NURSE JACKIE Completes Her Last Shift: The Final Season of the SHOWTIME Comedy Series Premieres April 12 on The Movie Network

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Edie Falco as Jackie Peyton in NURSE JACKIE

TORONTO (April 1, 2015) – After six seasons of highs and lows, Jackie Peyton (Edie Falco) is battered and broken, but betting on a bright future. The Movie Network scrubs up one last time for the seventh and final season of the Emmy-winning dark comedy from SHOWTIME, NURSE JACKIE. Premiering Sunday, April 12 at 9 p.m. ET, day-and-date with SHOWTIME in the U.S., the 12-episode final season picks up at the exact moment that Season 6 left off: after being arrested, Jackie, an ER nurse, steps into a world of unrelenting consequences. ** Media Note ** – Download photos at http://www.bellmediapr.ca/Network/The-Movie-Network In the seventh season of NURSE JACKIE, Jackie’s nursing licence is revoked after she’s arrested and abandoned by those closest to her. Under the Diversion Program, Jackie returns to All Saints in a new role and fights to reclaim her sobriety, her job, her people, her children, and her identity. Mark Feuerstein (ROYAL PAINS) joins the cast as a recurring guest star for Season 7, playing Barry Wolfe, a high-powered attorney who represents Jackie as she pieces her life back together. Emmy-winner Tony Shaloub (MONK) also guest stars in the new season as Dr. Bernard Prince, a new ER doctor with a great bedside manner who offers Jackie something she desperately needs: a friend. NURSE JACKIE also stars Merritt Wever (NEW GIRL) in her Emmy-winning role as Zoey Barkow, Jackie’s protégé, Paul Schulze (LAW & ORDER), Dominic Fumusa (LAW & ORDER: SPECIAL VICTIMS UNIT), Anna Deavere Smith (THE WEST WING), Stephen Wallem (Man of La Mancha), Betty Gilpin (LAW & ORDER: SPECIAL VICTIMS UNIT), Ruby Jerins (AS THE WORLD TURNS), Mackenzie Aladjem (PARENTHOOD), and Peter Facinelli (GLEE). Clyde Phillips (DEXTER) serves as showrunner and executive producer. Tom Straw (THE LATE SHOW WITH CRAIG FERGUSON), Richie Jackson (Vito), Liz Flahive (Brother’s Keeper), and Caryn Mandabach (THAT ‘70s SHOW) also executive produce. Viewers can catch up on Seasons 6 and 7 of NURSE JACKIE on TMN GO and TMN On Demand. NURSE JACKIE Seasons 1 to 5 are now streaming on CraveTV. SOCIAL MEDIA LINKS: Twitter: @themovienetwork @TMN_Publicity Facebook: /themovienetwork   About The Movie Network: The Movie Network is a pay television service available in eastern Canada delivering premiere access to Hollywood hit movies, new and exclusive HBO content, critically acclaimed SHOWTIME series and first-rate Canadian programming to subscribers. The Movie Network service includes five 24-hour multiplex channels – The Movie Network, HBO Canada, MExcess, MFun! and MFest. All five multiplex channels are simulcast in High Definition and joined by TMN GO, a multi-platform video streaming service, and The Movie Network OnDemand. The Movie Network is a division of Bell Media, which is part of BCE Inc. (TSX, NYSE: BCE), Canada’s largest communications company. More information about The Movie Network is available at www.themovienetwork.ca. – 30 – For more information: For The Movie Network (Eastern Canada) Sarah Goddard, 416.384.2056 or sarah.goddard@bellmedia.ca