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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MU HUSBAND AND I LOVE THIS SHOW, IT SHOULD NOT BE CANCELLED. THE PEOPLE AT NBC ARE SO SCREWED UP IT’S NO WONDER THEY HAVE THE LOWEST RATINGS OUT THERE. AND THEY SOULD NEVER HAVE LET IT END LIKE THEY DID NOW NO ONE KNOWS WHAT’S GOING TO HAPPEN TO THE CHARACTERS. I WOULD LIKE TO SEE A CHANNEL LIKE FX PICK UP THE SHOW NBC DOESN’T DESERVE A HIT LIKE THIS ANWAY.
I loved mercy 🙂 im upset it got canceled! theree’s sooo many shows out there that are way less deserving of a second season and are still on air four/five seasons later!!! Really like the main actress she does an awesome job!
**** this ****! Mercy is AWESOME. PERIOD. There’s nothing else to it! It was my favorite #1 drama TV show. You couldn’t even give it a chance? WHAT THE HELL!!! You leave stupid reality shows like THE BACHELORETTE with annoying as hell ass Ali! Those shows suck! Dramas are what make TV worth watching. You escape reality! But what really bugs the **** out of me is you leave all of us Mercy fans hanging at the season finale! I wanted to see if Chris survived that bombing and if Mike got hit by that car! I even wanted to… Read more »
I loved the show too! These networks need to start giving these shows some time to create fans!
That is really very disappointing and a really terrible way to leave those who enjoyed watching the show hanging with the final show of the season as the end. It makes people not want to watch any new series your station hosts
I really loved Mercy. I was waiting to see what would happen between Veronica and Chris. I don’t understand why your station changed the time from 8pm to 9pm which was a conflict of me watching criminal minds on channel 2 at 9pm.
I can not believe they cancelled this show.!!!It was worth watching, and will probably be replaced with another REALITY show. I have enough reality in my lfe, I don’t need anymore.
mercy was amazing! a master piece! you guys must be crazy not to put it back on air.
mercy was amazing! a master piece! you guys must be crazy not to put it back on air.
I am a nurse and think there was finally a show that showed nurses to be human and not portrayed as bimbos. It showed the struggles and feelings nurses have for their patients. It was real. It also showed the effect of stress on a nurse after being in a war. All of it so true. The only part I didn’t like was the mafia connection. The show had a lot of class and didn’t need that aspect. IT is unfair to cancel a show that could be a major hit instead of changing the night and adding it to… Read more »
Mercy season 1 was great. Too bad no season 2.
ya what the hell tht was like my number 1 favorite show i LOVE LOVE LOVE MERCY…… how can nobody like tht show it is an amzing show…… please bring it back especially since u left me hanging what the hell pleasae put it back on air!!!!
not cool.
This is ridiculous. I LOVE MERCY. You guys didnt even give it a real chance. I have to agree with the others that mentioned it, you’re going to keep those stupid reality shows and cancel an amazing drama. the characters were fantasic..this show needs to be put back on the air
I loved Mercy. I’m mad that it got cancelled. I wanted to buy all the seasons on DVD. DAMNIT!