"Nurse Jackie" on call for second season
LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - Days after its premiere, the Edie Falco-starring drama "Nurse Jackie" has been picked up for a second season.
Monday night the critically acclaimed show became the most-watched series premiere in Showtime's history. "Jackie" was seen by 1 million viewers, then gathered another 350,000 watchers during its same-night repeat for a total of 1.35 million viewers.
That surpasses the previous same-night series premiere record holder, "Secret Diary of a Call Girl," which opened to about 950,000 viewers in 2008.
In one of its characteristic early pickup moves, Showtime ordered another 13 episodes of "Jackie" based on the overnight ratings.
(Editing by Sheri Linden at Reuters)
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