At the start of the season, we wondered which new NBC medical drama had the best chance at survival — Mercy or Trauma. It was hard to decide but now, they’ve both been cancelled anyway.
Mercy follows the lives of three very different nurses at Mercy Hospital in Jersey City. The cast includes Taylor Schilling, Jaime Lee Kirchner, Michelle Trachtenberg, James Tupper, Diego Klattenhoff, Guillermo Diaz, James LeGros, James Van Der Beek, and Delroy Lindo.
The medical drama got off to a pretty poor start last September, attracting a 2.3 rating in the all-important 18-49 demographic and 8.25 million total viewers. Unfortunately, viewership fell even lower from there.
Despite the ratings, NBC ordered a full season of episodes, likely because the network needed the original programming. Though NBC’s Primetime Entertainment President Angela Bromstad said she liked the show creatively, she noted that the show’s ratings had to improve for it to survive.
The ratings didn’t improve. The most recent episode attracted only a 1.1 rating in the demo and 4.01 million viewers.
To no surprise, the Mercy TV show’s now been cancelled. The 22nd and final episode aired last Wednesday, May 12th. Unfortunately, it wasn’t intended to be a series finale and didn’t wrap up the show.
What do you think? Are you sorry to hear that Mercy won’t be back for season two? What would you have liked to have seen happen?
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Get out the defibrillator and bring it back!
It was one of my favorite shows and I’m sorry to see it go, especially considering the horrible finale that it was given. It gave no finish to the show and it seriously disappoints me when networks leave the audience hanging. It actually makes me leary of watching shows from networks that don’t tie off loose ends. Figure out if you are gonna cut the show before the season finale!!!!!!!
If it was some stupid reality show it would have made it
I loved this show!!! I have been waiting to see when it came back on, please bring it back..
I REALLY LIKED THE SHOW. I AM VERY DISAPPOINTED THE SHOW WAS CANCELLED. IT FIGURES EVERY SHOW I LIKE IT GET CANCELLED.
LOVED…that show…cmon…Mercy and Mental cancelled…so NOT happy
I loved this show too! I was looking to see when the 2nd season was going to start and I came across this article. How disappointing that it was cancelled. They need more nurse based shows on basic cable tv.
Please bring it back or at least do a DVD of finale. Loved the show.
Please bring Mercy Back!!!! Awsome show great actors!!!! Please Bring it back!!!
Really!! How can you leave us hanging like this? Someone needs to write an episode that ends all the suspense. I need closure!!!!
I love this show please bring it back!!!
Please bring Mercy back, atleast to wrap up the series.
i think u need to start this series again this is the best show i have seen since er so please think about this and try to bring this show back
I would love to get the end of the show in a DVD only Season 2 that would be great. I loved watching this and so did my children. I would go out today and get the Season 2 just to see how it ends. Don’t like the way it left me hanging at the end. Or let another station take up where it left off. BRING IT BACK PLEASE!!!!
This show was great. Problem is middle America can’t handle strong black characters. Republicans can’t handle liberal show.
I loved the show. I am Republican, and from middle America. Don’t make assumtions. You know what assuming does right?