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 mercy!!! I thought it had a great story line and every episode kept me wanting to watch more. I found it on netflix and when i finished the season and found out it was cancled i was so DISSAPOINTED!!! The way the season ended really made me wonder what was going to happrn next….it really is a shame it didnt make it as a show.
I liked it too -i guess that’s why no one watches NBC -they cancel all the good shows!
I thank it was a mistake to cancel Mercy. It was a really good show I wish that they would put it back on air at lest for one more season and give it a second chance.
i loved mercy 2 and also heros why are all the good shows being cancelled i feel like all televison is now is just a tease get a person hooked than just to snacth it away
loved it sooo mad its gone
I a really sorry to hear that the show is cancelled. I enjoyed the family and it
was a real change from all the cop and reality shows. It seems they always dump
the good ones!
UGH! yet another show I like is cancelled! Of course I shouldn’t be surprised, if it sucked ass it would still be on!
my husband and i loved mercy being irish and the irish background and we had also lived in jersey it was just a great show story lines were good cant nbc just once leave on a show and give us a second chance most of the show i have watched nbc has cancelled what a shame i would love for mercy to come back
I want MERCY back for a second season! It was the best hospital show on tv. Way better than House! I watched the whole season on hulu.com, I didn’t have cable when it was airing, but if I did I assure you I would have been watching! PLEASE, re-think it through! Trauma on the other hand.. bad acting, awful cast!
i liked mercy and trauma i was really hoping for a season two 🙁
That sucks ass. I loved that show! What the hell is wrong with people. if they would have played it a second season it could have possibly got more ratings. I’m pretty pissed right.
It is a shame that such a good show was cancelled. I guess if it isn’t one of the Law and Orders then it isn’t good enough to be kept on. They should have named it “Law and Order: ICU” and maybe it would have been kept. Maybe their ratings aren’t as high as they would like because people are sick and tired of getting used to a good show only to have it taken off so they don’t watch anymore. The only shows left are Law and Order and reality shows.
I loved Mercy!
Well NBC strikes again…… and so do the other networks! Canceling Mercy….. what were you thinking??? You know shows like Mercy have followers and we look forward to these episodes. It seems like everything good, Three Rivers< Flash Forward, Mercy, to name a few, gets canceled. Who decides this??? Whoever it is needs to get a life!
I liked this show it was thoughtful and engrossing