Nurse Jackie News

'Cougar Town,' top, and 'The Good Wife,' bottom, are among a growing number of series showcasing the realities of life for modern women.

Today, The Twilight Saga: New Moon and Nurse Jackie star Peter Facinelli turns thirty-six years young.

KUDOS PRESCRIPTION: Both 'Nurse Jackie,' above, and 'Glee' , came along after 2009 Emmy nominations closed, giving the HFPA fresh picks for its ballot.

Jackie has to come up with drastic measures to keep Dr Cooper from exposing her for falsifying an organ donor's file.

Repeat nominees are the rule of thumb at the Screen Actors Guild Awards, where the eligibility period is the calendar year - rather than the TV season, as is the case with the Emmys.

Dr. Walter Bishop follows in a long line of mad scientists. An unbalanced genius like Bishop going at it in his lab is a pop-culture staple.

Actor Peter Facinelli is stubborn, especially when it comes to his work. When he was just starting out he refused to play any Italian-American roles, though his parents are from Italy.

Broadway star Edie Falco will return to television screens March 22, 2010, in the second season premiere of the Showtime series "Nurse Jackie." Fellow stage veterans Eve Best and Anna Deavere Smith will also return.

U.S. laffer "Nurse Jackie" has been acquired by the BBC in a move likely to infuriate rival webs.

Keeping Up With the Kardashians: Kourtney is pregnant, Khlo is married, and Kim ...got a job? Yep, Kim Kardashian tweeted this morning, "Up and on my way to the set of CSI Wish me luck! Have the best day guys! xo." CBS reps confirm that today is Kim's first day of shooting for the Dec.

Showtime is bringing Nurse Jackie back early. The half-hour drama starring Edie Falco will return March 22, 2010, the cable channel announced Friday.

"Nurse Jackie," the acclaimed Showtime series starring Edie Falco, will return for its second season March 22, 2010, alongside the second season of "Unted States of Tara," featuring Toni Collette in her Emmy-winning title role.

The stunt was worthy of something dreamed up by a Hollywood press agent of yesteryear: A group of health reform activists quietly infiltrated a D.C. meeting of health insurance executives and, one by one, added their voices to a growing chorus of a satirical version of "Tomorrow" from "Annie." The antics, from the group Billionaires for Wealthcare, ...

Trainer David Hayes reflects on an illustrious career on Talking Heads . Photo: Pat Scala Talking Heads: David Hayes ABC1, 6.30pm DAVID Hayes was just 26 years old when he took over the running of Lindsay Park, the Barossa Valley home of champions built from scratch by his visionary father Colin.

There are a variety of choices out their for acquisition, and whether it's a release from Sony, Panasonic, Arri or Red, producers have their own reasons for acquiring footage digitally.

OK, we admit it -- we could watch actress Edie Falco, aka Carmela Soprano, sort her closet and be fascinated.

Yes, Twerds, Twerps, Twilighters , Dr. Carlisle Cullen paid a visit to the Arizona State Fair this past Sunday.

Actress-playwright Anna Deavere Smith - currently seen Off-Broadway in Let Me Down Easy - will be presented with The 2009 Moth Award at its annual Moth Ball.

Martin Johnson Heade's 'An Orchid with Nesting Shear-Tails' is part of the 'New World Eden: Artist-Explorers in the American Tropics' exhibit at the Flagler Museum.

Television critic Philip Wakefield chooses the best shows on the box this week, for Tuesday, October 13 to Monday, Ocotber 19.