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title="Jordan Lund">Jordan Lund</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Joe_Spano" title="Joe Spano">Joe Spano</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Theme music composer</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Jon_Ehrlich" title="Jon Ehrlich">Jon Ehrlich</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Country of origin</th><td class="infobox-data">United States</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Original language</th><td class="infobox-data">English</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><abbr title="Number">No.</abbr> of seasons</th><td class="infobox-data">1</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><abbr title="Number">No.</abbr> of episodes</th><td class="infobox-data">7</td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header summary">Production</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Executive producers</th><td class="infobox-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" 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</div></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header summary">Original release</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Network</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/UPN" title="UPN">UPN</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Release</th><td class="infobox-data">October 6, 1998<span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated itvstart">1998-10-06</span>)</span> –<br />July 15, 1999<span style="display:none"> (<span class="dtend itvend">1999-07-15</span>)</span></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><i><b>Mercy Point</b></i> is an American <a href="/wiki/Science_fiction_on_television" title="Science fiction on television">science fiction</a> <a href="/wiki/Medical_drama" title="Medical drama">medical drama</a>, created by <a href="/wiki/Trey_Callaway" title="Trey Callaway">Trey Callaway</a>, <a href="/wiki/David_Simkins" title="David Simkins">David Simkins</a>, and Milo Frank, which originally aired for one season on <a href="/wiki/United_Paramount_Network" class="mw-redirect" title="United Paramount Network">United Paramount Network</a> (UPN) from October 6, 1998, to July 15, 1999. With an <a href="/wiki/Ensemble_cast" title="Ensemble cast">ensemble cast</a> led by <a href="/wiki/Joe_Morton" title="Joe Morton">Joe Morton</a>, <a href="/wiki/Maria_del_Mar_(actress)" title="Maria del Mar (actress)">Maria del Mar</a>, <a href="/wiki/Alexandra_Wilson" title="Alexandra Wilson">Alexandra Wilson</a>, <a href="/wiki/Brian_McNamara" title="Brian McNamara">Brian McNamara</a>, <a href="/wiki/Salli_Richardson" title="Salli Richardson">Salli Richardson</a>, Julia Pennington, Gay Thomas, <a href="/wiki/Jordan_Lund" title="Jordan Lund">Jordan Lund</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Joe_Spano" title="Joe Spano">Joe Spano</a>, the series focuses on the doctors and nurses in a 23rd-century hospital space station located in deep space. The executive producers were Trey Callaway, Michael Katleman, Lee David Zlotoff, Joe Voci, and Scott Sanders. </p><p>Callaway adapted <i>Mercy Point</i> from his original screenplay, "Nightingale One". It was picked up by <a href="/wiki/Mandalay_Television" title="Mandalay Television">Mandalay Television</a>, and the concept was eventually revised as a television project and renamed <i>Mercy Point</i>; production on the film project had ended due to the poor commercial performance of the 1997 film <a href="/wiki/Starship_Troopers_(film)" title="Starship Troopers (film)"><i>Starship Troopers</i></a>. The television show was part of a three-million-dollar deal between Mandalay and <a href="/wiki/Columbia_TriStar_Television" title="Columbia TriStar Television">Columbia TriStar Television</a> to produce 200 hours of material. It was filmed in Vancouver to reduce production costs, the hospital sets being constructed on a series of <a href="/wiki/Sound_stage" title="Sound stage">sound stages</a>. Director <a href="/wiki/Joe_Napolitano" title="Joe Napolitano">Joe Napolitano</a> has praised the show for its use of a complete set to allow for more intricate directing. Despite Callaway envisioning <i>Mercy Point</i> as a companion to <i><a href="/wiki/Star_Trek:_Voyager" title="Star Trek: Voyager">Star Trek: Voyager</a></i>, it was paired with <i><a href="/wiki/Moesha" title="Moesha">Moesha</a></i> and <a href="/wiki/Clueless_(TV_series)" title="Clueless (TV series)"><i>Clueless</i></a> as its <a href="/wiki/Block_programming" title="Block programming">lead-in</a> on <a href="/wiki/1998%E2%80%9399_United_States_network_television_schedule" title="1998–99 United States network television schedule">Tuesday nights</a>. Initially focused on ethical and medical cases, the show's storylines gradually shifted toward relating the characters' personal relationships, to better fit UPN's primarily teen viewership. </p><p><i>Mercy Point</i> was placed on hiatus after only three episodes were aired, and was replaced by the reality television series <i>America's Greatest Pets</i> and the sitcom <i><a href="/wiki/Reunited_(American_TV_series)" title="Reunited (American TV series)">Reunited</a></i>. The show suffered from low ratings, with an average of two million viewers. The final four episodes of the series were broadcast in two 2-hour blocks on Thursday nights in July 1999. It has never been released on <a href="/wiki/DVD" title="DVD">DVD</a> or <a href="/wiki/Blu-ray" title="Blu-ray">Blu-ray</a>, but was made available to <a href="/wiki/Streaming_media" title="Streaming media">stream</a> on <a href="/wiki/Crackle_(service)" title="Crackle (service)">Crackle</a>. Critical response to <i>Mercy Point</i> was mixed; some <a href="/wiki/Television_criticism" title="Television criticism">commentators</a> praised its characterization and use of science-fiction elements, while others found it to be uninteresting and unoriginal. Callaway stated that he had the potential story arcs for the full first season already planned before the show's cancellation. