USA cancelled Rush and its troubled physician after one season but the doctor on Royal Pains isn’t going anywhere. The cable channel has renewed the summer drama for seasons seven and eight.
Royal Pains follows the continuing adventures of a former ER doctor (Mark Feuerstein) from New York who, along with his younger brother (Paulo Costanzo), runs a concierge doctor business in The Hamptons. The show’s cast includes Reshma Shetty, Brooke D’Orsay, Campbell Scott, and Ben Shenkman.
Like the rest of USA’s TV shows, Royal Pains was way down in the ratings this season. The 13 installments of season six averaged 2.02 million viewers with a 0.5 rating in the 18-49 demographic. Compared to season five, it was down by 43% in viewers and 35% in the demo.
Still, with little success in launching new programming and White Collar ending soon, a renewal for Royal Pains makes sense. Unless the ratings improve, it seems likely that Royal Pains will be ending with season eight.
There will be just eight episodes per season for years seven and eight and they’re likley to be spread across two summers. The order will see Royal Pains hit the 100th episode mark in season eight, more than enough installments for a healthy syndication package.
What do you think? Do you like Royal Pains on USA? Do you think it’s time for the show to end?
They are awesome! Please don’t cancel. I love the show.
My husband and I love the show…..
Please don’t cancel the show, enjoy it very much. I am sure there is still a lot of story line left, especially with Hank’s quirky Dad (played by Henry Winkler)
Enjoy this show ! Keep’em coming.
We love Royal Pains & hope it won’t be cancelled!
No No No please do not cancel love this show and the whole cast
Love this show! Please KEEP it going!
Royal Pains is my favorite series. I have watched each and every episode. The two hour episode when they played the wedding in January was not good. I don’t mean the story line was bad. My cable kept going in and out and it was very frustrating. I spoke to a friend in Pennsylvania who is also a lover of Royal Pains and she said that the same thing happened to her. Is there anyway that that episode could be replayed?
Please don’t cancel it!!!
Please don’t cancel!
I love Royal Pains and will be sad if it cancels, but life goes on and new shows start. I’m still mad they cancelled Psych. I’ll get over it.
I love royal pains and don’t cancel and I think I like see divya and hank start romance……
I like Evan and paige work thier marriage….
Yes! A good, fun, wholesome show! Please don’t cancel, we look forward to every episode!
I never watched this during regular airing but got hooked on it on Netflix and now have purchased Season 6. I really enjoy the story line and hope it continues.
please dont cancel the show I love that show and cant wait for it to come back on.
I have my recorder set to never miss an episode
Please do not cancel Royal Pains. I look forward to it every year. It’s one of my favorite shows on USA. (I was crushed when Monk was cancelled) Please do take this show away.
Don’t cancel the show. There aren’t many wholesome shows left out there. Been waiting for it’s return. Love the characters and story line!!