperienced new nurse who "is the perfect foil for Jackie's sharp angles";[3][10] Dr. Cooper (Peter Facinelli), "a likable 'golden boy' whose calm façade hides a nervous disposition";[3] Eddie (Paul Schulze), a pharmacist with whom Jackie is having an affair;[3] and male nurse Mo-Mo (Haaz Sleiman), her gay coworker.[11]
Other characters include the officious hospital administrator Mrs. Gloria Akalitus (Anna Deavere Smith),[3] Jackie's bar-owner husband Kevin (Dominic Fumusa),[10] their daughters Grace (Ruby Jerins) and Fiona (Daisy Tahan season 1 — Mackenzie Aladjem season 2), and Thor (Stephen Wallem) the kind-hearted confidant of nurse Jackie and the real-life brother of show creator/executive producer Linda Wallem.
Main characters
Actor Role Season Edie Falco Jackie Peyton RN Season 1–Present Eve Best Eleanor O'Hara MD Season 1–Present Merritt Wever Zoey Barkow RN Season 1–Present Paul Schulze Eddie Walzer R.Ph. Season 1–Present Peter Facinelli Fitch "Coop" Cooper MD Season 1–Present Dominic Fumusa Kevin Peyton Season 1–Present Anna Deavere Smith Ms. Gloria Akalitus RN Season 1–Present Haaz Sleiman Mohammed "Mo-Mo" de la Cruz LPN, RN Season 1 Recurring characters
Actor Role Season Daisy Tahan Fiona Peyton Season 1 Mackenzie Aladjem Season 2-present Ruby Jerins Grace Peyton Season 1–present Stephen Wallem Thor Season 1–present Arjun Gupta Sam Season 1–present Lenny Jacobson Lenny Season 1-present Jaimie Alexander Tunie Peyton Season 3 Rene Ifrah Officer Ryan Season 1–present Gbenga Akinnagbe Kelly Slater Season 3 Billie Joe Armstrong Unknown Role Season 4-present Response
Critical response
The premiere of Nurse Jackie was met with generally positive reviews from critics. Entertainment Weekly gave the first episode a B+, stating "Edie Falco brings a genial forcefulness to Nurse Jackie."[12] New York magazine called the Showtime series "smart, acrid, alternately sharp and sentimental" and "the best series yet in the cable channel’s ongoing meditation on the nature of addiction ... and the setting for a truly breakthrough female character".[13] James Poniewozik from Time magazine ranked Nurse Jackie's episode "Tiny Bubbles" (106) as 5th on his Top 10 Episodes of 2009 list.[14] Reception was not entirely positive, with Variety noting, "The series increasingly feels like all style and limited substance – a star showcase that's less 'triumphant return' than 'Nice to have you back, but...'"[15]
Criticism
Soon after Nurse Jackie premiered, the New York State Nurses Association decried the unethical behavior of the title character, and the detrimental impression regarding nurses that such a portrayal could have on the public, stating, "In the first episode, Nurse Jackie is introduced as a substance abuser who trades sex with a pharmacist for prescription drugs ... She has no qualms about repeatedly violating the nursing Code of Ethics."[16] Even when her habit is exposed in-show to her friends, rather than shame, the response is an angry denial, followed by laughter and an invitation to 'blow me' as she looks at herself in a mirror (and by extension, the audience through the fourth wall).
Genre
The show drew attention in late 2010 when Edie Falco, the show's star, won the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series despite her performance being widely considered by fans and critics to be noticeably dramatic. This same question has surrounded other Showtime series such as United States of Tara (for which Toni Collette won the same award) and, more recently, The Big C (for which Laura Linney was nominated for the same award). It has also been attributed to other non-Showtime series' such as Desperate Housewives, Glee, Sex and the City and Ally McBeal among others.
