Company: Showtime
Campaign: Series premiere of
Nurse Jackie
PR Team: Showtime and Peggy Siegal
Duration: February 2008 – June 2009
Budget: $160,000
For the series premiere of Nurse Jackie, Showtime focused its PR on the show's star, Edie Falco, making her return to premium TV after The Sopranos. Starting when the pilot pickup was announced in February 2008, Showtime's PR team got Falco out in the press to show off her new role.
Strategy: "It was incumbent upon us at Showtime from a publicity ...