Nip/Tuck is an American medical drama television series created by Ryan Murphy (AMERICAN HORROR STORY, GLEE, FEUD, POSE) that aired on FX in the United States from July 22, 2003 to March 3, 2010.
The series focuses on “McNamara/Troy”, a cutting-edge, controversial plastic surgery center and follows the personal and professional lives of its founders Dr. Sean McNamara and Dr. Christian Troy (portrayed by Dylan Walsh and Julian McMahon respectively). Each episode features graphic, partial-depictions of the plastic surgeries on one or more patients, as well as developments in the doctors’ personal lives. Focus is also given to McNamara/Troy’s anesthesiologist Dr. Liz Cruz, Christian’s many sexual partners (particularly his on-again-off-again girlfriend and later wife Kimber Henry and sex addict Gina Russo) and Sean’s family (his wife Julia, his son Matt and his daughter Annie). Unlike most medical dramas, Nip/Tuck utilized serial storytelling rather than episodic storytelling, meaning that plot lines and character arcs carried over from each episode.
The show premiered on July 22, 2003, and concluded on March 3, 2010, with the 100th episode. While the show was initially set in Miami, at the end of the fourth season it was relocated to Los Angeles and many of the characters followed along. The show earned 45 award nominations, winning one Golden Globe and one Emmy Award. Series creator Ryan Murphy said that the medical cases on the show are “100 percent based on fact”. This piece was designed in collaboration with FX Creative. © FX Networks. This project was completed under the name of Iconisus L&Y. It is part of the Iconisus portfolio. Dreamogram is a new separate entity and not a continuation of Iconisus.