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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Loved Mercy, sad to know there wont be another season. 🙁
I would like to have the story line wrapped up in a nice bow, but the scripting sucked and the lead actress, Taylor Schilling, can’t act her way out of a box.
I hate NBC. They do this all the time. I am so done with watching there shows, they are disappointment!! I’ll wait until the shows been on a few years and NetFlix the seasons so I don’t get caught up in premature ending. BOOO NBC!!!
Everytime I get interested in a show they cancell it!!!!!!! I loved mercy, trauma, Miami Medical, the Forgotten and three rivers and they are all gone. come on Tv folks Put our show back!!!!
My husband and I are so upset!!! We loved Mercy!! Bring it back!!!
i found the show online and loved it. the ending was very bad and i couldnt wait to see what happened next. then found out it was over. i dont see how a network can do that, noe everyone can watch prime time tv anymore. people watch the internet like me and they should start rating and counting how many people watch these shows. they would find out that they are more populat then they thought.
YEA WE WANT MERCY BACK! me and my daughter spent or quality time watching this show! We’re waiting for season two would be nice if it could be delivered!
seriously!!!!! I have been waiting and waiting to find out who died between mike and chris this is an outrage that the show has been canceled. I have been checking tv guide like crazy to find out when the new season began and decided to check online today and I am said to say that i am thouroughly DISAPOINTED! and that does not even began to describe how i feel. We want mercy back~!!!!!!!
Why not let these series play out? Why get people interested in a particular good series then cancel with no ending? Programming on NBC, FOX and so forth are big disappointments. If you would stop pre-empting every dogon show you could get viewers, we get tired of chasing our favorite shows all over the grid. Get the shows back, stick to it and let the people and advertising enjoy the fruits of the actors labors. Geeshhh
I so totally agree. they want us to watch there shows but then they cancel them on us. WTF. I have been waiting for Mercy to come back. They did that to Men in Trees and a bunch others too. I thought Mercy was really good. grrrrrrrrr. Bring it back already…
I really liked the show and wish they would bring it back. I’m with everyone else. No ending to know what happened with each character.
I love that show!
Taylor plays a woman with lots of difficulties and seeing a therapist, kinda like me lol
I LOVE THAT SHOW.. I just watched the full 1st season. What a darn shame.. I am bumbed..
BRING IT BACK!!!!
I agree….why do they start a new show and then dont end it. I loved Mercy, Heros, and Trauma and they canceled the all. Bring them back…bring them back…bring them back!!!!!!!
i cant believe it! its so upsetting, finaly a good show that isn’t about self-indulged, mediocre, air heads and it has to be canceled. but while it lasted i do admit i was inspired and touched by many things that i had learned from this show, and they won’t be forgotten.
I loved this show! I would really like to know how it ends. I really hate to start watching new TV show for this exact reason. The TV stations cancel the shows and do not end them! This is the 3rd show on NBC that cancelled and never had a finale!