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Premise">Premise</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Mercy_Point&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Premise"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Set in the year 2249, <i>Mercy Point</i> revolves around doctors and nurses working in a hospital space station in deep space.<sup id="cite_ref-Source1_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Source1-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Source6_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Source6-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Sources8_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Sources8-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The "state-of-the-art hospital" is described as "the last stop for anything going out, the first stop for anything coming back" by one of the show's characters.<sup id="cite_ref-Source6_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Source6-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Source2_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Source2-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It is noted for existing on the "fringes of the galaxy", on a colony called Jericho.<sup id="cite_ref-Sources8_3-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Sources8-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Source18_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Source18-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The facility includes advanced medical equipment, such as "artificial wombs, holographic three-dimensional X-ray projections [and] zero-gravity operating tables".<sup id="cite_ref-Source2_4-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Source2-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> A talking computer known as Hippocrates, voiced by series co-creator <a href="/wiki/Trey_Callaway" title="Trey Callaway">Trey Callaway</a>, is shown as the primary method to monitor a patient's status.<sup id="cite_ref-Sources8_3-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Sources8-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-SourcesBook3_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-SourcesBook3-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The doctors and nurses work on both human and extraterrestrial patients over the course of the series.<sup id="cite_ref-Sources8_3-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Sources8-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In the series, the medical staff is referred to as "med-nauts".<sup id="cite_ref-Source7_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Source7-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Despite the futuristic setting, the characters' clothing and hairstyles adhere to <a href="/wiki/1990s_in_fashion" title="1990s in fashion">1990s fashion</a> trends.<sup id="cite_ref-Source1_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Source1-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In Frank Garcia and Mark Phillips' book <i>Science Fiction Television Series, 1990–2004</i>, they compared the concept behind the show to <a href="/wiki/James_White_(author)" title="James White (author)">James White</a>'s <i><a href="/wiki/Sector_General" title="Sector General">Sector General</a></i> series, <a href="/wiki/Murray_Leinster" title="Murray Leinster">Murray Leinster</a>'s stories about a doctor who travels to different planets, and <a href="/wiki/G._Harry_Stine" title="G. Harry Stine">G. Harry Stine</a>'s book <i>Space Doctor</i>.<sup id="cite_ref-SourcesBook4_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-SourcesBook4-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <i>Mercy Point</i>'s setting and filming style also received comparisons to the television medical drama <a href="/wiki/ER_(TV_series)" title="ER (TV series)"><i>ER</i></a>;<sup id="cite_ref-Source1_1-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Source1-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Sources8_3-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Sources8-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Source2_4-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Source2-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Source24_9-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Source24-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> the series itself was promoted as "<i>ER</i> in space".<sup id="cite_ref-SourceER_10-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-SourceER-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Characters">Characters</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Mercy_Point&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Characters"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>According to a press release from <a href="/wiki/UPN" title="UPN">UPN</a>, the series features the characters' attempts to "balanc[e] complicated personal lives with the demands of working in a cutting-edge hospital".<sup id="cite_ref-Source1_1-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Source1-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Each episode includes story arcs involving personal and professional problems, the staff's relationships gaining more prominence as the series progressed.<sup id="cite_ref-SourcesBook2_11-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-SourcesBook2-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Alien physiologist Grote Maxwell (<a href="/wiki/Joe_Morton" title="Joe Morton">Joe Morton</a>) works as the facility's lead doctor and surgeon. Senior surgeon Haylen Breslauer (<a href="/wiki/Maria_del_Mar_(actress)" title="Maria del Mar (actress)">Maria del Mar</a>) directs Maxwell's actions as his boss and best friend.