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 loved this show !!!!!!!! Please bring it back
SO UPSET!!! LOVED LOVED this show! Veronica’s character was awesome!!!!! Ugh…I hope they bring it back, or re-run it on another station. SUCH a huge mistake to cancel!
I am getting so upset over networks running these shows that go from week to week, and then they cancel them with NO ending. If they are going to cancel the show at least give it a good ending. I am inclinded not to watch any more shows that go from week to week with a story line that continues. Very disappointed
I really loved this show!!!! Was waiting to see what happened to Mike. Why do all the good shows get cancelled and the crappy shows stay on?
I was so looking forward to the return of the show. I thought it was a great show. I hope NBC changes there minds or it gets picked up by another channel. BRING BACK “MERCY”!
I am really upset they cancelled Mercy!! I was looking forward to the new season. Finally get a good show and NBC cancels it. Very disappointing! I do not think there was enough advertising for this show. They should at least have a season that wraps the whole show up instead of leaving it hanging out there!
Please bring back Mercy. Oh my gosh this was the best show. This was the best cast in a long time, new faces, and Mike. Oh my gosh please bring this show back so we can all have Mike. He was a perfect gentlemen. How is this happening? I just don’t understand why at least five seasons are made then if it get’s canceled then at least those of us who watch can get the rest of the seasons on dvd or watch them online. I really miss this show. Please bring it back.
Loved this show so bummed to see it go 🙁
I LOVVVVVVED THIS show!!! ahh i’m so bummed right now.
i loved the writing, the plots, the characters and really thought it was original compared to everything else (medical drama) out there. the characters had a lot of depth, the acting was good, and it wasn’t overdone as a drama. and the medical stuff was realistic. (i’m a nurse).
BRING IT BACK NBC!!! please. i’m really sad, actually, that it’s canceled and really looked forward to the next season…
what am i going to watch now, this fall???
Please bring Mercy back!!!!!
I was really into that show, and I am super angry about hearing about the cancellation…cause I found out about TODAY! I was really looking forward to season 2, I found that all the good shows get cancelled 🙁 PLEASE BRING IT BACK!!!!!!
ARE YOU KIDDING ME!!!! I loved this show, my daughter and i couldn’t wait every week for the next episode. I am so sick of reality tv and really don’t understand why everyone loves that so much. I would love to see nbc bring that back, maybe more advertising would help.
I am devastated. Mercy was one of my favorite shows. I can’t believe it wasn’t renewed. After seeing the new debut dates for the fall series, I didn’t see anything for Mercy so only just got the news of cancellation when I googled Mercy checking for its new fall dates. Please please, won’t another network pick it up. These nurses were dynamite in their dealings with everyday lives and compasion for their patients.
This was one of my favorite shows!! I am really mad that the cancelled it and hope that it gets picked back up at some point. I think it had so much more story to tell and I would have loved to continue watching it!
I loved this show too and didn’t see it advertised much at all. I can’t believe they cancelled it and ended it the way they did too. I wish they would pick it back up. LOVED this show!
I don’t think they did enough advertising – I didn’t even KNOW about MERCY until it came out on DVD. I watched the DVD’s and LOVE it. I noticed it said “COMPLETE SERIES” on the box – so I figured that there would be no 2nd season. Maybe the ratings were bad because no one knew about this show. I HOPE one station will pick it up – because it is AWESOME. My favorite will always be HOUSE but this comes in a second in my book. I like it better than Hawthorne RN (which I like also). Does anyone… Read more »