Mercy-related stories
Posted Feb 3rd 2010 12:17PM by Bob Sassone
Filed under: Late Night, Programming, Celebrities, Talk Show, What To Watch Tonight, Reality-Free
Here's tonight TV lineup (all times Eastern).
- At 8, CBS has 'Super Bowl's Greatest Commercials 2010,' followed by new episodes of 'Criminal Minds' and 'CSI: NY.'
- NBC has a new 'Mercy' at 8.
- FOX has a new 'Human Target' at 8, then a new 'American Idol.'
- At 8:30, ABC has a new episode of 'The Middle,' followed by new episodes of 'Modern Family,' 'Cougar Town,' and 'Ugly Betty.'
- At 9, Travel Channel has a new, two-hour 'Man vs. Food Live.'
- DirecTV 101 has a new 'Friday Night Lights' at 9.
- Food Network has a new 'Throwdown with Bobby Flay' at 9.
- Discovery has a new 'Man vs. Wild' at 9, then a new 'Solving History with Olly Steeds.'
- History Channel has a new 'MonsterQuest' at 9.
- Showtime has a new 'Inside the NFL' at 9.
- At 10, NBC has a new 'Jay Leno Show.'
- USA has a new 'Psych' at 10.
- TBS has two new episodes of 'Tyler Perry's Meet the Browns' at 10.
- FX has a new 'Nip/Tuck' at 10.
- Also at 10: MTV has a new episode of 'The Real World.'
- At 10:30, Comedy Central has a new 'Tosh.0.'
Check your
local TV listings for more.
After the jump, the late night talk shows.
Continue reading What's On Tonight: 'Super Bowl Commercials,' 'Man vs. Food,' 'Ugly Betty'
Posted Jan 13th 2010 12:22PM by Bob Sassone
Filed under: Late Night, Programming, Celebrities, Talk Show, What To Watch Tonight, Reality-Free
- At 8, CBS has a new Old Christine, then new episodes of Gary Unmarried, Criminal Minds, and CSI: NY.
- NBC has a new Mercy, followed by new episodes of Law and Order: SVU and The Jay Leno Show.
- FOX has a new American Idol at 8.
- PBS has a new episode of The Human Spark at 8, followed by a new Great Performances.
- At 8:30, ABC has a new episode of The Middle, then new episodes of Modern Family, Cougar Town, and Ugly Betty.
- At 9, DirecTV 101 has a new Friday Night Lights.
- TBS has four new episodes of Tyler Perry's Meet The Browns at 9.
- History Channel has a new, two-hour MonsterQuest at 9.
- There's a new Ghost Hunters International at 9 on Syfy.
- Showtime has a new Inside The NFL at 9.
- At 9:30, A&E has a new Dog The Bounty Hunter, followed by a new Steven Seagal: Lawman.
- At 10, TNT has the premiere of Leverage.
- FX has a new Nip/Tuck at 10.
- Bravo has a new Launch My Line at 10.
- TV Land has the season premiere of High School Reunion at 10.
- Also at 10: MTV has a new episode of The Real World.
- At 10:30, Comedy Central has a new Tosh.0.
Check your
local TV listings for more.
After the jump, the late night talk shows.
Continue reading What's On Tonight: Old Christine, Mercy, Friday Night Lights, Leverage
Posted Jan 6th 2010 12:10PM by Bob Sassone
Filed under: Late Night, Programming, Celebrities, Talk Show, What To Watch Tonight, Reality-Free
At 7, ESPN has The GMAC Bowl, Central Michigan vs. Troy.- At 8, ABC has two new episodes of The Middle, followed by new episodes of Modern Family, Cougar Town, and Ugly Betty.
- CBS has a new I Get That A Lot at 8, then The People's Choice Awards.
- NBC has a new Mercy at 8, followed by new episodes of Law and Order: SVU and The Jay Leno Show.
- PBS has a new episode of The Human Spark at 8, then a new episode of The Emotional Life.
- At 9, DirectTV 101 has a new Friday Night Lights.
- Discovery has a new Man vs. Wild at 9.