<sup id="cite_ref-Source1_1-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Source1-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Sources8_3-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Sources8-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-SourcesBook2_11-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-SourcesBook2-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Dru Breslaur (<a href="/wiki/Alexandra_Wilson" title="Alexandra Wilson">Alexandra Wilson</a>) begins working at the hospital in the pilot episode, creating tension because of her strained relationship with her older sister Haylen, and her past romance with Dr. C. J. Jurado (<a href="/wiki/Brian_McNamara" title="Brian McNamara">Brian McNamara</a>).<sup id="cite_ref-Sources8_3-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Sources8-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Source2_4-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Source2-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Jurado is characterized through his high <a href="/wiki/Libido" title="Libido">libido</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-Sources8_3-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Sources8-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> with his story arc involving a love triangle with Dru and his current girlfriend Lieutenant Kim Salisaw (<a href="/wiki/Salli_Richardson" title="Salli Richardson">Salli Richardson</a>).<sup id="cite_ref-SourcesBook2_11-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-SourcesBook2-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> While working as a doctor, Rema Cooke (Gay Thomas) grows more concerned about her patients' rights.<sup id="cite_ref-Sources8_3-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Sources8-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The <a href="/wiki/Android_(robot)" title="Android (robot)">android</a> head nurse ANI (Julia Pennington) and the alien surgeon Dr. Batung (<a href="/wiki/Jordan_Lund" title="Jordan Lund">Jordan Lund</a>) also help to combat the frequent medical emergencies at the hospital.<sup id="cite_ref-Source1_1-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Source1-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Sources8_3-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Sources8-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> ANI (Android Nursing Interface) is represented as "extremely efficient and attractive", the facility's other nurses disliking her as they feel that she sets an impossible standard for them to match.<sup id="cite_ref-Sources8_3-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Sources8-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Source2_4-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Source2-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Throughout the series, ANI develops more emotions, such as crying and laughing, and tries to learn more about them.<sup id="cite_ref-SourcesBook2_11-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-SourcesBook2-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Batung, who is part of the slug-like species the Shenn, is portrayed as lacking bedside manners by acting insensitively toward his patients.<sup id="cite_ref-Sources8_3-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Sources8-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-SourcesBook2_11-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-SourcesBook2-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> His negative behavior is attributed to his lack of experience working with human co-workers and patients.<sup id="cite_ref-SourcesBook2_11-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-SourcesBook2-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The hospital is run by the <a href="/wiki/Chief_of_staff" title="Chief of staff">Chief of Staff</a> Harris DeMilla (<a href="/wiki/Joe_Spano" title="Joe Spano">Joe Spano</a>), who is often tasked to handle its ethical issues.<sup id="cite_ref-Sources8_3-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Sources8-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-SourcesBook2_11-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-SourcesBook2-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Production">Production</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Mercy_Point&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Production"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Concept_and_development">Concept and development</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Mercy_Point&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Concept and development"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Trey_Callaway_by_Gage_Skidmore.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="Trey Callaway speaking into a microphone." src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f1/Trey_Callaway_by_Gage_Skidmore.jpg/220px-Trey_Callaway_by_Gage_Skidmore.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="210" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f1/Trey_Callaway_by_Gage_Skidmore.jpg/330px-Trey_Callaway_by_Gage_Skidmore.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f1/Trey_Callaway_by_Gage_Skidmore.jpg/440px-Trey_Callaway_by_Gage_Skidmore.jpg 2x" data-file-width="942" data-file-height="901" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Trey_Callaway" title="Trey Callaway">Trey Callaway</a> (<i>pictured in 2017</i>) was one of the creators of <i>Mercy Point</i>.</figcaption></figure> <p>Created by Trey Callaway, David Simkins, and Milo Frank, <i>Mercy Point</i> was originally developed as a concept for a feature film.