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 just watched the show for the first time and I am hooked. A fan after the first show. Then to come to find out it’s cancelled. WHY NBC WHY?? Please re-think what you have done. Bring it back…bring it back!!!
Loved Trauma! What the world please put it back on! My husband an I enjoyed watching this one together rare 😉 please nbc……
Trauma should not have been cancelled. It was a great TV drama series. It probably had low ratings because it was on against Monday night football. Change the day and time and it will grab a lot more viewers. Awesome show and i miss watching it with my daughter. Bring it back! Now! What happens with Rabbit?
NBC, I really enjoyed watching Trauma last year, looking forward to each new episode. I would sure love to see another season.
nbc i beg you for more i just saw it on netflix.i am very hooked i stayed up all night watching the whole season more please!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I agree 100% with above writer. It was authentic,intelligent, suspenseful, and captivating TV. Maybe NBC polled the wrong age group. I am 67. Can’t believe they cancelled “Pushing Daisies” too. JM
Good grief! I am so sick of reality shows…NBC what is your problem? I have worked in the ER business for 20 years and this was one of the most true shows out there! Get a grip and drop some stupid reality show and hire the crew of Trauma back on and get it on! Otherwise I am going back to CBS and ABC and leave you all hangin’
I am enraptured by Trauma, I finally saw the whole season on Netflix and I am very displeased to see that it won’t be returning. I sure hope NBC gets their head on straight and figures out that they made a huge mistake. I’m absolutely positive if they would have done a better job advertising this series that it would have had different numbers. I remember back when they were getting ready to air it and the first commercial I saw was pretty awesome. I wanted to see it, but then they aired a supremely gushy moment that turned me… Read more »
I have been waiting for Trauma for 2 seasons. I was hooked. It was so action-filled that it made it hard for me to watch other shows because they were so benign. It was definitely up there with Grey’s Anatomy. It was in a competitive time slot. I hope some exec revives it and bring back the original cast. They were all pleasing on the eyes. But just like a new business, give it time to take hold. There is so much crap on tv these days. This was an awesome series
How dare NBC cancel Trauma
I recently got Season 1 and am begging for more
2.2 is low but that is a total of 6.8 million PEOPLE!
No im not a nerd who did that math in two seconds
its on the caption
NBC should also be ashamed at getting people all worked up over the event
just to find out that the show is a flop!
Except for the pilot.
We want more PLEASE. It is a lot better than Greys Anatomy.
Excellent series. Please, go on with the series!!!
That’s crap. NBC puts on crap shows like biggest loser but takes off good dramas. I am going to start s boycott of NBC. Supinely be too hard since all their flows suck anyway!!!
Please NBC bring trauma back! i miss it really bad.. it was a great better than your actual shows
We watched the show here in south africa,and i wanted to know what happens next, but now i see there is no next, it’s cancelled? Why? They advertised it a lot here before it started and that’s why we started watching. Can’t some other network order some more episodes? How does it work in america?
I also loved the show Trauma!! I was looking for it, and waiting for it! Now I know why because it was canceled!!