Last year, ABC had some success with Rookie Blue, a cop drama that’s produced north of the border, in Canada. It’s already been renewed for a third season. This summer, the network began airing another Canadian show, Combat Hospital. Will it find the same success as Rookie Blue or be cancelled after one season like their last medical series, Off the Map?
Combat Hospital (formerly known as The Hot Zone) revolves around the life and work of a group of doctors and nurses from various countries at a military hospital in Southern Afghanistan. The cast includes Deborah Kara Unger, Michelle Borth, Elias Koteas, Terry Chen, Arnold Pinnock, and Luke Mably.
The TV series debuted on June 21st to a less-than-impressive 1.2 rating in the coveted 18-49 demographic and 5.32 million viewers. It was in second place in the timeslot, being handily beaten by The Voice on NBC. The second episode of Combat Hospital dropped 8% in the demo and the following week fell another 9%. Week four then dropped 20% to a 0.8 demo rating.
The ratings have gone up and down a bit since then but the show is only averaging a 0.9 in the demographic and 4.0 million total viewers. While viewership is typically lower in the summer months, this performance is not good at all. ABC has several new shows running and Combat Hospital is currently tied with Friday’s Karaoke Battle USA for last place.
Based on the ratings, there’s simply no reason for ABC to want to renew Combat Hospital for a second season. The 13th and final episode of the season (and likely the series) is set to air on September 13th.
But, what do you think? Do you like Combat Hospital? Should it be cancelled or renewed? Is it worth watching? Cancel or keep it?
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I have been looking for the show. Please start showing it again.
Keep it
Please keep it. I don’t think that 13 episodes is truly enough to get truly involved with the characters. I would very much like the opportunity to see what transpires and to see the characters evolve and grow. Definitely a keeper.
Please leave it on. We get tired of reality programs . That’s all that seem to be on any more. Give a good program to watch. Mainly( Combat Hospital ) Give us a break for Gods sakes
This is a great show. Please don’t cancel it.
Please keep the show. Ireally like it and I look forward to watching it every week. The cast is fantastic
This show is the best, since MASH – not better than, but a modern version! It was something I looked forward to each week. Keep it!
I loved this show…better than the show MASH outstanding cast
I am going to be very upset if they do not renew Combat Hospital!!!! Love it. The show is great and has good story lines. Please do not cancel this show.
A show I really liked , hope it can continue. Don’t cancel a good show.
I loved Combat Hospital, to me it is a much updated version of MASH and I loved that series as well. Please do not cancel this show. I would love to see it come back for another season.
Please do not cancel this show. It reminded me so much of “Mash” which was one of my favorite shows. I really hope that Combat Hospital will be renewed. The cast is talented , and this show should be given a chance.
I liked Combat Hospital and think it should be renewed. The summer is lacking in good television programming. I personally am sick of reality television. Combat Hospital has a talanted and wonderful cast and each episode showed an improvement over the last. ABC needs to give this one a chance. I enjoyed how we not only got to see the military aspect, but also the civilian aspect. I hope that ABC renews this and I will be looking foward to watching.
As a former Army Officer I really liked watching Combat Hospital. It was interesting showing how the Canadian Armed Forces operate (no pun intended). I was really surprised that my High School daughter liked watching this show with me. If they do renew this series, I hope the writers do a better job with Deborah Unger’s character. If she is a Major, then she would have been in the Army for a while and not act like a civilian doctor.
Please keep it! I’m so tired of the “same old same old” reality tv. Please let us have something on tv that’s worth watching. Drama, romance, real world issues? What’s not to love? Of course, most people would rather see “snookie” tie one one and get into a “fisti cuff”.