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It’s time for San Antonio Memorial’s emergency room night shift staff to clock out. The Night Shift TV show has been cancelled after four seasons on NBC. The medical drama first premiered in of May of 2014. It ran as a summer series, except in season two, when it was a mid-season replacement.
Airing on the NBC television network, The Night Shift stars Robert Bailey Jr., Eoin Macken, Jill Flint, Brendan Fehr, Scott Wolf, Tanaya Beatty, and JR Lemon, with Mark Consuelos recurring in season four. The series centers on the quirky, yet extraordinary emergency room night shift at San Antonio Memorial, who’ll risk almost anything to save their patients.
The Night Shift: A Look at the Ratings
The fourth season of The Night Shift averaged a 0.66 rating in the 18-49 demographic and 3.96 million viewers. Compared to season three, it was down by 32% and down by 21%, respectively. The Night Shift did not stack up well against other NBC TV shows. Even among the Peacock Network’s summer series, it earned pretty low ratings, so the cancellation makes sense.
Here is more on The Night Shift cancellation, from NBC, via Deadline:
“We want to thank our amazing creators and executive producers, Gabe Sachs and Jeff Judah, for their dedication and stellar work; a cast and crew that were second to none; and the city of Albuquerque, N.M., which graciously opened its arms to us,” said Jennifer Salke, President of NBC Entertainment. “For four seasons The Night Shift gave audiences a window to heroic doctors, nurses and all-star medical workers who never hesitated to give their blood, sweat and time to help those most in need.”
What do you think? Should NBC have cancelled or renewed The Night Shift TV series for a fifth season? Were you still watching it? Sound off, in the comments.
I hope Netflix picks this up for a season 5 (and more)…this is a great show. With the medical/military twist and the outstanding characters it has a lot to offer its viewers. I was hooked immediately and I stumbled across the show. If there were more previews or other means of advertising about the show we might be seeing a season 5. I will hope for the best and hopefully see those words “NEW EPISODES” appear on its icon.
Really enjoyed this series. Discovered it on FB and upset there is not a season 5 especially with how season 4 ended with TC planning on going to Syria and then showing up at the hospital when Jordan thought he was leaving.
Recently found the night shift on Facebook and wish they would make more seasons. Love the show and characters!
I didn’t know this show existed, I discovered it on Netflix recently and have been totally hooked since. Im very sad to discover that it has been cancelled! I need more of this show! I’ve never seen this combination of doctors and soldiers. I absolutely love it! I think ratings would go through the roof if a surprise season we’re to air! Although I think it should have more advertisement to let people know it’s out there, because like I said I discovered it on Netflix after it had already been cancelled, and introduced it to several friends who love… Read more »
Love this show so much. Just watched it all on Netflix. Wish there was more season.
This show was entertaining and I enjoyed watching it
I think it was a really great show season 5 should coming out and not canceled i want to know what happens to annie…..
I’m so tired of these networks canceling the good tv shows!!! This show was great! I have been waiting for it to come back on and now I find out it’s canceled. I’m heartbroken.
I didn’t want it to end!!!
I just happened to find The Night Shift on Netflix and I couldn’t stop watching. I watched all the episodes and seasons but I need more! I need to know what happened to Annie, I need to know if Kenny’s marriage works out, I need to know if Paul finds everything he’s been looking for, I need to know if TC and Jordan get back together. Please, please, please consider bringing back this show!!!
What I think is that NBC and other networking companies should get their ratings from many sources and not just what they can get from cable TV. Most people don’t have money to pay these outrageous cable bills. Instead we would rather pay $10 Netflix monthly bill and binge watch any shows we want. With that being said I think NBC and ABC and CBS and whatever else there is out there needs to get ratings from Netflix and Hulu and all these other resources that people use to watch great show such as the night shift on. Don’t think… Read more »
I really LOVED this show. I have been waiting for netflix to update season 5 and find out that it is cancelled. Please reconsider renewing for season 5 because some folks don’t have enough money to pay for this outrageous cable bill just the watch TV. Most of us can afford a $10 a month Netflix opposed to an $89 Comcast bill. This by far was one of my favorite shows next to Walking Dead. Please bring it back.
This was a fantastic show, much better than any of the other hospital series on air. Watched it on Netflix. They really should bring it back. I never saw it when it aired, mainly because I wasn’t aware of it and the title was misleading to me… thought it was a spin-off from the very old movie entitled the same.
This was an amazing show they should continue on with the seasons