<sup id="cite_ref-SourcesBook1_12-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-SourcesBook1-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Sources5_13-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Sources5-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Callaway drew his primary inspiration for the original screenplay from a concept by Frank, entitled "Nightingale One". And while pitching the idea to film executives, Callaway said in his closing comments that he could also envision it as the framework for a successful television series.<sup id="cite_ref-SourcesBook1_12-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-SourcesBook1-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>"Nightingale One" was eventually purchased by <a href="/wiki/Mandalay_Entertainment" title="Mandalay Entertainment">Mandalay Entertainment</a>, a production company headed by <a href="/wiki/Peter_Guber" title="Peter Guber">Peter Guber</a>, but the film's production was stalled after the poor commercial performance of the 1997 film <a href="/wiki/Starship_Troopers_(film)" title="Starship Troopers (film)"><i>Starship Troopers</i></a>. Callaway said that following <i>Starship Troopers</i>, producers had "lost their appetite at that moment for any big-budgeted science fiction". However, a producer who saw Callaway's original pitch to Mandalay Entertainment's executives decided to reformat "Nightingale One" as a television series based on Callaway's final remarks in the meeting. After the concept's approval for television, "Nightingale One" was renamed <i>Mercy Point</i>.<sup id="cite_ref-SourcesBook1_12-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-SourcesBook1-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>During production, Callaway imagined the series as a "companion piece" to <i><a href="/wiki/Star_Trek:_Voyager" title="Star Trek: Voyager">Star Trek: Voyager</a></i>, with the hope that it would have a shared viewership. Even though elements of "Nightingale One" were kept, Callaway said that "[he] really started over again and reconceived it completely as a series from the ground up". Prior to the series being officially <a href="/wiki/Green-light" class="mw-redirect" title="Green-light">green-lit</a>, Callaway collaborated with writer David Simkins to prepare a presentation of a "low-budgeted 30 minute" pilot. Simkins did not work on the series after his pilot, but his contributions earned him a credit as one of its co-creators. <a href="/wiki/John_de_Lancie" title="John de Lancie">John de Lancie</a>, who was noted for acting as <a href="/wiki/Q_(Star_Trek)" title="Q (Star Trek)">Q</a> in <i><a href="/wiki/Star_Trek:_The_Next_Generation" title="Star Trek: The Next Generation">Star Trek: The Next Generation</a></i>, had essayed the role of DeMilla, and <a href="/wiki/Steve_Johnson_(special_effects_artist)" title="Steve Johnson (special effects artist)">Steve Johnson</a> designed the non-humanoid aliens. The pilot presentation was filmed in Los Angeles, but the sets were completely renovated for the series' episodes. Three non-humanoid characters, including ANI and Batung, were added to the show following this presentation.<sup id="cite_ref-SourcesBook1_12-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-SourcesBook1-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>UPN executives responded positively to the presentation, and ordered thirteen episodes of the series, which was considered a "half-season's worth".<sup id="cite_ref-SourcesBook2_11-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-SourcesBook2-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <i>Mercy Point</i> was one of four shows produced by Mandalay Television that appeared in the <a href="/wiki/1998%E2%80%9399_United_States_network_television_schedule" title="1998–99 United States network television schedule">1998–99 United States television schedule</a>, alongside <a href="/wiki/Cupid_(1998_TV_series)" title="Cupid (1998 TV series)"><i>Cupid</i></a>, <a href="/wiki/Rude_Awakening_(TV_series)" title="Rude Awakening (TV series)"><i>Rude Awakening</i></a>, and <a href="/wiki/Oh_Baby_(TV_series)" title="Oh Baby (TV series)"><i>Oh Baby</i></a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Source12_14-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Source12-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The show's production was part of a three-million-dollar deal with <a href="/wiki/Columbia_TriStar_Television" title="Columbia TriStar Television">Columbia TriStar Television</a> to produce 200 hours of material; a majority of the content created from this agreement was commercially unsuccessful.<sup id="cite_ref-Source24_9-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Source24-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Casting_and_filming">Casting and filming</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Mercy_Point&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Casting and filming"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Callaway carefully chose actors when casting each role. He focused on maintaining the series as a "character-driven plot", to always make "what is going on with people's hearts and minds" more important than special effects.<sup id="cite_ref-SourcesBook2_11-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-SourcesBook2-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Despite auditioning other actors to voice Hippocrates, Callway reprised the role from the pilot; he would later say that he had difficulty with the medical and technical vocabulary required for the character.<sup id="cite_ref-SourcesBook3_6-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-SourcesBook3-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Like <i><a href="/wiki/The_X-Files" title="The X-Files">The X-Files</a></i> and <i><a href="/wiki/Stargate_SG-1" title="Stargate SG-1">Stargate SG-1</a>,</i> the show was filmed in Vancouver to take advantage of lower production costs.