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* [http://www.foxtv.es/Mercy/ Fox España Página oficial de Mercy] (en español).
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Mercy
Created byLiz Heldens
StarringTaylor Schilling
Michelle Trachtenberg
Jaime Lee Kirchner
James Tupper
Diego Klattenhoff
Guillermo Díaz
James LeGros
Country of originUnited States
No. of seasons1
No. of episodes16 (List of episodes)
Production
Executive producersGail Berman
Lloyd Braun
Liz Heldens
Gretchen Berg
Aaron Harberts
CinematographyWilliam Rexer
EditorScott Gamzon
Production companiesUniversal Media Studios and Berman Braun
Original release
NetworkNBC
ReleaseSeptember 23, 2009 –
present

Mercy is a medical drama which premiered on NBC on September 23, 2009, as part of the 2009 fall season.[1] It airs on Wednesday nights at 8/7c.

On October 23, 2009, Mercy was picked up for a full twenty-two-episode first season.[2]

Plot

Mercy is an ensemble drama set in the fictional Mercy Hospital in Jersey City, New Jersey. The show focuses on the lives of three nurses. Veronica Flanagan Callahan is a nurse who has just returned from a tour of duty in Iraq, while Sonia Jimenez, her best friend, has become seriously involved with a police officer; and Chloe Payne, a recent nursing graduate who is thrown into the world of nursing and is unprepared for what it entails.

Cast

Main

Recurring

Episodes

See also: List of Mercy episodes

Production

Some interior shots for the show are filmed in the unused Barnert Hospital in Paterson, New Jersey.[3][4] Exterior shots of "Mercy Hospital" are taken on 4th street (between Newark Ave. and Colgate St.) in Jersey City. It is the back side of a public school. The exterior of Lucky 7's Bar is filmed at a location on the corner of 2nd and Coles Street in Jersey City. The interior of the bar is the Park Tavern located on West Side Avenue off Communipaw Avenue in Jersey City.[3] The exterior shots of The Red Fox Saloon are filmed at the Monaghan House in South Amboy, New Jersey. The interior shots of the Saloon are filmed at Ted's Bar in the Morgan area of Sayerville, New Jersey.

Mercy was originally slated to begin midseason but was moved to the fall after the premiere of Parenthood was pushed to 2010 due to production issues.[5]

Critical reception

Mercy received a score of 41 out of 100 from the review aggregator Metacritic.[6] Reviews were mixed, but the show was generally panned by critics. Matthew Gilbert, from The Boston Globe, referred to the medical drama as "a bunch of played-out hospital clichés" and said it "follows the hospital melodrama blueprint way too closely."[7] Similarly, a review in The Hollywood Reporter calls the show "just another hospital soap opera" and "a lethal cocktail of virtually every medical drama ever seen on TV".[8] Several critics have referred to Mercy as a weak copy of Showtime's Nurse Jackie.[7][8][9][10]

The show's writing has been criticized as "twisting itself into a pretzel to provide ironies,"[8] and a review by Maureen Ryan of the Chicago Tribune states that "all the characters are so thinly drawn."[11] In a review in the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, Rob Owen said the show "hits viewers over the head with its thesis statement that nurses are under-appreciated."[10] Robert Bianco from USA Today stated that "remarkably good actors [are] going to waste here."[9]

On the positive side, in a review in The Daily Telegraph, Rachel Ray found the show "utterly enjoyable" and "marvelous television", while praising the "clicking pace, real-person dialogue, excellent writing, a fresh story line, and thoughtful acting".[12] Noting an effort by NBC to find a replacement for the former standout ER, David Hinckley, from the New York Daily News, favorably compared the two shows and stated that Mercy "comes the closest yet to capturing that chemistry." [13]

Ratings

Seasonal Ratings

Season Timeslot (EST) Season Premiere Season Finale TV Season Rank Viewers
(in millions)
1 Wednesday 8/7c September 23, 2009 May 12, 2010[14] 2009–2010 TBA 6.98 (to date)

