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Nurse Jackie is loose on Showtime. Thank you MJ and Kim at emergiblog for discussing this.

Yes, the brain trusts of TV has unleashed a new "saint and sinner" portrayal of nurses, and it leaves an odor of the evening ritual of Hotel Rehab...which, to those uninitiated, is sh^t. Thank God I don't have Showtime (or watch much TV).

If you want to see the trailers and promos for yourself, check out the link above.

If you're really perturbed, send your nastygrams in bulk (recruit your friends, etc.--cut, paste and steal these addresses...) to the folks below. They're ultimately responsible for this product...and if that doesn't work, share your anger with the advertisers on the show, by boycotting their products.

Are you listening, Showtime? Hint, hint: pissing off a couple of million (that's right...MILLIONS) nurses is NOT a good thing for you or your network.

Matthew C. Blank,
CEO Showtime Networks Inc.
1633 Broadway
New York, NY 10019

Leslie Moonves
President and Chief Executive Officer
CBS Corporation
51 W. 52nd St.
New York, NY 10019-6188

And while your at it, if you're an ANA member, tell them to get off their duffs and take a stand on this, too.

Rebecca Patton
American Nurses Association
8515 Georgia Avenue Suite 400
Silver Spring, MD 20910-3492
301-628-5000
301-628-5001 (fax)
1-800-274-4ANA (4262)