Tonight’s sixth season finale of Royal Pains ends with a cliffhanger. How’s it been doing in the ratings? Will the USA series return for a seventh season or will it be cancelled instead?
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.
Year-to-year, Royal Pains is way down in the ratings. Compared to season five’s numbers, season six is down by a whopping 43% in viewership (averaging 2.03 million) and is down 35% in the 18-49 demographic (registering a 0.5 rating).
While those numbers are disturbing — and could certainly lead to the show being cancelled — all of USA Network’s scripted series are struggling and the cable channel theoretically can’t cancel everything.
Of the show’s chances for a renewal, co-creator and executive producer Andrew Lenchewski told TV Guide, “We’re optimists at heart and we think that the storytelling that we’ve done and the way the show has performed hopefully will earn us a Season 7. We really tried very hard not to let that uncertainty dictate how we wrapped up our stories this season. We really just wanted to tell the best stories we could with the most satisfying conclusions that we could and at the same time, make sure that we left room for new stories to be told if we do get the opportunity to continue.”
What do you think? Are you hoping that Royal Pains returns for season seven — or is it time for the series to be cancelled?
I have enjoyed this show since it started and do not want it to be cancelled!!
I love Royal Pains……….. One of the really wonderful feel good shows on TV today!!
My only chance to visit The Hamptons!
This is a great show. Leave well enough alone.
Very good show. Has been better, but I think there is still room to grow.
Come on USA, some of your newer ones like Satisfaction and Rush have nowhere the writing to keep me coming back.
Still want more Burn Notice, White Collar and even Monk!
Don’t cancel. I can actually have this show on when my 10-year old grandson is in the room!
Love the characters–even “Bob”. I record shows, and this is the first one I watch from Tuesday night. The Hamptons is a nice fantasy each week.
Royal Pains is great “comfort food” TV, and season 6 has been the best summer-in-the-Hamptons with Hank Med and family to date. Looking forward to a season 7.
Royal Pains is a great show! Keep the episodes coming; hopefully I won’t have to wait until next June!!
Plz renew…we need closure
I vote for wholesome! I really like this show because it’s funny, romantic, sometimes mysterious and no brutality. I hope it gets renewed for another season.
Renewed for at least one more season !!!… Ratings better than rush and satisfaction
Keep royal pains
Love the relationships
Stay positive
I agree with concerned, u.s.a has the tendency to do just that.
It’s definitely not time for the show to be cancelled! This is a great, feel-good, summer show. It’s the only one of its kind; there is nothing else like it airing on TV now. Don’t take it away just yet!
I LOVE this show and pray that it will continue for a long time to come.
every time a really wholesome show comes on it dissapers off the air. Please don’t do that with this show.