TNT recently wrapped the first season of Monday Mornings, their latest medical drama. Should it return for a second season or be cancelled instead?
Monday Mornings follows the lives of the talented yet flawed doctors at the Chelsea General Hospital in Portland, Oregon. The title refers to the tough peer review meetings that are run by the hospital’s sarcastic Chief of Staff. The cast includes Ving Rhames, Jamie Bamber, Jennifer Finnigan, Bill Irwin, Keong Sim, Sarayu Rao, Emily Swallow, and Alfred Molina.
The show started off the season with just 1.36 million viewers and a 0.3 rating in the 18-49 demographic. That was less than half of what the Dallas premiere lead-in drew with 2.98 million and a 0.8 demo rating.
The numbers for Monday Mornings didn’t get much better as the weeks wore on. The season ended up averaging just 1.39 million viewers and a 0.3 in the demo.
Given these numbers, it seems highly unlikely that Monday Mornings will be back for a second season.
But what do you think? Would you like to see the show return for a second season or do you think it should be cancelled? Why do you think the show didn’t catch on with a bigger audience? Was the title a problem? What would you have called it?
This show is good, acting is good and I’m sure these are very real happenings.
Renew and get rid of some of the unreal crap on TV.
Renew
Monday Mornings is one of the best shows on television. Please give it a second season. The actors are so talented in this series. We need more shows like this that display intelligence and team work among employees. It needs more advertising so others will watch it.
please bring it back love this show!!!!
Please renew Monday Morning’s it is a great show! I do not like Dallas, never watched the old one, don’t watch the new one so perhaps advertising it as following Dallas doesn’t work since the programs would attract a different audience.
love this show please bring it back !!!! 🙂
Please renew. TNT’s only decent new show since they got rid of Leverage.
Love this show! Hope it is renewed
LOVE THIS SHOW – GREAT SCRIPTS, GOOD DRAMA. CAN’T WAIT FOR SEASON 2.
Please renew
This is one of the best medical shows that I have ever seen…it is intelligent and certainly well done. Give it another season..there was little publicity..and I found it by chance. I have told all the people that I know who would be interested in a show of this quality.
Let quality win out for once over sitcoms etc !! RENEW !!!
This is a great program! It has great information fused into interesting story lines.
It is true great television at it’s best. Keep it going!
Please, please renew this show. It is the best most engaging medical drama especially with its fascinating medical conference on each episode.
Perhaps the the targeted demopgraphic is at fault. I am 52 and find Monday Mornings to be intelligent and thought provoking. I love the character development and the intensity at the 311 meetings. The writing is excellent and the cast and acting are superb. Ving Rhames and Alfred Molina are at their best! Give the show a chance for those of us that don’t care for canned, predictable drama.
We deserve your respect, we’ve earned it!
Lov ed the show. Think it should be given a chance and it should be bought back for a second season
Monday Morning’s is the BEST show on TV. It needs to be given a chance. PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE renew this show. It would be a great loss if it is not.