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 heard that Mercy may be cancelled but couldn’t believe it was true, I really enjoyed this show and there aren’t that many that I actually look forward too anymore. I can’t believe the loose ends, I wanted Veronica to follow Chris Afghanastan!
hope it stayz
DX
Ok at least just let us know who was going to die, her husband or her lover?
I have watched every episode of Mercy!! It is my favorite show! It was the one show I made sure I never missed!!! I have to say I am going to miss Mercy. I don’t think it was given a chance to truly develop an audience. 🙁
cant win them all but I always made sure to be home Wed. at 7 P.M. I will miss it .
I’m so pissed, Mercy isn’t coming back on. Now i will never know what happened. I hate when they do that!
NBC you suck
I loved Mercy and looked forward to it every week. Great characters and story lines – it was starting to get very interesting and I was already looking forward to next fall. It is really a shame that they cancelled it. I hope they will change their minds and put it back on instead of some trite “reality” proramming.
No way! They could of at least done another show to wrap things up! At first I thought the show was a little over the top. But I gave it a second chance a few weeks later and started to really like it. Maybe that is why the ratings weren’t very good at the beginning. It started to turn into a real good show! Shame on you NBC.
That sucks. I watched every episode. Nothing like leaving you hanging at the end with no wrap up. You keep some of the worst shows and get rid of the really great ones. I liked Mercy and Trauma both. You can take Hawthrone and throw it in the junk pile. Bring back Mercy. You don’ know what you are talking about.
I loved the show, at least finish the season and tie up the story lines!
I am very upset. I wish they would keep it for a 2nd season. I am getting very upset with NBC cancelling everything I start enjoying. I know now not to make any NBC shows my favorite anymore.
This was a great show that could have amounted to something even greater! One season wasn’t enough of a chance to give it, I would much rather watch this, than the five thousand different takes on reality shows !!
Listen, I hardly ever leave comments but when I saw that Mercy was cancelled, I had to say something. I thought the show was awesome. I have watched every episode and I am really bummed that there will not be a season 2.
Thanks for the great season 1 Mercy.
Lisa
OMG.. Let’s see NBC got rid of Trauma AND NOW Mercy.. seriously?! Those were the best shows and I was a faithful viewer. Guess I will go back to America’s Got Talent. They left way too many unanswered plots and I think this was one of the best shows on TV. Sad! 🙁
im soooooo upset they cancelled this show. i loved it and i never missed a show. seriously put it back on, it should have never been taken off in the first place.