FX Announces Premieres Of Nip/Tuck, Damages

FX has set return dates for original hourlong dramas Nip/Tuck and Damages. Nip/Tuck will begin the first part of its sixth season on Tuesday, January 6, at 10 pm/ET, for an eight-episode run. Nip/Tuck, which stars Dylan Walsh and Julian McMahon as successful plastic surgeons, resumes with Sean and Christian in L.A., and their practice faces an unexpected medical crisis. Love is also in the air, as Christian decides to settle down while Sean’s vulnerability leads him into a new relationship.

The sophomore season of the Emmy-winning series Damages returns on Wednesday, January 7 at 10 pm/ET with 13 new episodes. Damages will pick up with the turbulent life of Patty Hewes (Emmy winner Glenn Close), who after her unprecedented victory over billionaire Arthur Frobisher (Ted Danson) is pondering her next move. William Hurt joins the cast as Daniel Purcell, a man from Patty’s mysterious past who will launch her into a new legal challenge. Oh, and Patty’s protégé Ellen (Rose Byrne) is acting as an informant for the FBI to bring Patty down. Academy Award winner Marcia Gay Harden and Timothy Olyphant also join the cast this season.