The saga of NBC’s medical disaster series continues.

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.

Back in October, NBC indicated they weren’t ordering any additional episodes of Trauma beyond the initial 13 episode order, effectively cancelling the series. Then, in the wake of the failure of The Jay Leno Show, they ordered seven more episodes to fill primetime space.

When Trauma returned to the NBC schedule after a three month hiatus, the ratings were even worse than they were back in November. If the execs weren’t happy with the ratings before, they were very likely regretting their decision to order additional installments.

According to the Futon Critic, NBC has now cut their additional episode order from seven to five installments. That brings the season total to 18 episodes.

The last episode of the season, and almost certainly the series, will air on April 26th. No word yet if the producers adapted episode 18 so that it could serve as a series finale or if viewers will be left hanging.

What do you think? Are you sorry that Trauma’s episode order has been cut? Are you holding onto hope that it will be back for season two?

Source: tvseriesfinale.com

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I know many are hoping the show doesn’t end, I am too. This really sucks, hopefully NBC can sell the series to another network like TNT, I’m sure it has hope. If not, I hope Derek finds a new project a.s.a.p!

The drama is back with Trauma! I’m so glad the show is back! I’ve capped episodes 1×11 – Tunnel Vision and 1×12 – Protocol for the gallery. Can’t wait for Monday’s all new episode!

Gallery Link: 1×11 – Tunnel Vision

Gallery Link: 1×12 – Protocol

Ratings need to come up, but NBC is happy creatively with the shows

LOCATION: The Hospital

THE SKINNY: With NBC looking to fill more of its schedule now that five nights have opened up with the cancellation of THE JAY LENO SHOW at 10:00 p.m., bubble series MERCY and TRAUMA could get extra life if the shows perform well in the coming weeks.

“On TRAUMA, we have six episodes that have yet to air that will be coming back to the schedule, and MERCY is a show that we absolutely love creatively,” says Angela Bromstad, NBC’s Primetime Entertainment President at today’s TCA Winter Press Tour. “We’ve just got to get the ratings up.”

Source: ifmagazine.com