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 freakin loved this show and have been waiting for it to come back on!! Stop canceling my shiws bring it back pLlllllllllzzzzzzzzz
Please bring back MERCY. It was an awesome show and I hate that it ended in a cliffhanger, and now we will never know what happened!!! Please NBC!
I truly enjoyed watching Mercy. I love the writing and was very impressed with the character development of Michelle Trachtenberg’s character. I loved the complexity of the lead character Veronica and her mid-American family support. I feel as though Mercy had great potential, to be a wonderful long running show. I once again am sadden by the executive decision made to cancel Mercy. As the new fall line up began on NBC I was impulsively waiting for Mercy’s season premiere. I hope that Mercy is reinstated at a later time on NBC or eagerly picked up by another network. It… Read more »
Bring Mercy back!!!! This is a great show – great characters and an excellent script. This show is funny and has great drama!!! Why is NBC cancelling such a great show?!! This makes no sense!!! Bring Mercy back!!!!
Bring “Mercy” back!!!! It was the best show on television. Should be on at a later
time, so the scripts could be even more involved…..catch a clue NBC!!! Do we wonder
why you are not the top network???? More worried about Leno?? Get Real!!
I loved mercy…boo nbc!
Very disappointed – finally a show worth watching and you can it! Well done. NBC.
So upsetting this was my favorite show I have been waiting to watch it. Had no idea it was cancelled… uuugggggghhhhhhhhhhhh
I can’t believe they keep cancelling the best shows! I was so excited for Trauma and Mercy to start with all the Fall TV….and now they bring in more lawyer & cop shows. GRrrr
I absolutely loved Mercy and Trauma. I have been waiting all summer to see the season premires of both of them, especially Mercy. The season finale was SO good! UGH! So dissapointed right now!!!!!!!!!!
I loved Mercy, but I suspected from the very beginning it wouldn’t last long. It was a great show but had some pretty big shoes to fill–ER. Writing/acting/directing was great, and anyone from the New York/New Jersey area had to appreciate the backdrop of Newark; they had the cultural patterns down pat. Unfortunately, it’s not the first great show to fall victim to ratings, and won’t be the last. Sadly, there is no wonderful new medical type show in this fall’s new major network tv line-up.
I can’t believe it. loose some of the reality shows….really they are a bunch of annoying people trying to get famous. Mercy was a great show.
I can’t believe there isn’t a season 2 for either of my 2 favorite shows. Trauma and mercy. I’m so disappointed that I might boycott NBC! Please bring them back! Asap
omg i loved that show i made sure i caught every episode or recorded it 🙁 Bring it back please !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! ugh i hate NBC sometimes >:O
I’m kind of disappointed. I thought the show was well acted with interesting characters. My substitute for ER. Too bad.