Nip/Tuck on a Roll

By Paige Albiniak
( Broadcasting & Cable )
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The second-season premiere of FX's Nip/Tuck Tuesday night lifted the network to No. 1 on cable in adults 18-49 for the night.

Nip/Tuck, a soapy and graphic drama about two ethically challenged plastic surgeons in Miami, hit its best marks ever with a 3.6 household rating, 3.8 million total viewers, 2.7 million viewers in adults 18-49 and 2.5 million viewers in adults 25-54.

Those numbers beat last season's average 3.5 household rating and 3.7 million total viewers. Tuesday night's episode was also presented commercial-free by XM Satellite Radio. As a lead-in, theatrical Something About Mary didn't help Nip/Tuck much, with a 1.5 household rating and 1.7 million total viewers. 

Paige Albiniak
Paige Albiniak

Contributing editor Paige Albiniak has been covering the business of television for more than 25 years. She is a longtime contributor to Next TV, Broadcasting + Cable and Multichannel News. She concurrently serves as editorial director for The Global Entertainment Marketing Academy of Arts & Sciences (G.E.M.A.). She has written for such publications as TVNewsCheck, The New York Post, Variety, CBS Watch and more. Albiniak was B+C’s Los Angeles bureau chief from September 2002 to 2004, and an associate editor covering Congress and lobbying for the magazine in Washington, D.C., from January 1997 - September 2002.