Falco addressed the topic in in her acceptance speech, during which she exclaimed "I'm not funny!" Later, while speaking to the press, she expanded upon her statement and said that she too felt the performance was dramatic. Multiple articles have been written addressing this question, with some writers even calling for an overhaul of the Emmy categorization process as well as a "Dramedy" category for the awards.[17][18][19]
Awards and nominations
Golden Globe Awards
- 2010 Nomination for Best Lead Actress in a Comedy Series (Edie Falco)
- 2011 Nomination for Best Television Series-Musical/Comedy
- 2011 Nomination for Best Lead Actress in a Comedy Series (Edie Falco)
- 2010 Nomination for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Comedy Series (Edie Falco)
- 2011 Nomination for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Comedy Series (Edie Falco)
Primetime Emmy Awards
- 2010 Nomination for Outstanding Comedy Series
- 2010 Won for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series (Edie Falco)
- 2010 Nomination for Outstanding Guest Actor in a Comedy Series (Eli Wallach) - "Chicken Soup"
- 2010 Nomination for Outstanding Directing in a Comedy Series (Allen Coulter) - "Pilot"
- 2010 Nomination for Outstanding Casting in a Comedy Series
- 2010 Nomination for Outstanding Cinematography in a Comedy Series
- 2010 Nomination for Outstanding Main Title Design
- 2010 Won for Outstanding Original Main Title Theme Music
International broadcasts
Country TV Network(s) Date of Premiere Weekly Schedule 
AustraliaNetwork Ten
Eleven
ShowcaseSeptember 13, 2009[20]
January 11, 2011
February 16, 2011[21]Mondays, 9:30 p.m.
Tuesdays, 9:30 p.m
Wednesdays, 8:30 p.m.
AustriaORF eins January 10, 2011 Mondays, 10:00 p.m. 
CanadaThe Movie Network/Movie Central June 8, 2009[22] Mondays, 10 p.m. ET/9 p.m. PT 
BelgiumLa Deux June 5, 2011 Sundays, 8:30 p.m. 
DenmarkTV2 Zulu 
FinlandNelonen September 13, 2010[23] Mondays, 10 p.m. 
FranceCanal + April 1, 2010[24] Thursdays, 10:30 p.m 
GermanyTNT Serie September 01, 2011 RTL Group 
GreeceUniversal Channel, SKAI 
IndonesiaFX 
IndiaFX Fridays, 5:00 p.m. 
IcelandSkjárEinn 
IrelandRTÉ Two September 15, 2009[25] Tuesdays, 9:55 p.m. 
IsraelHOT3[26]
HOT HD
HOT V.O.DOctober 21, 2009[27] Tuesdays, 10:05 p.m. 
ItalySky Uno March 5, 2010 Fridays, 9:00 p.m. 
JapanWOWOW October 9, 2010[28]
December 25, 2011 (Season 3)saturdays, 11:50 p.m.
Sundays, 11:25 a.m.Latin America Studio Universal February 1, 2010[29]
February 1, 2010[30]
February 7, 2010[31]Mondays, 9:00 p.m.
Sundays, 9:00 p.m.
NetherlandsFox Life/RTL 8 
New ZealandTV3 Tuesdays, 9:30 p.m. 
NorwayNRK1
NRK1 HDMarch 4, 2010 Thursdays, 10:30 p.m. 
PolandnSeriale VOD
nFilm HD
nFilm HD 2
Universal Channel
TVP2
TVP SerialeSeptember 1, 2009[32]
May 12, 2010[33]
January 13, 2011[34]
Thursdays, 10:35 p.m.
PortugalFox Life Nurse Jackie Thursdays, 9:25 p.m. 
RomaniaUniversal Channel 
SerbiaFOX Life September 7, 2011 Wednesday, 10:00 p.m. 
SwedenSveriges Television
SVT PlayOctober 3, 2009[35] Saturdays, 10:45 p.m. 
TurkeyComedyMax 
United KingdomBBC TWO (seasons 1-2)
Sky Atlantic (seasons 3-)January 4, 2010[36]
July 5, 2011[37]Saturdays, 10:40 p.m (Season 2) Jan 22 2011+
Tuesdays, 10:00 p.m. (Season 3)
MacedoniaFox Life Hungary: Viasat3
References
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External links
- Official website
- Nurse Jackie at the Internet Movie Database
- Murray, Amanda Sloane (June 5, 2009). "Nurse Jackie: Pilot Review". TV.IGN.com. http://tv.ign.com/articles/992/992243p1.html. Retrieved June 10, 2009.
- Nurse Jackie at FOX Next Portugal
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