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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DO NOT CANCEL THIS SHOW!
I will never watch a new show on NBC again – Mercy was a really good show and I am so sick of NBC cancelling their shows – I am done with NBC!
I mostly despised these characters and basically had it on in the background. However, the two pieces worth anything at all was Angel and the blossoming Chloe and Briggs relationship. I couldn’t care at all about the main characters.
NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!
PLEASE! I LOVE THIS SHOW!!!!!! WHAT HAPPENED 2 MIKE AND CHRIS????????????TOOO MANY QUESTIONS!!!! PLEASE 1 MORE SEASON!!!!!!!!!!!
I can’t believe they cancelled the show with such a cliffhanger!! I too, hope someone else will pick up the sho. I will be watching to see. I LOVE this show and am so sad!! BOOO to NBC! The least they could have done is let the show wrap up!
NBC is losing more fans canceling only good Medical drama on TV now!!
And what they have done to L&O after 20 years is disgraceful!!
Lenny would be really really mad and disappointed in NBC
please nbc DON’T cancel Mercy it deserves a second chance and come on there are cliffhangers with like every character!!!!!! please please please don’t cancel Mercy!!!!
NBC is only losing fans and support again, Leno/Conan. Now only decent Med drama on TV is gone! Give them a chance!!
What NBC has done to Law & Order is unforgivable. 20 years and cancelled with no warning or tribute to all the actors of the las 20 years.
Lenny will really be pissed!!!!!
I am so upset, this was the only show I actually cared about. I watched every episode. Even when NBC moved it to 8pm after the most horrid show Min. to Win It. Seriously NBC sucks. That’s what happens when a network would rather bank on reality shows than focus on scripted art rather than all that crap on the network… Wonder how long until NBC turns into MTV, it is only a matter of time. I loved each character on the show, sure it wasnt ER, but had the potential to become something if NBC actually cared about it.… Read more »
I am so mad they canceled Mercy, especially leaving us hanging like that!! I hope another network picks this up. They also canceled Trauma, another excellent show. That really stinks!!!
NBC, the reason you are behind ABC and CBS is you keep cancelling wonderful shows, like Mercy. The characters were intriguing and different. The writing was excellent. Sometimes shows need a couple of years to get their feet wet, but that’s not going to happen if you cancel it after only one year.
This was the ONLY NBC show I watched, so now you’ve lost one more viewer.
i’m extremely disappointed with NBC’s decision.
DONT CANCEL ON US
I am so sad that Mercy has been canceled. It was my favorite show of the season. NBC did not give the show a chance. I hope Mercy gets picked up by another network because if so I will continue to watch the show.
DONT CANCEL MERCY I LUV THIS SHOW IT WAS A CONTINUED EPISODE WHAT HAPPEND 2 MIKE AND CHRIS DONT CANCEL SO MANY QUESTIONS!!!!!!