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Whatever happened to Nip / Tuck?

Been wondering where the salacious surgeons of McNamara / Troy have gone? If you look very hard you'll find a 'new season.'

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Don’t pretend you don’t remember. It’s that show that’s known for being outrageous with its storylines, with two polar opposite plastic surgeons in Miami with the most bizarre of patients.

But where did Nip / Tuck go?

Last time we visited the practice of McNamara / Troy they had just escaped the serial attacker The Carver. But the way Nine messed around with the episodes we were left hanging on a knife-edge, awaiting conclusive episodes. That was back around March or so, and they were episodes made in 2005.

Since then two series have aired in the US (well one and a half if you adjust for the writer’s strike).

It’s disappointing treatment for fans of a show that even includes Australian Julian McMahon.

But finally there’s been a breakthrough.

Nine will screen the fourth series (2006) on its HD channel, from Monday October 13, at 10:30pm. It’s not exactly the premium SD channel, but at least it will probably be run in its entirety on 9HD.

Guests this series include Rosie O’Donnell, Kathleen Turner, Melissa Gilbert, Brooke Shields, Larry Hagman, Catherine Deneuve and Charles Haid. That’s on top of regulars Joely Richardson, John Hensley, Kelly Carlson and Roma Maffia (who also appears in Boston Legal).

Now then, tell me what you don’t like about yourself….

Please, no spoilers!

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11 Responses

  1. The HD channels are the perfect way for these shows to get aired. Unless you live in regional areas, everyone has access to them. You just need to buy a HD set top box for about $100. If you compare this to the $30-$60 you’d pay for a single season of a single tv show on dvd, I’d rather pay the $100 and get access to a range of shows.

  2. Nice surreptitious hint there, Kieran!

    I’d prefer to see ‘known’ shows on Nine HD, rather than the ‘unknown US comedies that barely lasted one season’ they’ve been airing, like The War at Home, Four Kings, Big Day and Twenty Good Years.

  3. Downloads aren’t always a good option for many people; it takes time to download shows; and bandwidth limitations have to be considered (given the lowly amounts we’re stuck with in this country).

    DVDs are the best option, really. You can rent hundreds of shows easily from video stores for a buck or two.

    Dumb idea putting these shows on HD channels a lot of viewers don’t have access to.

  4. If you haven’t seen them already you don’t know how EZ it is to get TV off the ‘net.
    One day commercial networks will work out how to provide their viewers with what they want, and still be able to make a buck out of advertising revenue. Until then, I’ll watch tv shows that I want to watch, when I want to watch them. I don’t fancy being buggered around by some scheduling executive. I worked this out a long time ago because I happen to watch a lot of the shows that get shelved, postponed, or dropped altogether. I don’t have the time or inclination to wait for them, so I do it my way. Its like TiVO but a million times better, because it really is my way because I can get the shows that fail to even appear on tv because they were dumped.

  6. Now they’re pulling a channel 10? Dumping things on HD all the time?

    David, I don’t understand why they don’t at least show it on SD Channel 9 for those of us without HD, even at a bad time slot, at least some of us will still see it.

    And the networks wonder why we insist on downloading tv shows…. networks can’t be trusted.

  7. What is it with networks sticking shows like this on HD channel.
    Not many folks have access.

    Hang on a sec, I know why – NOT enough timeslots on nineto cope with Two and aa half men, ramsay and more 20-1 clips shows.

    Ten has Simpsons that demand they be on air – 30 hours a week plus the extra Idol/dance results show…

    PLEASE give us the ‘left over’ stock and stop rehashing same old tripe.

  8. Pull a show off the air a huge number of times and then screen it on a channel that the majority of people don’t have access to yet? Real smart. More people would watch it if it was on the normal channel.

    I’ve seen all of season four and it is BRILLIANT. Anyone who hasn’t bought the DVD’s yet, do so as soon as possible. Watching the episodes right through, without interruptions is a LOT more enjoyable than letting 9 mess around.

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