<sup id="cite_ref-SourcesBook2_11-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-SourcesBook2-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> A majority of the crew had worked on <i>The X-Files</i>.<sup id="cite_ref-SourcesBook3_6-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-SourcesBook3-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The executive producers were: Trey Callaway, Michael Katleman, Lee David Zlotoff, Joe Voci, and Scott Sanders. <a href="/wiki/Jon_Ehrlich" title="Jon Ehrlich">Jon Ehrlich</a> composed the show's theme.<sup id="cite_ref-Sources5_13-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Sources5-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The entire series was shot on <a href="/wiki/Sound_stage" title="Sound stage">sound stages</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-SourcesBook2_11-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-SourcesBook2-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Production designers Greg Loewen and Graemay Murray designed the medical facility as a "circular hub with offices and rooms radiating outward", and included a second floor in which DeMilla could oversee the entire hospital's operations.<sup id="cite_ref-SourcesBook3_6-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-SourcesBook3-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Director <a href="/wiki/Joe_Napolitano" title="Joe Napolitano">Joe Napolitano</a> praised the sets while filming the episode "Last Resort", calling the show "a good candy store for a director" due to the functionality and size of the hospital. He explained that the set enabled him to direct <a href="/wiki/Long_take" title="Long take">long takes</a> and <a href="/wiki/Walk_and_talk" title="Walk and talk">walk and talk</a> sequences without much difficulty.<sup id="cite_ref-SourcesBook3_6-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-SourcesBook3-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The series required extensive prosthetic work for Dr. Batung and the non-human patients. The application of Lund's prosthetic makeup required several hours each day that he was filmed. Napolitano said that he found this to be a challenge to the production schedule, explaining that there would be discussions about the amount of prosthetics necessary for Batung depending on the scene. Batung's prosthetic work included a tail that wrapped around his neck and shoulders; Lund was pushed around the set on a sled to mimic the character's movements as a slug.<sup id="cite_ref-SourcesBook3_6-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-SourcesBook3-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Napolitano also specified that the patients required a similar amount of time and work for their prosthetic makeup, such as a man who has gills under his chin.<sup id="cite_ref-SourcesBook3_6-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-SourcesBook3-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-SourcesBookSomething3_15-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-SourcesBookSomething3-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Cancellation_and_unproduced_episodes">Cancellation and unproduced episodes</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Mercy_Point&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Cancellation and unproduced episodes"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Callaway said he was surprised by UPN's cancellation of <i>Mercy Point</i> because of their strong support of the show. He felt the decision was made in part because of the show's high production costs.<sup id="cite_ref-SourcesBookSomething3_15-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-SourcesBookSomething3-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Source15_16-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Source15-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He also concluded that the decision to broadcast the pilot at the same time as the <a href="/wiki/World_Series" title="World Series">World Series</a> resulted in the loss of <i>Mercy Point</i><span class="nowrap" style="padding-left:0.1em;">'</span>s target audience. To better connect with UPN's teen viewers, Callaway shifted the show's focus from medical and ethical cases to the characters' relationships. Despite these revisions, he said that UPN executives preferred to air shows like <i><a href="/wiki/Moesha" title="Moesha">Moesha</a></i> over science-fiction programs.<sup id="cite_ref-SourcesBookSomething3_15-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-SourcesBookSomething3-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> When UPN announced the show's cancellation, the eighth episode was in the middle of production. Scenes originally written for the episode were revised and edited into the seventh episode to form a complete series finale.<sup id="cite_ref-SourcesBook4_8-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-SourcesBook4-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In an interview about the series, Callaway said that he had developed complete story arcs for each character for the rest of the first season. Hayden would have continued to deal with feelings of "<a href="/wiki/Homesickness" title="Homesickness">homesickness</a>", which is defined as "a crippling interstellar condition unique to humans that ultimately linked their survival to returning to Earth" in the context of the show. Batung would have suffered consequences for rejecting "the protective fold of his species", and ANI would develop an antidote for a virus that spread from computers to humans in the pilot episode. Callaway described ANI's future character development as "the ultimate clash between the organic and technological worlds". The status of Grote's missing family would eventually be uncovered after he conducts a rescue mission with C. J. to the "Sahartic Divide". Dru would be confronted by her "old addictions" and Cooke would test her theory that the <a href="/wiki/Temporal_lobe" title="Temporal lobe">temporal lobe</a> houses a human's <a href="/wiki/Soul" title="Soul">soul</a> and is connected with "homesickness".