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NEWS ABOUT: Nurse Jackie

Nurse Jackie stories: 3 news summaries
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 Sitcoms Adapt to Find Success 

New comedies borrow from drama, reality TV

Oct 5, 09 4:23 PM CDT
(Newser) - Once, sitcoms ruled the television landscape. Their stellar ratings and cheap production costs made them unstoppable in the ‘90s, but their success was also their undoing: With so many options, viewers tired of the format. TV moved on to serious dramas and trashy reality programming. Now, the sitcom,... More »

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television • The Office • Seinfeld • sitcom • How I Met Your Mother • Nurse Jackie

TV REVIEW

  Falco Makes 
 a Naughty, 
 Irresistible 
 Nurse Jackie 

Edie soars; script needs a doctor

Jun 8, 09 12:21 PM CDT
(Newser) - She's addicted to painkillers, cheats on her husband with a pharmacist, and punishes a diplomat who stabbed a hooker by flushing his ear down the toilet. In Showtime's Nurse Jackie, debuting tonight, Edie Falco is no Carmela Soprano, but a sarcastic, no-nonsense nurse who's better, critics say, than the show... More »

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television • Showtime • television review • Edie Falco • Nurse Jackie

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 Falco Brings 
 Soul to Mean 
 Nurse Jackie 

Actress adopted quietly; is more like Nurse Jackie than Carmela

May 31, 09 5:47 PM CDT
(Newser) - Former Sopranos matriarch Edie Falco is back, and this time her cable series character is closer to the actress herself—a blue-collar woman who shirks appearances and works hard, Newsweek reports. But Falco isn't quite the brassy protagonist in Showtime's Nurse Jackie, either. The Long Island native is a warm,... More »

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adoption • motherhood • The Sopranos • Showtime • actress • Edie Falco • Nurse Jackie • single mother

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