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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Oh non, dégoutée que se soit finis la :!! PFF . C’est trop bien mercy hospital . mike & véronica sont trop mignon et tout. & la métisse ? est ce qu’elle va sent sortir ? & chloé ? l’hopital? Non non !! Une saison 2 la . Rrr
bonjour ,je dis bravo à toutes l’équipes de mercy .superbe feuilleton sur le quotidient des infirmieres d’un hopital que j’ai decouvert en france je regrette la decision de stoppé cette merveilleuse serie . j’espere revoir très vite une saison 2 merci =)
Je suis vraiment déçu d’apprendre qu’il n’y aura pas de saison 2.
Il ne peuvent pas mettre une série et l’arreter en plein millieu, sous pretexte qu’il n’y a pas assez d’audience! Je ne crois pas qu’ils pence a ce qui la regarder, et qui aimer ça! En plus, ça c’est arrêter à un moment horrible. J’aimerais vraiment savoir ce qui va ce passer ensuite.
this is total crap how the f*&k can they cancel this show omg they r such asses the best show always get cancelled
I loved the show – 3 crazy young ladies dealing with today’s world not just the hospital -they touched my heart – my mother 91 years old asked me this week 7/8/10 when is Mercy coming back – unfortunately I will have to tell her it has been cancelled. I wish the best for the cast and all those associated with creative this marevelous show. I love Jamie Lee K.
Loved this show! I can’t believe it was cancelled. It makes me wonder who they track for ratings. This 38yr old female LOVED it and is going to die wondering what ever happened in the end. 🙁
Mercy is the best show!!! its the only reason i watch tv.
I really enjoyed the show. Although the show was not in touch with reality on a nurses point of view (these nurses had way too much time on their hands, what nurse can just walk off the floor for hours?lol), otherwise the story-line was great, and it was for entertainment! Wish it would return.
Bring mercy back! I love that show. I’ve been looking foward to it coming on and went to look up when it started again and came to find out it got canceled! So not happy!
I am not fan, just an average person who watches shows time to time. It was a Good. Hey at least they gave it a “chance.” Unlike the way they treated their NBC tv show KINGS. In KINGS, I saw VERY little advertisement for the show. Plus it got canceled by the 4th episode. NBC KINGS is such a Great, gorgeous show, that has love, power, corruption, everything to tell a good tale. It was glorious and great all the way till the 12 and final episode. Almost every episode had a thrill. In my opinion, KINGS is better than… Read more »
I CANNOT BELIEVE THAT NBC IS DOING THIS TO US LOYAL VIEWERS, THEY NEED TO AIR AT LEAST ONE MORE EPISODE SO WE ALL KNOW HOW IT WILL END, TO LEAVE THE SEASON WITH SUCH A CLIFF HANGER AND THEN CANCLE THE SHOW IS JUST PLAIN OUT AND OUT MEAN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!I DONT KNOW WHICH ONE I AM MORE UPSET ABOUT THOUGH, MERCY OR TRAUMA, THEY BOTH WERE AMAZING SHOWS, I THINK THAT NBC WAS JUST EXPECTING THE RATINGS TO BE EQUIVILENT WITH E.R. AND THEY WERENT, E.R. HAD MANY YEARS TO BRING IN SUCH A LARGE CROWD OF FOLLOWERS, I KNOW… Read more »
WHAT!!!! Seriously???!!!!! LIKE WTFFFFF!!!!!! SHEEESSSHHHH OMMMGGG!!!! & on such a cliff hanger??? I LOVEDDDD THAT SHOW I THINK IM GONNA CRYYY!!!! I LOVEDDDDD THAT SHOW!!!!!!
Mercy Rocked!!! Bring it back!!! It was the best medical drama since ER. It was better than that one over on ABC.
Bring Mercy back it is Great! Love the triangle
Mercy is the best show on! Great characters and plot! How could the show end with such an amazing cliff hanger??!! Totally not fair too us loyal followers…. Bring Mercy back!!!!!!!