<sup id="cite_ref-SourcesBook4_8-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-SourcesBook4-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Episodes">Episodes</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Mercy_Point&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Episodes"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable plainrowheaders wikiepisodetable" style="width:100%"><tbody><tr style="color:black;text-align:center"><th scope="col" style="background:#4A96FF;width:5%;color:black"><abbr title="Number">No.</abbr></th><th scope="col" style="background:#4A96FF;width:25%;color:black">Title</th><th scope="col" style="background:#4A96FF;width:25%;color:black">Directed by</th><th scope="col" style="background:#4A96FF;width:25%;color:black">Written by</th><th scope="col" style="background:#4A96FF;width:10%;color:black">Original air date</th><th scope="col" style="background:#4A96FF;width:10%;color:black">US viewers<br />(millions)</th></tr><tr class="vevent module-episode-list-row" style="text-align:center;background:inherit;color:inherit"><th scope="row" rowspan="1" id="ep1" style="text-align:center">1</th><td class="summary" rowspan="1" style="text-align:left">"New Arrivals"</td><td style="text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/Michael_Katleman" title="Michael Katleman">Michael Katleman</a></td><td style="text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/Trey_Callaway" title="Trey Callaway">Trey Callaway</a></td><td style="text-align:center">October 6, 1998<span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated itvstart">1998-10-06</span>)</span></td><td style="text-align:center">1.7<sup id="cite_ref-SourceRatings_17-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-SourceRatings-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr class="expand-child"><td class="description" colspan="7" style="border-bottom:solid 3px #4A96FF"> <div class="shortSummaryText" style="max-width:90vw;position:sticky;left:0.2em"> The medical staff tries to find the cure for a computer virus that has begun to affect humans. An operation involving a mother and her unborn child is conducted in zero gravity. Dru Breslaur joins the hospital as a new resident and is forced to confront her past with her older sister Haylen Breslauer, and develops a romance with C. J. Jurado. She also decides to help alien physiologist Grote Maxwell in his search for his missing family. ANI is promoted to the position of head nurse.</div></td></tr> <tr class="vevent module-episode-list-row" style="text-align:center;background:inherit;color:inherit"><th scope="row" rowspan="1" id="ep2" style="text-align:center">2</th><td class="summary" rowspan="1" style="text-align:left">"Opposing Views"</td><td style="text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/D._J._Caruso" title="D. J. Caruso">D. J. Caruso</a></td><td style="text-align:center">Trey Callaway</td><td style="text-align:center">October 13, 1998<span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated itvstart">1998-10-13</span>)</span></td><td style="text-align:center">1.3<sup id="cite_ref-SourceRatings_17-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-SourceRatings-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr class="expand-child"><td class="description" colspan="7" style="border-bottom:solid 3px #4A96FF"> <div class="shortSummaryText" style="max-width:90vw;position:sticky;left:0.2em"> A shuttle accident results in an influx of patients sent to Mercy Point. The doctors download the dying co-pilot's memory to investigate the cause of the accident. Dru treats her first patient, and Jurado and Grote treat a patient in cryostasis. Dr. Batung performs a surgery to attach two artificial limbs to a famous gymnast, while also trying to be more empathetic with his patients. ANI begins to feel more emotion, and sheds a tear after her work is praised.</div></td></tr> <tr class="vevent module-episode-list-row" style="text-align:center;background:inherit;color:inherit"><th scope="row" rowspan="1" id="ep3" style="text-align:center">3</th><td class="summary" rowspan="1" style="text-align:left">"Last Resort"</td><td style="text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/Joe_Napolitano" title="Joe Napolitano">Joe Napolitano</a></td><td style="text-align:center">Brent V. Friedman</td><td style="text-align:center">October 20, 1998<span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated itvstart">1998-10-20</span>)</span></td><td style="text-align:center">1.4<sup id="cite_ref-SourceRatings_17-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-SourceRatings-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr class="expand-child"><td class="description" colspan="7" style="border-bottom:solid 3px #4A96FF"> <div class="shortSummaryText" style="max-width:90vw;position:sticky;left:0.2em"> Maxwell is forced to perform an experimental surgery on an influential man's dying son that requires an ill alien to be sacrificed for his blood. During the surgery, the son saves the alien instead through a reverse blood transfusion. A woman checks herself into Mercy Point after developing webbed feet. Haylen diagnoses an ex-boyfriend with homesickness, while Dru oversleeps during one of the first days of her residency.