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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We miss MERCY..I was just checking to see when it would start up again and am really
disappointed. When they get a great cast together and a good storyline…the powers that be screw things up..Get rid of one of those dumb Reality shows and bring back Mercy……please?
I was really looking forward to the return of Mercy. I loved the characters and their story lines. They were so “human” with flaws like we all have. I am so sorry that more people didn’t find this show as I think it would have caught on like ER and Gray’s Anatomy. I am really really bummed!!!!!!
I am so upset about Mercy and Trauma being cancelled. It
seems as if all of the shows I like do not make it. Maybe another
network will pick it up. When they cancelled Southland I was
pissed. Then another network picked it up and I watch it
faithfully. Mercy is the one I miss the most. I could so relate to
the characters. I wish it would come back.
bring Mercy back! It was an awesome show!!!
Mercy is my new favorite show! I’ve been watching it on netflix & can’t believe I am left hanging like this!.
I lovvveee ‘Mercy’. There needs to be at least another season….!
I loved mercy bring it back!!!!!!!
I’m really upset about mercy not returning for a second season,and then to leave us hanging on the last episode…I hope another network picks this show up and at least finishes it with another season,and then see where the ratings are,could’ve been any number of reasons for the low rating…the day,the time slot etc… This was one of a very very few shows I looked forward to watching every week…very bummmmed:(
Can’t believe it was canceled as well….. My wife and I couldn’t count on when they would show new episode then we started missing them thinking the network was playing a rerun again. This was one of 3 shows weekly that we watched. Very good show hope another network picks it up.
hey i just got done watching it on netflix and i really like it. i dont really watch tv. but if this was back on tv i would watch. we need to get rid of reality tv shows they are so stupid. i think people have enough drama in their lives. if you dont then you are luck.
After netflixing the entire first season of Mercy, I just found out there’s no season 2!!! Ugh!!! I’m so disappointed… Hey, maybe NBC can add yet another reality show to their lineup!
I loved this show and was looking forward to a new season. How come every time a good show comes out they cancel it, and yet there are so many of these stupid “reality” shows.
I agree, I think there are too many idiots out there that don’t enjoy truly creative television, “reality” shows can make them feel like they’re normal!
I love Mercy and Trauma, I would be nice if NBC brought at least one of the shows back. I be honest I like Mercy better than Trauma. Both shows had good suspense and very interesting stories. Please bring Mercy back!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I just finished watching Mercy on HULU. I got hooked by the cast. Hopefully another network will pick it up. It happens. *crosses fingers*
I love this show and Trauma…is there anyway it can come back? SNL sucks these days, cancel that show and use the money for these shows…
I have just finished watching the final episodes of Mercy cause I missed them when they were on. It so suks that it ended the way that it did and it left us hanging. I wish there was another way to bring it back or to even have another network pick it up. There are so many shows that suk now days that these two shows can be put in there place