- Syfy has a new Ghost Hunters International at 9.
- Showtime has a new Inside The NFL at 9.
- At 9:30, A&E has a new Dog The Bounty Hunter, followed by a new Steven Seagal: Lawman.
- At 10, FX has a new Nip/Tuck.
- MTV has a new Real World at 10.
- Bravo has a new Launch My Line at 10.
Check your
local TV listings for more.
After the jump, the late night talk shows.
Continue reading What's On Tonight: The Middle, Mercy, People's Choice Awards
Posted Dec 9th 2009 12:16PM by Bob Sassone
Filed under: Late Night, Programming, Celebrities, Talk Show, What To Watch Tonight, Reality-Free
At 8, ABC has Shrek the Halls, followed by new episodes of The Middle, Modern Family, and Cougar Town and then Barbara Walters Presents The 10 Most Fascinating People of 2009.- CBS has a new Old Christine at 8, then new episodes of Gary Unmarried, Criminal Minds, and CSI: NY.
- NBC has new episodes of Mercy, Law and Order: SVU, and The Jay Leno Show.
- FOX has a new So You Think You Can Dance at 8, followed by the fall finale of Glee.
- ABC Family has Santa Claus is Comin' To Town at 8, then Rudolph The Red-Nosed Reindeer & The Island of Misfit Toys.
- Also at 8: BBC America has a new Ramsay's Kitchen Nightmares.
- At 9, Bravo has the season finale of Top Chef, followed by a new Launch My Line.
- DirecTV 101 has a new Friday Night Lights at 9.
- Discovery has a new Mythbusters at 9.
- A&E has a new Dog The Bounty Hunter at 9, then two new episodes of Steven Seagal: Lawman.
- Syfy has a new Ghost Hunters at 9, followed by a new Ghost Hunters Academy.
- History Channel has a new episode of The Nostradamus Effect at 9, followed by a new MysteryQuest.
- Showtime has a new Inside the NFL at 9.
- At 10, FX has a new Nip/Tuck.
- TBS has two new episodes of Tyler Perry's Meet the Browns at 10.
- There's a new Dinner: Impossible on Food Network at 10.
- Sundance has a new Spectacle: Elvis Costello With... at 10.
- At 11, G4 has the series premiere of Campus PD.
Check your
local TV listings for more.
After the jump, the late night talk shows.
Continue reading What's On Tonight: Mercy, Ghost Hunters, Barbara Walters, Top Chef
Posted Nov 11th 2009 12:10PM by Bob Sassone
Filed under: Late Night, Programming, Celebrities, Talk Show, What To Watch Tonight, Reality-Free
- At 8, ABC has The CMA Awards.
- CBS has a new Old Christine at 8, followed by new episodes of Gary Unmarried, Criminal Minds, and CSI: NY.
- NBC has new episodes of Mercy, Law and Order: SVU, and The Jay Leno Show.
- FOX has a new So You Think You Can Dance at 8, followed by a new Glee.
- The CW has a new America's Next Top Model at 8.
- There's a new Secrets of the Dead on PBS at 8, then a new P.O.V.
- Cartoon Network has a new Destroy Build Destroy at 8.
- G4 has the season premiere of Human Wrecking Balls at 8.
- At 9, TBS has two new episodes of Tyler Perry's House of Payne, followed by two new episodes of Tyler Perry's Meet the Browns.
- DirectTV 101 has a new Friday Night Lights at 9.
- Syfy has a new Ghost Hunters at 9, then the series premiere of Ghost Hunters Academy.
- Discovery has a new Mythbusters at 9.
- Fine Living has a new Whatever, Martha at 9.
- History Channel has a new Nostradamus Effect at 9, then a new Mystery Quest.
- Showtime has a new Inside The NFL at 9.
- At 10, FX has a new Nip/Tuck.
- Bravo has a new Top Chef at 10.
- Comedy Central has a new South Park at 10, followed by the season finale of Secret Girlfriend.
- Food Network has a new Dinner: Impossible at 10
- Also at 10: Spike has a new Ultimate Fighter.
Check your
local TV listings for more.
After the jump, the late night talk shows.