</div></td></tr> <tr class="vevent module-episode-list-row" style="text-align:center;background:inherit;color:inherit"><th scope="row" rowspan="1" id="ep4" style="text-align:center">4</th><td class="summary" rowspan="1" style="text-align:left">"Second Chances"</td><td style="text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/Randy_Zisk" title="Randy Zisk">Randall Zisk</a></td><td style="text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/Gary_Glasberg" title="Gary Glasberg">Gary Glasberg</a></td><td style="text-align:center">July 8, 1999<span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated itvstart">1999-07-08</span>)</span></td><td style="text-align:center">0.9<sup id="cite_ref-SourceRatings_17-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-SourceRatings-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr class="expand-child"><td class="description" colspan="7" style="border-bottom:solid 3px #4A96FF"> <div class="shortSummaryText" style="max-width:90vw;position:sticky;left:0.2em"> A patient is prematurely aging following an illegal operation that transplanted the mind of an old scientist into a younger man's body. Maxwell is conflicted on how to proceed as one of the minds must be sacrificed to save the other. Haylen and Dru argue over the best treatment for a patient whose arteries are clogged by synthetic blood, and ANI continues to research human emotions.</div></td></tr> <tr class="vevent module-episode-list-row" style="text-align:center;background:inherit;color:inherit"><th scope="row" rowspan="1" id="ep5" style="text-align:center">5</th><td class="summary" rowspan="1" style="text-align:left">"No Mercy"</td><td style="text-align:center">Michael Katleman</td><td style="text-align:center">Deborah Starr Seibel</td><td style="text-align:center">July 8, 1999<span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated itvstart">1999-07-08</span>)</span></td><td style="text-align:center">1.0<sup id="cite_ref-SourceRatings_17-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-SourceRatings-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr class="expand-child"><td class="description" colspan="7" style="border-bottom:solid 3px #4A96FF"> <div class="shortSummaryText" style="max-width:90vw;position:sticky;left:0.2em"> Maxwell is placed under high scrutiny when a high proportion of alien deaths occur at Mercy Point, leading to the arrival of a team of researchers at the hospital. A patient requires an eye transplant, but Haylen becomes concerned on discovering the woman has already received several transplants from Jurado in the past.</div></td></tr> <tr class="vevent module-episode-list-row" style="text-align:center;background:inherit;color:inherit"><th scope="row" rowspan="1" id="ep6" style="text-align:center">6</th><td class="summary" rowspan="1" style="text-align:left">"Battle Scars"</td><td style="text-align:center">Lee Bonner</td><td style="text-align:center">Jonathan Robert Kaplan</td><td style="text-align:center">July 15, 1999<span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated itvstart">1999-07-15</span>)</span></td><td style="text-align:center">0.8<sup id="cite_ref-SourceRatings_17-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-SourceRatings-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr class="expand-child"><td class="description" colspan="7" style="border-bottom:solid 3px #4A96FF"> <div class="shortSummaryText" style="max-width:90vw;position:sticky;left:0.2em"> Jurado is in critical condition after being jettisoned out of an airlock. A miner makes a profitable discovery, but contracts an illness that prevents him from enjoying it. Dru helps a teenage drug addict detox even though she could not find the teenager's mother to get her consent.</div></td></tr> <tr class="vevent module-episode-list-row" style="text-align:center;background:inherit;color:inherit"><th scope="row" rowspan="1" id="ep7" style="text-align:center">7</th><td class="summary" rowspan="1" style="text-align:left">"Persistence of Vision"</td><td style="text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/Alex_Graves" title="Alex Graves">Alex Graves</a></td><td style="text-align:center">Brent V. Friedman</td><td style="text-align:center">July 15, 1999<span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated itvstart">1999-07-15</span>)</span></td><td style="text-align:center">0.9<sup id="cite_ref-SourceRatings_17-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-SourceRatings-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr class="expand-child"><td class="description" colspan="7" style="border-bottom:solid 3px #4A96FF"> <div class="shortSummaryText" style="max-width:90vw;position:sticky;left:0.2em"> The medical crew locate a capsule containing a man who chose to live in exile in space rather than go to prison. He claims that his brain disease is the result of communicating with God. Rema Cooke tries to help a woman deal with her nightmares, which threaten to drive her insane.</div></td></tr></tbody></table><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1237879425">.mw-parser-output .wikiepisodetable tr.vevent,.mw-parser-output .wikiepisodetable tr.vevent th{text-align:center}.mw-parser-output .wikiepisodetable .summary{text-align:left}@media screen{html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .module-episode-list-row small[style]{color:#d5d584!important;background:#333;padding:8px}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .wikiepisodetable span[style^="color"]{color:inherit!important;border-bottom:dotted 1px}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .module-episode-list-row small[style]{color:#d5d584!important;background:#333;padding:8px}html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .wikiepisodetable span[style^="color"]{color:inherit!important;border-bottom:dotted 1px}}</style> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Broadcast_history_and_release">Broadcast history and release</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Mercy_Point&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Broadcast history and release"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Following the decision to expand its programming to Thursday and Friday nights, UPN picked up six original series.