Ratings

Order Episode Rating Share Rating/share
(18–49) 		Viewers
(millions) 		Rank
(Timeslot) 		Rank
(Night)
1 "Can We Get That Drink Now?" 5.2 9[15] 2.3/7[16] 8.25[16] 2 7
2 "I Believe You Conrad" 4.8 8 2.1/6[17] 7.35[17] 3 12
3 "Hope You're Good, Smiley Face" 4.8 8 1.8/5[18] 7.29[18] 3 7
4 "Pulling the Goalie" 4.7 8 2.0/6[19] 7.32[19] 2 7
5 "You Lost Me With The Cinder Block" 4.7 8 1.9/6[20] 7.18[20] 1 6
6 "The Last Thing I Said Was" 4.3 7 1.7/5[21] 6.60[21] 3 8
7 "Destiny, Meet My Daughter, Veronica" 4.4 7 1.7/5[22] 6.68[22] 3 8
8 "I'm Not That Kind of Girl" 5.1[23] 8 2.0/6[23] 7.76[23] 1 6
9 "Some of Us Have Been to the Desert" 4.5 7 1.8/5 7.14 TBA TBA
10 "I Saw This Pig and I Thought of You" TBA TBA 1.8/5 7.37 TBA TBA
11 "We're All Adults" 3.7 6 1.5/4[24] 5.85[24] 4 12
12 "Wake Up, Bill" 3.9 6 1.4/4[25] 5.84[25] 4 12
13 "Can We Talk About the Gigantic Elephant in the Ambulance?" 4.1 7 1.6/5[26] 6.25[26] 4 10
14 "I Have a Date" 4.5 7 1.8/5[27] 6.78[27] 4 12
15 "I Did Kill You, Didn't I?" 4.0 6 1.6/5[28] 6.04[29] TBA TBA
16 "I'm Fine" 4.1 7 1.5/5[30] 6.33[30] 4 13
17 "There's No Room For You On My Ass" TBA TBA TBA TBA TBA TBA

International distribution

Country Channel Notes
 Philippines 2nd Avenue Monday 9:00 pm-10:00 pm (exclusive Philippine Premiere on Ladies Night)
 Australia Seven Network Monday 9:30 then 10:30, moved to 7Two
 Australia 7Two Wednesday 9.30pm
 Belgium VTM TBA
 France M6 TBA
NetherlandsThe Netherlands RTL 5 8:30pm Tuesday
 Malaysia Star World 9.00 pm Tuesday[31]

