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 wish it would come back on! i want to know what happens
i can not believe this show was canceled!!!! What is wrong with you NBC!!! BRING MERCY BACK!!!!!
I’m very sad. This was a great show. I loved it. I was really looking forward to the next season.
Mercy too?? first Trauma and now this!! Give me a break… take Donald or the rose show first!! thats why we have so many Reality T.V. shows cause yall take off all the good ones!!!
I really liked this show: great plot and great acting. Unfortunately, I wasn’t able to keep up with it, and now I find out it’s cancelled…just sad. I don’t understand how this show wasn’t popular in the 18-49 demographic. Who do they poll?
im pissed! i fell in love with the show, bought the first series from the US (i live in australia) had it converted to region 4 and they left me hanging like that …! not fair… bad enough they took Trauma away but not mercy too!!!!! stop the madness!!!!!!!
I watched Mercy every week and was anxiously awaiting this season. I had no idea it was cancelled. I am not sure who made this decision but it was the wrong one. I am tired of watching all the reality TV shows. I do not want to watch celebrities dancing or singing or whatever else they might come up with next. Bring Mercy back, ASAP.
LOVED the show! Cast was great and so were the storylines. Very sad it is cancelled. Please bring it back!
My family and I watched this show. It was our family night show. We loved the drama this show brought it was more like real life situations, not just TV. I’m so upset that this show was cancelled for stupid new shows that are awful! Please bring back our show!
Mercy was an awesome show, on of the only shows I watched last year. I would love to see it come back to tv and get these other shoe off , such as the event. Haha I used to was heros every sec it was on and heros does not compaire to the event. Horriable show. Jexcept last season of heros did take a turn for the worse.
Back to mercy! Wonderfull show I love it and was greatly dispaointed when found out it will be not coming back. I will miss u ronny.
I loved mercy I hate the show is off the air. I want to know what happened to the m
Main love interest.
just found this show on netflix. watched the first season and then went looking for season two. leave it to nbc to dump a winner. this show was great!!! the actors were fresh and it was very real to life, but fun and interesting. way to go nbc. bring it back because you dont have anything else as good right now. for sure.
oh my Ive been WAITING for this to come back on, sell it to a cable channel I like the show and would like to see what happens!
my husband and I LOVED that show!!! it’s really a shame it got cut…NBC should really think about brining it back..just sayin.
I absolutely LOVED THIS SHOW. I JUST bought all the first seasons episodes on Itunes. Maybe someone made a big mistake. Its an easy to watch, fun drama, and every episode was like a small vacation for me, an hour get away. I loved the actors in this series…. I just went to buy season 2 and they made a big mistake!!