Is it just me or are about 90% of the new shows on network TV this season aimed squarely at the female half of the population? I'm just saying, is all. Case in point: "Mercy," a new NBC hospital show with a core of female characters and a seeming commitment to emphasizing...feelings as much as medical action.
I wasn't impressed by the pilot episode, but you might want to check out. Here is why you should watch "Mercy":
*You just can't get enough of shows about nurses.
*Though you love shows about nurses, you don't want to see things you haven't seen before in shows about nurses.
*One hour of "Grey's Anatomy" per week just isn't enough for you.
*You look forward to spending the next couple of TV seasons agonizing over yet another "Will they/Won't they? couple. The lead, a nurse who served in Iraq, has discovered her doctor fling over there just took a job at her hospital--and she's engaged to her longtime stateside boyfriend! Hoo boy!
*You're thinking of applying to medical school, and the only way you can know for sure if the profession is right for you is to see it through the eyes of a naive, fresh-faced youngster just starting out (Michelle Trachtenberg).
*You're looking for someone just a little more cuddly than Nurse Jackie, someone who may be prickly at times but that's OK because she's an Iraq vet, man, and besides, nurses get no respect, and she deserves the chance to blow off a little steam by hitting the bar with her colleagues for a night of "You go, girl!" kind of fun.
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