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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I really love mercy bring it back ..
Awesome cast and series.
You should not be alound to stop without finishing
Plot.
Just finished watching this show on Hulu I’m sad that there was no second season!!
I just finished watching this series on Hulu and am sorry that it will not return. I got totally connected to the characters. A wrap up would have been nice!
I’ve just finished watching this on Netflix and i love it and i’m totally gutted that there’s no second season!!! BRING THIS BACK!!!!!
Disappointed the show end was really getting attached
Gutted no season 2 of mercy – I have loved watching it x I’m from uk x
This show needs to come back I want to know what happens with chris and mike you just can’t just drop a bomb like that and then cancel come back. Then hulu needs to finished making it
I am so gutted there is no season 2… I got hooked to Mercy!! amazing cast and amazing story lines! bring it back 🙁
very disappointed it was cancelled.
Totally gutted there is no series 2 to mercy, would love for her to get back with mike gutted gutted gutted.
I just watched this show on hulu and I loved it!…Super dissapointed that the show was cancelled. I agree that it was probably poor advertising on NBC’s part because I had never heard of the show before hulu either. People love medical drama, and I honestly liked it better than Greys Anatomy.
Me and my husband loved this show and would love to see a season 2 to know what happens. Please bring it back!!!
dangitman not the way to leave someone hanging wth?i just watched it on hulu
bubmbed wanted more seasons i think it was poor advertising onNBC part i never heard of the program till it popped up on hulu as a suggestion….
I’m so gutted! Just finished season 1 and it ends on such a cliff have loved to see more!
I love the show it was amazing need season 2