That Nurse Jackie revival still happening, but at Prime Video now

Somehow, Nurse Jackie returned. Despite being left for dead in the series finale of the critically acclaimed Showtime dramedy, Jackie Peyton (Edie Falco) has been revived over at Amazon Prime Video. The continuation of the show was initially greenlit by its original network in 2023, but Variety confirmed on Wednesday that the show will go on at a new home.

Falco is still on board to both star in and executive produce the series, with Liz Flahive and Abe Sylvia, two alums of the original writers room, returning to write and executive produce. The logline for the revival reads, “10 years after we left Jackie Peyton (Falco) clinging to life in the series finale, we find her back on her feet in spite of having lost her nursing license. The continuation of her story will find her facing new dilemmas in trying to be good in a world where being bad is often not only easier, but a lot more fun.”

New Nurse Jackie was announced amidst the writers strike last year alongside another beloved anti-hero comedy, Weeds. Not long after, Mary Louise Parker voiced suspicions that the Weeds revival would fall apart, and given that there hasn’t been any news about it since, it seems she was right. (Unless Prime Video wants to pick up that one, too?) In the first half of 2023, it seemed Showtime was investing big in its IP, developing spin-offs of hits like Dexter and Billions. Cut to a year later, and the cable network has instead pared down its original programming, as Variety points out.

At least Nurse Jackie—the character and the show—was able to make it out alive. The show also starred Merritt Weaver, Eve Best, Peter Facinelli, Anna Deavere Smith, Stephen Wallem, Betty Gilpin, Haaz Sleiman, Paul Schulze, and Dominic Fumusa. It’s unclear if any of the other original cast members will return for this new version; in addition to Jackie’s overdose, the series also ended with her hospital closing down, so the revival will likely be an entirely new setting and therefore a new cast of characters. We’ll just have to wait and see what Prime Video does with the show.