References

  1. ^ Ken Tucker (May 4, 2009). "Rating NBC's new fall shows: 'Parenthood,' a 'Trauma,' a 'Community,' '100 Questions,' and oh 'Mercy'!". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved May 4, 2009.
  2. ^ "This just in: NBC picks up 'Community,' 'Parks and Recreation,' and 'Mercy' for full seasons". Retrieved October 23, 2009.
  3. ^ a b "The Tipsheet: 'Mercy' Brings Jersey City to the Small Screen, AhoraJC, Biking the Studio Tour and More". The Jersey City Independent. September 30, 2009. Retrieved September 30, 2009.
  4. ^ Brian Gallagher (June 11, 2009). "EXCLUSIVE: Guillermo Diaz Takes Us Into the World of Weeds". MovieWeb. Retrieved July 3, 2009.
  5. ^ Brian Stelter (July 10, 2009). "Citing Star's Condition, NBC Delays 'Parenthood'". New York Times. Retrieved October 23, 2009.
  6. ^ Mercy reviews metacritic.com
  7. ^ a b Gilbert, Matthew (September 23, 2009). "Nurses need to inject some originality into 'Mercy'". The Boston Globe. Archived from the original on January 23, 2010. Retrieved January 23, 2010.
  8. ^ a b c Dawn, Randee (September 22, 2009). "Mercy – TV Review". The Hollywood Reporter. Archived from the original on January 23, 2010. Retrieved January 23, 2010.
  9. ^ a b Bianco, Robert (September 23, 2009). "NBC programmers should show no 'Mercy'". USA Today. Archived from the original on January 23, 2010. Retrieved January 23, 2010.
  10. ^ a b Owen, Ro (September 23, 2009). "'Mercy' needs a transfusion, STAT". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. Archived from the original on January 24, 2010. Retrieved January 24, 2010.
  11. ^ Ryan, Maureen (September 22, 2009). "Have 'Mercy' on yourself, skip this medical melodrama". Chicago Tribune. Archived from the original on January 24, 2010. Retrieved January 24, 2010.
  12. ^ Ray, Rachel (September 24, 2009). "Mercy (NBC), review". The Daily Telegraph. Archived from the original on January 23, 2010. Retrieved January 23, 2010.
  13. ^ Hinckley, David (September 23, 2009). "NBC's 'Mercy' takes great care in showing nursing life". New York Daily News. Archived from the original on January 23, 2010. Retrieved January 23, 2010.
  14. ^ Seidman, Robert (February 8, 2010). "NBC Announces Season Finale Dates, including Two Hour Chuck Finale on May 24". TVbytheNumbers. Retrieved February 8, 2010.
  15. ^ "TV ratings: 'Modern Family,' 'Cougar Town,' CBS dramas strong Wednesday".
  16. ^ a b "TV Ratings Wednesday: Modern Family, Cougar Town Start Strong; ABC Challenges CBS".
  17. ^ a b "TV Ratings Wednesday: Hank, The Middle premiere mediocre, but…; CBS and FOX tie". Retrieved October 8, 2009.
  18. ^ a b "TV Ratings: FOX, CBS tie; Glee steady; Hank, Mercy, Eastwick, Modern Family, Cougar Town slip". Retrieved October 8, 2009.
  19. ^ a b "TV Ratings: Most Shows up vs. last week, Modern Family, SYTYCD noticeably; The Middle, Eastwick down". Retrieved October 15, 2009.
  20. ^ a b "Broadcast finals: Glee, Modern Family, Cougar Town, Criminal Minds tick up; Mercy, Old Christine, SVU, Eastwick tick down". Retrieved October 23, 2009.
  21. ^ a b "TV Ratings: World Series Game Six scores 22.3 million, 7.4 adults 18–49 rating". Retrieved November 5, 2009.
  22. ^ a b "Wednesday Broadcast finals: Glee, CMA Awards, SYTYCD tick up, Mercy, Gary Unmarried down". Retrieved November 13, 2009.
  23. ^ a b c "Wednesday broadcast & cable finals: Glee, America's Next Top Model tick up down". Retrieved November 21, 2009.
  24. ^ a b Gorman, Bill. "Wednesday Broadcast Finals + American Idol Breakdown". TVBYTHENUMBERS.COM. Retrieved February 11, 2010.
  25. ^ a b Gorman, Bill (January 21, 2010). "Wednesday Broadcast Finals: Idol, Modern Family Up; Gary, Criminal Minds, CSI:NY Down". TVBYTHENUMBERS.COM. Retrieved February 11, 2010.
  26. ^ a b Seidman, Robert (February 4, 2010). "TV Ratings: Human Target Shoots Blank at 8p; Idol, Modern Family Lead Night". TVBYTHENUMBERS.COM. Retrieved February 11, 2010.
  27. ^ a b Seidman, Robert (February 11, 2010). "TV Ratings: American Idol Still Strong, The Middle, Modern Family Rise". TVBYTHENUMBERS.COM. Retrieved February 11, 2010.
  28. ^ Bill Gorman (February 4, 2010). "Wednesday Broadcast Final Ratings; Idol Ticks Up, Ugly Betty Ticks Down". TVbytheNumbers. Retrieved February 4, 2010.
  29. ^ Bill Gorman (February 4, 2010). "Wednesday Broadcast Final Ratings; Idol Ticks Up, Ugly Betty Ticks Down". TVbytheNumbers. Retrieved February 4, 2010.
  30. ^ a b "TV Ratings: American Idol Down, But Still Dominates; Modern Family Rebounds". TVbytheNumbers. March 11, 2010. Retrieved March 13, 2010.
  31. ^ "Ziekenhuisseries Mercy en Trauma nieuw bij RTL 5" (in Dutch). Mediacourant.
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