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==Production== According to [[Ryan Murphy (producer)|Ryan Murphy]], the series was inspired by makeover episodes of the talk shows ''[[The Jenny Jones Show]]'' and ''[[The Oprah Winfrey Show]]''.<ref>{{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}}</ref> In its debut season, ''Nip/Tuck'' was the highest-[[Nielsen ratings|rated]] new series on American [[Cable television|basic cable]], and the highest-rated basic cable series of all time for the 18β49 and 25β54 age demographics. <!-- The first season averaged about 3.25 million viewers an episode{{fact}}. --> The fifth season premiered on October 30, 2007,<ref>{{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 β Murphy stays with FX show, will develop for FOX β 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 }}</ref> though production was affected by the [[2007β2008 Writers Guild of America strike|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.<ref>{{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 }}</ref><ref>{{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}}</ref><ref>{{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 }}</ref> ''Nip/Tuck'' filmed its 100th and final episode on June 12, 2009, without creator Ryan Murphy,<ref>{{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}}</ref> who was, at the time, in India scouting locations for his [[Eat Pray Love|film version]] of the memoir ''[[Eat Pray Love (book)|Eat, Pray, Love]]''. The show inspired the creation of the plastic-surgery [[reality show]] ''[[Dr. 90210]]''.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.dentalinsurancequotes.org/the-women-in-the-life-of-dr-robert-rey/ |title=Dr. Robert Ray β 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 }}</ref>
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