Continue reading What's On Tonight: CMA Awards, Glee, House of Payne, Ultimate Fighter
Posted Nov 10th 2009 2:30PM by Bob Sassone
Filed under: Industry, Programming, Cancellations, Pickups and Renewals, Reality-Free
A couple of weeks ago, I did a post about the shows that were "on the bubble," the ones in danger of being canceled. Now AOL TV has
given the odds on what shows might not be coming back.
A lot of shows on the list won't surprise us:
Hank,
The Forgotten,
Numb3rs,
Gary Unmarried, and
'Til Death (each either gets low ratings or has been on for a while), but there are several that I think will actually make it to a another season, including
The Good Wife and
Parks and Recreation.
Continue reading What are the odds your favorite (or least favorite) show will be canceled?
Posted Nov 4th 2009 3:27PM by Allison Waldman
Filed under: Other Reality Shows, OpEd, Casting
The other day
I wrote about watching Mercy during a mini-marathon that aired last Saturday on Bravo. Is it possible that someone at NBC Universal was reading my plaudits for the company using Bravo to promote an NBC drama series? I think so, because today comes to the news that two of the
Real Housewives of New Jersey will guest on Mercy.
That's right; you didn't read it wrong.
Teresa Giudice and Jacqueline Laurita, the two who were having babies in season one of the show, will appear as themselves on the NBC medical drama, according to the Ausiello Files.
Continue reading Real Housewives of New Jersey to guest on Mercy
Posted Nov 2nd 2009 2:04PM by Allison Waldman
Filed under: Programming, OpEd, Reality-Free, Nurse Jackie
A funny thing happened when I turned on
Bravo over the weekend. Instead of an avalanche of
Flipping Out flip outs or
Real Houswives' table-flipping or Tabitha's disgusting beauty salons, there was drama on the cable net. Bravo aired NBC's medical drama
Mercy on Saturday morning.
On Saturday morning there really wasn't a lot going up against
Mercy. In fact, it had the field pretty much to itself for any viewers looking for a quality, fresh TV show.
I say fresh because unlike the reruns of
House or
NCIS on USA, I hadn't seen these episodes of
Mercy. So, rather than watch infomercials or pre-game college football chatter or animated cartoons, I watched
Mercy.
Continue reading Bravo boosts Mercy with Saturday marathon
Posted Oct 24th 2009 12:25PM by Allison Waldman
Filed under: Other Drama Shows, Industry, OpEd, Pickups and Renewals, Reality-Free, Parks and Recreation, Community
Earlier this week, one of the big honchos at
NBC was kvetching to the media about how the company hates being in fourth place. Well, the only way out of the bottom is better programming. I don't know if the network will succeed with this news, but at least it's committing to its programs.
Three shows got full season pickups, Community, Parks and Recreation and Mercy. That means nine episodes more each.
Continue reading NBC commits to more Community, Parks and Mercy
Posted Oct 22nd 2009 1:31PM by Jane Boursaw
Filed under: Other Drama Shows, Programming, OpEd, Video, Reality-Free
There's so much cool stuff on
SlashControl, it's hard to choose what to feature. But since I get to do this every day, that'll make it easier. Today, I'm featuring a clip from one of my favorite new shows,
Mercy. It's not like we don't have enough hospital/doctor/nurse shows on right now, but there's something about
Mercy that's different.
Maybe it's the actors, which include Taylor Schilling, James Tupper, and Michelle Trachtenberg. Maybe it's the fact that the main character, Veronica, has just come home from Iraq and is still wounded from that experience. And yet she keeps moving forward, despite issues like smashing a windshield with a cinder block when she's angry.
Continue reading What's Hot on SlashControl: Veronica clashes with Dr. Harris on Mercy
Posted Oct 8th 2009 10:02AM by Jane Boursaw
Filed under: Other Drama Shows, Programming, OpEd, Reality-Free
Whoa! I did NOT see that coming. One of the cases on last night's episode of
Mercy was a woman suspected of having rabies after feeding a raccoon. So they brought the raccoon in to have it checked out. It was supposed to be dead, thanks to a poison apple and some peanut butter, but when the lid came off the styrofoam cooler, the coon jumped out and started running around the hospital floor.
