To no surprise whatsoever, NBC has cancelled their Monday night medical TV show, Trauma — for real this time.
Trauma revolves around a group of brave first responder paramedics in San Francisco. The high-action series is populated by an ensemble cast that includes Derek Luke, Cliff Curtis, Anastasia Griffith, Kevin Rankin, Aimee Garcia, Billy Lush, Jamey Sheridan, and Taylor Kinney.
The NBC series got off to a poor start last fall with just a 2.2 rating in the 18-49 demographic and 6.68 million viewers. The ratings fell from there and the show was essentially cancelled when the network decided not to order additional episodes beyond the initial baker’s dozen.
Then, in large part because the show was still in production and NBC needed additional original programming, the network ordered an additional seven episodes. Viewership continued to fall and NBC cut back their additional order to five installments. The last one aired on April 26th.
Though NBC has a lot of slots to fill on the 2010-11 schedule, Trauma’s ratings were just too low to pay for a second season. It’s been cancelled after 18 episodes.
Though devoted fans may mourn the series’ demise, a consolation might be that they got five more episodes than the ratings realistically warranted.
What do you think? Are you sorry to hear that Trauma won’t be back next season? Any thoughts on how you would have wrapped up the series?
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I think NBC is run by a bunch of morons. Trauma was the most awesome show on TV.
NOOOOOOOO!!!! I loved this show! BRING IT BACK
Are you kidding? This show was amazing. I’m not only mad that it is not comming back, but NBC left the show completely open ended, and left it without our questions ever being answered. Like what happened with Griffth and Kinney, do they ever get together? Bad mistake NBC, reconsider your decision.
Its a great show….WTH
The show was excellent. Juts pinned in the wrong time slots. Tremendous loss for veiwers and would-be viewers. Hats off to the cast. I hope they all find new and better opportunities.
Really disapointed really liked this show!
NBC you are morons, finally a show that does not revolve around just sex and drugs and you morons pull it. Gee those stupid BIG BROTHER and SURVIVOR are just too important to let them go! MORONS……think you better rethink your schedule.
You people at NBC are crazy for crying out loud for cancelling Trauma….That was my and my girlfriends favorite Monday eve program….Especially me being a retired Medic…For gosh sakes please start Trauma back again this season…I don’t know where you get your ratings from but I think your computer was broke….You must get your numbers for ratings from the same man that invented Apple and the iPhone which is also not worth a dang….So please bring Trauma back NBC and give us something worth while to watch on your channels….This is very depressing !!!!!!
I am so upset. Definitely one of my favorite shows. Especially love Rabbit, Nancy. Aimee Garcia. Very sad!
What? Are you serious? I LOVE THAT SHOW. I can’t believe it. I feel so let down by NBC. Why not let go of Americas Got Talent. Such a Stupid Show.
pls. re-think this. a lot of us in our demographic can’t watch live tv. we watch it and the ads when we have time. just because we don’t watch it that night and that time slot does not mean we don’t watch. your paradigm for deciding what to keep and what not to keep needs to shift with the rest of the world. DVRs and hulu are important parts of peoples’ worlds now. we won’t need them if there isn’t anything good to watch. who wants to dvr a reality show? NOT.
Finally a show that isn’t Law & Order and what does NBC do? They cancel the show. They are morons!!!
NOOO!! thats horrible i always looked foward to that on monday nights i will not be watching that channel anymore! 🙁
I THINK THAT IS SAD AND UNCALLED FOR THAT WAS A REALLY AWSOME SHOW AND THEY ALWAYS TAKE THE GOOD SHOWS OFF AND LEAVE THE STUPID ONES ON AIR
I think that truma was one of the better shows on tv and I really hope that they bring it back. Truma was my favorite show.
Noooo,, I love TRAUMA!!!!!!!! I miss TRAUMA!!!!!