FX also announced that Rescue Me will reclaim its original Wednesdays at 10 time slot when it kicks off its new season on June 13.
Also, a July 24 premiere has been set for Glenn Close’s Damages; Season 3 of It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia arrives in early September; Nip/Tuck braves L.A. in the fall; and 30 Days continues in late 2007.
After months of negotiations, Nip/Tuck creator Ryan Murphy has inked a rich new deal with FX, 20th Century Fox Television and Fox Broadcasting Co. The eight-figure pact includes a commitment for Murphy to continue on the hit FX series for three more seasons. He also will develop new drama and comedy projects through a three-year overall deal with 20th TV, which begins immediately and includes a first-look component with FBC. FX is said to be paying the lion’s share in the multiparty pact. The deal with Murphy is believed to be the biggest ever for the cable network. With Murphy aboard, FX has greenlighted an expanded fifth season of the plastic surgery drama starring Julian McMahon and Dylan Walsh with an order for 22 episodes.
FX president John Landgraf called Nip/Tuck one of the most wonderfully strange and original television series ever produced. “We felt we owed ‘Nip/Tuck’s’ fans and FX’s viewers nothing less than Ryan Murphy’s inimitable vision for the remainder of the series’ life,” Landgraf said. “I’ve developed a deep affection and respect for Ryan while working with him, so I’m also very gratified to see him well compensated for his talents, which I know will benefit 20th TV and FBC as greatly as they have FX.”
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Rosie O’Donnell, who guests on the October 3 and 17 episodes of Nip/Tuck, is being eyed to topline a spin-off of the FX series, reprising her character of a housewife who wins $381 million in the lottery, goes on a lipo binge, then returns to New York to dump her husband and embrace her new lease on life. The spin-off would be shot as a half-hour and penned by Nip/Tuck creator Ryan Murphy.
Sanaa Lathan is set to join the cast of “Nip/Tuck” in the hit FX drama’s upcoming fourth season. She will play a beautiful thirtysomething woman married to a wealthy, much older man. The two wind up buying McNamara/Troy, the Miami-based plastic surgery practice of Dr. Sean McNamara (Dylan Walsh) and Dr. Christian Troy (Julian McMahon).
Lathan recently signed on to reprise her Tony-nominated role from the 2004 Broadway revival of “A Raisin in the Sun” in ABC’s upcoming adaptation of the play. On the big screen, she most recently starred opposite Simon Baker in the inter-racial romance “Something New.” Her feature credits also include “AVP: Alien vs. Predator,” “Brown Sugar” and “Love & Basketball.”
