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==U.S. television ratings==
Viewer numbers (based on average total viewers per episode) of ''Nip/Tuck'' on [[FX Networks|FX]].
{| class="wikitable"
|- style="background:#e0e0e0;"
! rowspan="2" | Season
! rowspan="2" style="width:8%;"| Time slot
! colspan="3" | Season premiere
! colspan="3" | Season finale
! rowspan="2"  style="width:10%; background:#036; color:white;"| Viewers<br />Total<br />(in millions)
! rowspan="2"  style="width:10%; background:#036; color:white;"| Viewers<br />Age 18–49<br />(in millions)
|- style="background:#e0e0e0;"
! | Date
! span style="width:7%; font-size:smaller; font-weight:bold; line-height:100%;"| Viewers Total<br />(in millions)
! span style="width:7%; font-size:smaller; font-weight:bold; line-height:100%;"| Viewers<br />18–49<br />(in millions)
! | Date
! span style="width:7%; font-size:smaller; font-weight:bold; line-height:100%;"| Viewers Total<br />(in millions)
! span style="width:7%; font-size:smaller; font-weight:bold; line-height:100%;"| Viewers<br />18–49<br />(in millions)
|- style="background:#f9f9f9;"
! style="background:#f9f9f9;text-align:center;" | '''[[List of Nip/Tuck episodes#Season 1: 2003|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'''<ref name="ratings">{{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)}}</ref>
! style="text-align:center;font-weight:normal;" | '''2.0'''<ref name="ratings"/>
| October 21, 2003
! style="text-align:center;font-weight:normal;" | '''2.99'''<ref name="2003finale">{{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}}</ref>
! style="text-align:center;font-weight:normal;" | '''2.1'''<ref name="ratings"/>
! style="background:#9cf;text-align:center;font-weight:normal;" | '''3.25'''<ref name="2003finale"/>
! style="background:#9cf;text-align:center;font-weight:normal;" | '''2.2'''<ref name="2003finale"/>
|- style="background:#f9f9f9;"
! style="background:#f9f9f9;text-align:center;" | '''[[List of Nip/Tuck episodes#Season 2: 2004|2nd]]'''
| June 22, 2004
! style="text-align:center;font-weight:normal;" | '''3.8'''<ref name="ratings"/>
! style="text-align:center;font-weight:normal;" | '''2.7'''<ref name="ratings"/>
| October 5, 2004
! style="text-align:center;font-weight:normal;" | '''5.2'''<ref name="ratings"/>
! style="text-align:center;font-weight:normal;" | '''3.6'''<ref name="ratings"/>
! style="background:#9cf;text-align:center;font-weight:normal;" | '''3.8'''<ref name="ratings"/>
! style="background:#9cf;text-align:center;font-weight:normal;" | '''2.6'''<ref name="ratings"/>
|- style="background:#f9f9f9;"
! style="background:#f9f9f9;text-align:center;" | '''[[List of Nip/Tuck episodes#Season 3: 2005|3rd]]'''
| September 20, 2005
! style="text-align:center;font-weight:normal;" | '''5.3'''<ref name="ratings"/>
! style="text-align:center;font-weight:normal;" | '''3.7'''<ref name="ratings"/>
| December 20, 2005
! style="text-align:center;font-weight:normal;" | '''5.7'''<ref name="2005finale">{{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 }}</ref>
! style="text-align:center;font-weight:normal;" | '''3.9'''<ref name="2005finale"/>
! style="background:#9cf;text-align:center;font-weight:normal;" | '''3.9'''<ref name="2005finale"/>
! style="background:#9cf;text-align:center;font-weight:normal;" | '''2.7'''<ref name="2005finale"/>
|- style="background:#f9f9f9;"
! style="background:#f9f9f9;text-align:center;" | '''[[List of Nip/Tuck episodes#Season 4: 2006|4th]]'''
| September 5, 2006
! style="text-align:center;font-weight:normal;" | '''4.8'''<ref name="2006premiere">{{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}}</ref>
! style="text-align:center;font-weight:normal;" | '''3.4'''<ref name="2006premiere"/>
| December 12, 2006
! style="text-align:center;font-weight:normal;" | '''3.38'''<ref name="variety06">{{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}}</ref>
! style="text-align:center;font-weight:normal;" | '''2.38'''<ref name="medialife06">{{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 }}</ref>
! style="background:#9cf;text-align:center;font-weight:normal;" | '''3.9'''
! style="background:#9cf;text-align:center;font-weight:normal;" | '''2.75'''<ref name="variety06"/>
|- style="background:#f9f9f9;"
! style="background:#f9f9f9;text-align:center;" | '''[[List of Nip/Tuck episodes#Season 5: 2007–2009|5th – Part I]]'''
| October 30, 2007
! style="text-align:center;font-weight:normal;" | '''4.3'''<ref>{{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 }}</ref>
! 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'''<ref name="medialife07">{{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 }}</ref>
! style="background:#9cf;text-align:center;font-weight:normal;" | '''N/A'''
! style="background:#9cf;text-align:center;font-weight:normal;" | '''N/A'''
|- style="background:#f9f9f9;"
! style="background:#f9f9f9;text-align:center;" | '''[[List of Nip/Tuck episodes#Season 5: 2007–2009|5th – Part II]]'''
| January 6, 2009
! style="text-align:center;font-weight:normal;" | '''3.1'''<ref name=tvw>{{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}}</ref>
! style="text-align:center;font-weight:normal;" | '''2.4'''<ref name=tvw/>
| 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'''
|- style="background:#f9f9f9;"
! style="background:#f9f9f9;text-align:center;" | '''[[List of Nip/Tuck episodes#Season 6: 2009–2010|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'''<ref name="season6premierealladu">{{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}}</ref>
! style="text-align:center;font-weight:normal;" | '''1.9'''<ref name="season6premierea18-49">{{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}}</ref>
| 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".<ref name="2005finale"/> 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,"<ref name="2005finale"/>{{dead link|date=October 2013}} according to [https://web.archive.org/web/20000302171729/http://zap2it.com/ Zap2It].<!-- making it the highest watched cable series for 2005.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://imdb.com/news/wenn/#celeb1|title=Movie & TV News @ IMDb}}</ref> -->

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."<ref name="2006premiere"/>