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?
Please do not take off a show that is entertaining without cursing, nudity and violence
I love the show and hope it’s renewed.
Good clean summer entertainment; great scenery…tough luck to go up against Rizzoli and Isles though; would love to see it stay but in a different time slot…
Please please please renew!!!!! Other then then suits its the best show on tv!!!
LOVE ROYAL PAINS!!!! It would be an absolute shame to see it cancelled. Such a feel good show. The storytelling, character dynamics could not be an better.
Love this show. Hope it gets renewed.
I will be so disappointed in Royal Pains is not renewed. Really look forward to every episode. It’s good clean fun! One a or better ban the other. Love Ben an Evan ! Just great !
Fingers crossed.
Best show on today watch the episodes over and over and over again because they are that good please please keep the show on for seasons 7 8 9 and thank you Gary ricef
I hope it is renewed. It’s a nice storyline that can be followed easily without all the trashy, killing and violence.
Please DON’T cancel this show. My hubby & I love it!!! It’s one of the best summer shows.
We have really enjoyed Royal Pains.
Our grown children enjoy this program.
For goodness sake, do not even consider canceling .
I kept hearing from friends about Royal Pains. So when I heard that Henry Winkler was in it I decided to tune in. I had dated him once or twice about 46 or so years ago(a blind date}. I fell in love with this show. I love the characters, the script and the fact that I know well many of the spots that are part of the scenery and snippets makes watching a thrill. The nursery up the block from where I live was used as well as the home of a friend and many other places around my home… Read more »
I think Royal Pains is a great show. My husband and I look forward to watching it every week. The actors/actresses are superb. They keep us entertained. Plus we never know what they will do next. Hank has got to find a cure for Boris.
Love the show. Look forward to it every summer. Hope it comes back but without Emma.
I love this show! Great acting I wait each week for this. It just makes you feel good.