Just the idea of a raccoon with rabies is creepy enough, but add in letting it loose in a hospital and the creep factor goes way up.
Continue reading That raccoon in Mercy totally creeped me out!
Posted Sep 30th 2009 12:20PM by Bob Sassone
Filed under: Late Night, Programming, Celebrities, Talk Show, What To Watch Tonight, Reality-Free
At 8, ABC has the series premiere of Hank, followed by the series premiere of The Middle and new episodes of Modern Family, Cougar Town, and Eastwick.- CBS has a new Old Christine at 8, then new episodes of Gary Unmarried, Criminal Minds and CSI: NY.
- NBC has new episodes of Mercy, Law and Order: SVU, and The Jay Leno Show.
- FOX has a new So You Think You Can Dance at 8, followed by a new Glee.
- The CW has a new America's Next Top Model at 8.
- PBS has a new episode of The National Parks at 8.
- At 9, Syfy has a new Ghost Hunters.
- History Channel has a new Nostradamus Effect at 9, then a new MysteryQuest.
- Food Network has a new Throwdown with Bobby Flay at 9.
- Also at 9: Showtime has a new Inside the NFL.
- At 10, Travel Channel has a new Man vs. Food.
- TruTV has a new Black Gold at 10.
Check your
local TV listings for more.
After the jump, the late night talk shows.
Continue reading What's On Tonight: Hank, Gary Unmarried, Ghost Hunters, Bobby Flay
Posted Sep 23rd 2009 8:05AM by Bob Sassone
Filed under: Other Drama Shows, Video, Reality-Free
The synopsis of
Mercy, the
new NBC medical drama, says it's about three nurses at a hospital, but most of the previews have focused on the one played by Taylor Schilling. Here are two clips from tonight's premiere (at 8 on NBC), one Schilling-centric and one with all three.
Continue reading Here's a preview of tonight's series premiere of Mercy
Posted Sep 3rd 2009 12:04PM by Jason Hughes
Filed under: Programming, Reality-Free
The networks have had a quiet summer, quietly introducing scripted bomb after scripted bomb, so they're certainly ready to jump into the new fall season. And It looks to be an interesting one. ABC is scheduling a two-hour block of new comedies on Wednesdays as the sitcom tries to make a comeback.
Even more risky is NBC handing 10:00 to Jay Leno every night of the week. Everyone's waiting to see how that one plays out. FOX is banking on huge positive buzz for
Glee to make it a hit, while ABC is hoping
FlashForward can pick up where
Lost is leaving off when it wraps its run this season.
To help you with it all, TV Squad has put together a handy calendar of all the premieres so you can schedule responsibly in this busy time of TV watching. Some nights have as many as twelve premieres scheduled, so you might need to invest in a few more DVRs to catch all your favorites; Monday's still look grim. Bookmark this page and you'll have it handy to help see you through.
Continue reading TV Squad's complete 2009-10 fall season premiere calendar
Posted Aug 29th 2009 4:30PM by Jason Hughes
Filed under: Other Drama Shows, OpEd, Casting, Reality-Free
Hey, have you seen any promos for
Mercy on NBC lately? It's like they forgot the show was premiering in just a couple weeks. Usually the marketing machine is running into overdrive right about now.
For those who may be planning a volley of comments about how stupid I am, please note that the preceding paragraph is dripping with sarcasm. If you can't see it, perhaps you don't have the right fonts loaded. That's my story and I'm sticking to it. If you have seen the promos, I'll bet you haven't seen Captain Janeway prowling around the hospital halls, have you?
That's because
Kate Mulgrew just joined the cast of Mercy. She'll be playing the mother of main character Veronica, played by Taylor Schilling.
Mercy's already been getting some good buzz, and you just know NBC is looking for their next
ER. Could
Mercy be it? Or better yet, their
Grey's Anatomy? It already appears to have a more personal slant, if Mulgrew's addition means anything.
Continue reading Kate Mulgrew beaming down to join the cast of Mercy
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