Nurse Jackie
| Nurse Jackie | |
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| Genre |
Medical drama Dark comedy Comedy-drama Satire |
| Created by |
Liz Brixius Evan Dunsky Linda Wallem |
| Starring |
Edie Falco Eve Best Merritt Wever Haaz Sleiman Paul Schulze Peter Facinelli Dominic Fumusa Anna Deavere Smith Ruby Jerins Mackenzie Aladjem Stephen Wallem Betty Gilpin Adam Ferrara Morris Chestnut |
| Theme music composer | Wendy & Lisa |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Original language(s) | English |
| No. of seasons | 7 |
| No. of episodes | 80 (list of episodes) |
| Production | |
| Executive producer(s) | Liz Brixius Caryn Mandabach John Melfi Linda Wallem Richie Jackson Mark Hudis Christine Zander Clyde Phillips Tom Straw |
| Producer(s) | Brad Carpenter Michele Giordano Liz Flahive Bari Halle Allen Coulter (pilot only) Jerry Kupfer (pilot only) |
| Location(s) | New York City |
| Camera setup | Single camera |
| Running time | 30 minutes |
| Production company(s) | Caryn Mandabach Productions Clyde Phillips Productions (seasons 5–7) Jackson Group Entertainment Madison Grain Elevator (seasons 1–4) Lionsgate Television De Long Lumber Company (seasons 1–4) |
| Release | |
| Original network | Showtime |
| Original release | June 8, 2009 – June 28, 2015 |
| External links | |
| Website | |
Nurse Jackie is an American medical comedy-drama series. It premiered on Showtime on June 8, 2009. The show's seventh and final season premiered on April 12, 2015. The series finale aired on June 28, 2015.
The show stars Edie Falco as the title character Jackie Peyton, an emergency department nurse at All Saints' Hospital in New York City. For Jackie, "every day is a high wire act of juggling patients, doctors, fellow nurses, and her own indiscretions."
Nurse Jackie was created by Liz Brixius, Linda Wallem, and Evan Dunsky. Brixius and Wallem served as showrunners for the first four seasons and shared executive producer duties with Caryn Mandabach and John Melfi. Showtime ordered an initial 12 episodes. Before the premiere, Brixius told the New York Daily News that "Guys' stories tend to be about conquests – getting the job, winning the Olympics, whatever. Women['s] stories aren't as immediately climactic so they need to play out over the course of three months ... And every medical show out there has been about doctors. Doctors are absolutely unable to do what they have to do without nurses. We want to tell those stories."
The June 8, 2009, series premiere was Showtime's most successful ever, with 1 million viewers for the premiere and over 350,000 for the repeat broadcast. Showtime immediately picked up the series for a second season. Season Three premiered on Showtime on March 28, 2011. On May 23, 2011, Showtime ordered a fourth season. A fifth season was ordered on May 31, 2012, and production began in late 2012. The season 4 finale aired on June 17, 2012. Season 5 premiered on April 14, 2013, with new showrunner and executive producer Clyde Phillips. On June 6, 2013, Showtime renewed the show for a sixth season, which premiered on April 13, 2014.
On March 31, 2014, Showtime renewed Nurse Jackie for a seventh season, which was announced the following September as being the show's final season. It premiered April 12, 2015.
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