Mercy Street Axed by PBS – No Season 3
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Series info and storyline
The second season of the American period drama mini-series Mercy Street premiered January 22nd, 2017, on PBS and ran until 5th of March 2017. The six-part television show is produced by Ridley Scott and David W. Zucker's Scott Free Productions in collaboration with Lisa Q. Wolfinger and David Zabel. On March 9th, 2017, the channel announced that Mercy Street will not be renewed for a third season.
Mercy Street is a period drama set during the American Civil War. It is part classic family saga, part medical drama told from the medical staff's point of view. The series is loosely based on real letters and memoirs by doctors and nurses from the Civil War period, and the producers point out that the majority of the series' characters have real people as their prototypes. There are two storylines unfolding simultaneously on opposing sides of the war, as the plot focuses on the lives of two volunteer nurses – Mary Phinney (Mary Elizabeth Winstead), an abolitionist from New England and Emma Green (Hannah James), a supporter of the Confederacy. Most of the cast members of the first season, including Mary Elizabeth Winstead, Gary Cole, Brad Koed Jr., Norbert Tara Summers, AnnaSophia Robb and others also star in the second installment.
PBS wraps up the period drama after season 2
When Downton Abbey finished, Mercy Street was sort of the picker-upper for the fans left behind, who needed a period drama fix for the coming year. PBS did extensive research to produces a beautiful TV series of high quality and the channel had very high hopes for this show for the future. And even though the series has had overwhelming viewer figures, as the first season with 14 Million viewers actually became the second highest rated period drama right behind Downton Abbey and the first three episodes of the second season alone raked in 6.5 Million viewers. But unfortunately the funding and also aligning production timelines seemed to be the reasons for cancelling the Mercy Street after just two seasons.
Episodes
| # | Name | Air Dates |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Balm in Gilead | Jan 22, 2017 |
| 2 | The House Guest | Jan 29, 2017 |
| 3 | One Equal Temper | Feb 5, 2017 |
| 4 | Southern Mercy | Feb 12, 2017 |
| 5 | Unknown Soldier | Feb 19, 2017 |
| 6 | House of Bondage | Mar 5, 2017 |
| # | Name | Air Dates |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | The New Nurse | Jan 17, 2016 |
| 2 | The Haversack | Jan 24, 2016 |
| 3 | The Uniform | Jan 31, 2016 |
| 4 | The Belle Alliance | Feb 7, 2016 |
| 5 | The Dead Room | Feb 14, 2016 |
| 6 | The Diabolical Plot | Feb 21, 2016 |
| # | Name | Air Dates |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Inside Mercy Street |
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Comments 143
historical shows on the air. This show, along with other shows of this kind have a good quality to
them due to the fact that, the historical facts are accurate, informative, and educational. I would like to see PBS reconsider their position on the future of Mercy Street.
Mrs. Lynette Rynders
Strasburg, Colorado
Thumbs down to PBS and whoever made this decision.
As Production Designer on Mercy Street I can tell you that the research we do is extensive and deep. We do not cheat, we attempt to portray life during the Civil War as accurately as possible.
The writing is wonderful and our crew and actors work beautifully together, a family.
It is very hard to make the show and takes a long time,but I hope you enjoy the second season in January,
Regards
Stephen Marsh
The acting is superb and the script is very well written. Thanks for such a fine production! Quality television! :-)
EXCELLENCE IN TELEVISION,
that I did not know. I am looking forward to the seasons to come.
Could hardly wait for each episode of season 1 to air
And anxiously await Season 2.