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’ve been WAITING for my favorite show “Mercy” to return, only to find out, its gone!!!!!!
I love the drama coupled with the quick wit of the characters. With so many “give me a break reality shows” can’t we have a few good dramas back? It needed a later time slot, not to be cancelled!
sure wish they would bring back Mercy. Can’t believe that NBC had such a good show and let it go
Not too hard to believe that NBC would cancel both of these great shows. I think moron execs of this network are determined to totally destroy it with brain dead moronic popularity shows desquised as reality
Oh, I so loved Mercy! At the very least, we need a finale!!!!
I’m a married man with a family of 4… my whole family loved Mercy and just found out it wasn’t coming back.Bummer. Now there’s nothing to watch on NBC..
Mercy was my favorite show! I hardly ever have time to watch tv because I am a full time wife and mommy. We have a dvr so we record the few shows that we like and want to take the time to watch with what little time we have to enjoy it, and I feel very empty now that one of the few things that I actually took time for myself to enjoy is now gone! It also just kills me to not know what happened after the ending of the last show!!!! I have been anxiously awaiting the start… Read more »
I think I’ll go back to reading books – which have a beginning and a conclusion. I’m sick of getting involved in a series only to have it canceled. You’d think the producers could at least wrap things up with a final showing. What a waste of time!
So disappointed that its cancelled! I just watched all of season 1 on netflix and was so looking forward to season 2!!! Shame on you NBC!
Loved Mercy…NBC always gets rid of the good shows to make way for the terrible reality shows that are the same thing over and over…BRING BACK THE GOOD SHOWS LIKE MERCY!
I can not believe that ya’ll cancelled Mercy that was such a good show and the fact that it was so relatable. Did you ever think of bringing it back or giving it a chance not every show starts off great but some eventually take off!
So bummed Mercy got canceled. Me and my Mom have been watching it on Netflix and wow, it just sucked us right in. NBC tends to be pretty good at canceling good shows and I guess this one just didn’t find it’s audience in time. Shame.
Come on NBC!!! Really Mercy and Trauma!!! Take your reality shows and shove off!!! Skating with the stars, watched it once don`t care for it, and all the other stations who put out reality shows so tired of them all!!! And then you cut Mercy and Trauma….. Bring them back so we all have something worth while to watch!!!
I adored this show. I saw two episodes and I was completely hooked. The medical originality was criticized but you fall in love with the characters. I wish they would bring it back
I LOVED the show! I’m fixing to graduate RN school and I love that this show is about nurses! I wish it would come back! I hate that I don’t know what happened!!!
I LOVED mercy. i can’t believe it is gone. I wish they would bring it back. It was so freaking good!!! and there wasn’t any wrap up! COME ON NBC! don’t you know a good show when you have it?