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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NBC what were you thinking. I watched it reliously! I almost liked it better or a definite tie with Grey’s Anatomy, why not change versus cancellation. I am very very disappointed, I loved that show!
My husband and I loved this show!!! I actually have been waiting for season two now to find out it has been cancelled! Bummer! I am really sad!
I love this show and I can’t believe you would leave us hanging like that. Please show us what happens to Mike and if Chris is dead and if so how Veronica reacts to both events. This is one of my favorite shows ever and it shouldn’t have been canceled. That makes two of my favorite shows you all have canceled.
I loved that show, the drama, the love i was just perfect, and it got cancel. Another perfect show going down. I a show have to be oskar or emmy for it can go on? Sorry i dont understand i will miss jesica and all the others big time……..
this was an integral part of my Wednesday line up. they have to bring out back.
It was my favorite… Lots of drama and I just loved it and I am super pissed bc 4 million ppl is not enough to keep a show afloat…
I loved the show, and am very disappointed that they are not bringing it back!
I love this show! I want Veronica and Mike to get back together! I want to know what happens! Please bring it back!
I absolutely loved this show. I dont think you gave this show a chance. I looked forward to watching it every week. There is so much crap on tv these days and you cancel one of the good ones. Shame on you!!!
i love this show it is one of my favorites. i would so so so sad if it doesn’t have a second season.
I LOVED Mercy and by the way they ended it, it should have gone on. I wish they wouldn’t have canceled the show because now you have 4 million people wanting to see the new season and now you just disappointed those people!! 🙁
4 million viewers! come on people! I understand that it’s probably not much in the arena of watching tv but you’ve just disappointed 4 million viewers by canceling. I would love to see this show continue in seasons although realistically I see that happening on channels such as USA or TNT. This show in some way reminded me of grey’s anatomy, you pulled for Izzie to be with Denny (until the ******** killed him off) but the same with Veronica. I’m sure everyone has their opinion but man, I sure wanted to see Veronica fixing her relationship and getting back… Read more »
I was so sad to discover that this show was cancelled. I absolutely loved it and my husband and I couldn’t wait until Wednesday evenings to watch it! They should reconsider bring the show back for the fall!
The show was awesome. The cast, characters and stories were great. For whatever reason, enough people didn’t give it a shot. If they had, it would still be on.
This is one of the best shows I have seen in a while and the drama is great. I do not think the show should be cancelled and as a very religious viewer I need to know what happened to Mike!