Nip/Tuck

Matt McNamara was voted the most hated character of the series on the internet.

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The stereo used during surgery was made by the Danish company Bang & Olufsen.

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In an interview at the Paley Center, creator Ryan Murphy said that the cast did not like the third season.

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In its first season, it was the highest-rated series on American basic cable and the highest-rated series among the 18-49 and 25-54 age ranges.

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Julian McMahon admits that despite playing a plastic surgeon, he is disgusted when he sees blood.

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The role of Sean McNamara was written specifically for Dylan Walsh.

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Liz was intended to be the conscience of the office.

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Gina Russo (Jessalyn Gilsig) and Sofia Lopez (Jonathan Del Arco) were originally one-off characters, but their roles were expanded because of their popularity.

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Some surgery scenes had to be edited because they were too bloody. Real plastic surgeons stated that plastic surgery is not as bloody as it appears in this series and that this was only for show.

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Dr. Christian Troy was originally named Dr. Christian Vega. The name was changed when Julian McMahon was cast in the role.

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Joely Richardson left the series in the fourth season to be with her family in England. Although she was in the main cast in the opening credits, she appeared in only eighteen of the forty-one episodes of the fifth and sixth seasons.

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The series had its own music video, something rare for a TV series.

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A medical consultant confirmed the authenticity of all the surgical procedures in the series. Although they often look that way, none of them are real. Whenever someone said they looked real, the makeup artists' pride was flattered.

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Elodie Keene and Craig Zisk are the only directors who worked on every season.

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In the first season, Liz (Roma Maffia) had the surname "Winters." From the second season onward, her surname was changed to "Cruz."

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In a 2019 interview, Rob Lowe stated that Ryan Murphy wrote the role of Dr. Christian Troy specifically for him, but that his agents never gave him the script.

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Each episode was named after a character who underwent cosmetic surgery in that episode.

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Unusually for a series, the writing staff remained the same throughout the entire run, with the exceptions of Hank Chilton, who joined in the second season, and Dell Chandler, who worked only on the first season.

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Every writer except Jennifer Salt — Ryan Murphy, Brad Falchuk, Sean Jablonski, Hank Chilton, Lyn Greene and Richard Levine — directed episodes of the series.

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Sophia Bush (Ridley Lange) admitted in an interview that she did not feel comfortable while filming sex scenes with Kate Mara (Vanessa Bartholomew).

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XM Satellite Radio sponsored the second season, and product placement for the company was very prominent in several episodes that season.

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The series could have ended with the death of Matt McNamara (John Hensley) instead of boarding the plane with Ava Moore (Famke Janssen). It could have concluded with Matt being killed by Christian (Julian McMahon), or with Matt committing suicide after Ava told him she never really loved him. Both options were rejected.

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The characters were inspired by the writers' own lives. Many people confuse the actors with their fictional counterparts.

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Julian McMahon (Christian Troy) and Roma Maffia (Liz Cruz) had previously appeared together in the series "Profiler (1996)."

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Matt McNamara is 16 years old in Season 1.

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Matt McNamara slept with Vanessa Bartholomew and Ava Moore. Famke Janssen (Ava Moore) played Jean Gray in the X-Men film series, and Kate Mara (Vanessa Bartolomew) played Susan Storm in Fantastic Four (2015). The films were based on Marvel comics.

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