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 thought it was a really good show. I was looking for the second season and saw this web page. That blows!!!!!!
I am very bummed that Mercy was canceled. I was waiting for it to come back on! Terrible decision to cancel it!!!
I loved this show. The first new show in many years to develop great characters and keep me wanting more. I don’t understand why it was cancelled before people had the chance to see it…they should definitely give it another go.
You know every time a good show comes on like Mercy. The networks cancelled it. You make people not want to watch TV at all. What is the point if you get people interested and just kick them to the curb with no warning.
mercy !! was good show to bad it was canceled there are show that are sill on and there the ones that they dont cenceled that is sad will on to a other and see if the dont cnceled anymore thank you
I loved that show and was looking forward to the new season….. Bring it back!!!!
I cann0t believe this show was canceled without a series finale! This show needs to come back!!!! So disappointed…
That’s horrible it was cancelled…I loved Mercy…it was the only show I watched faithfully every week!!! That’s awful news…why do they have to mess w/ a good thing!!!????
This was a fave of mine.. and although I knew it was cancelled some time ago – I am still upset about it. Really starting to hate the networks!
This was one of my favorite shows. The least nbc could have done was a season finale. Who survived? Who ended up with whom?? Frustrating that this show was cancelled when there is so many crappy reality shows on tv these days!!
I loved this show and all the people. Why is it you get a good show and then it is cancelled. There are so many shows that are on that isn’t good but they keep them. Please put this show back on. I was so looking forward to seeing this again. Thanks
So sad it got cancelled. I have been looking forward to it coming back this fall!
I AM VERY MAD THAT IT IS CANCELED!!!!!!! I WANT IT BACK NOW! I LOVED THAT SHOW AND I WOULD LIKE IT TO START AGAIN
SO SAD it was canceled! i wanted to know what happened to mike!!
pourquoi avez vous mit a la fin de la saison 1 un episode de suspence ? quq se passe t-il ?