<sup id="cite_ref-Source7_7-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Source7-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Source9_18-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Source9-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <i>Mercy Point</i> was one of two science fiction television shows picked up by UPN – the second being the time travel-themed <a href="/wiki/Seven_Days_(TV_series)" title="Seven Days (TV series)"><i>Seven Days</i></a>. Scott D. Pierce of <i><a href="/wiki/Deseret_News" title="Deseret News">Deseret News</a></i> described the network's choice of two science-fiction dramas and two 19th century programs (<i><a href="/wiki/The_Secret_Diary_of_Desmond_Pfeiffer" title="The Secret Diary of Desmond Pfeiffer">The Secret Diary of Desmond Pfeiffer</a></i> and <a href="/wiki/Legacy_(U.S._TV_series)" class="mw-redirect" title="Legacy (U.S. TV series)"><i>Legacy</i></a>) as showing "a definite bent toward the unusual".<sup id="cite_ref-Source7_7-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Source7-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Prior to its premiere, the show was promoted through its inclusion of Joe Morton in a starring role.<sup id="cite_ref-Source6_2-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Source6-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Source4_19-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Source4-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Although Callaway envisioned <i>Mercy Point</i> as a companion to <i>Star Trek: Voyager</i>, UPN paired the <i><a href="/wiki/Star_Trek" title="Star Trek">Star Trek</a></i> installment with <i>Seven Days</i> instead.<sup id="cite_ref-SourcesBookSomething3_15-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-SourcesBookSomething3-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <i>Mercy Point</i> was initially broadcast on Tuesday nights at 9 pm <a href="/wiki/Eastern_Time_Zone" title="Eastern Time Zone">EST</a>, following the sitcoms <i>Moesha</i> and <a href="/wiki/Clueless_(TV_series)" title="Clueless (TV series)"><i>Clueless</i></a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Source7_7-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Source7-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Source9_18-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Source9-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The <i>Moesha</i> and <i>Clueless</i> block was held over from the previous year.<sup id="cite_ref-Source11_20-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Source11-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <i><a href="/wiki/Entertainment_Weekly" title="Entertainment Weekly">Entertainment Weekly</a>'</i>s Dan Snierson noted that <i>Mercy Point</i> faced tough competition from other shows in the same time slot, primarily <i><a href="/wiki/Just_Shoot_Me!" title="Just Shoot Me!">Just Shoot Me!</a></i>, <i><a href="/wiki/Spin_City" title="Spin City">Spin City</a></i>, and <a href="/wiki/Felicity_(TV_series)" title="Felicity (TV series)"><i>Felicity</i></a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Source25_21-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Source25-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The series carried a <a href="/wiki/TV-PG" class="mw-redirect" title="TV-PG">TV-PG</a> parental rating, meaning that it was judged as "unsuitable for young children".<sup id="cite_ref-Source1_1-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Source1-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>UPN placed <i>Mercy Point</i> on hiatus on October 27, 1998, after the show averaged a rating of 1.5 million viewers. The announcement was made ten days after the series premiere; only three episodes had aired before the hiatus.<sup id="cite_ref-Sources8_3-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Sources8-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Source3_22-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Source3-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It was replaced by the reality television series <i>America's Greatest Pets</i> and the sitcom <i><a href="/wiki/Reunited_(American_TV_series)" title="Reunited (American TV series)">Reunited</a></i>.<sup id="cite_ref-Source3_22-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Source3-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The show ranked number 157 based on the <a href="/wiki/Nielsen_Media_Research" title="Nielsen Media Research">Nielsen Media Research</a>'s survey of programs airing from September 21, 1998, to May 26, 1999, with an average of two million viewers.<sup id="cite_ref-Source28_23-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Source28-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Source14_24-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Source14-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It tied with <i>America's Greatest Pets</i> and <i><a href="/wiki/The_Love_Boat:_The_Next_Wave" class="mw-redirect" title="The Love Boat: The Next Wave">The Love Boat: The Next Wave</a></i>.<sup id="cite_ref-Source14_24-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Source14-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Joal Ryan of <i><a href="/wiki/E!_News" title="E! News">E! News</a></i> wrote that the network's decision was not a surprise given that most viewers were unaware of the show's existence. While reporting on the show's status, Ryan questioned the repeated failures of science-fiction medical dramas. In October 1998, media outlets were reporting that the series might still return to UPN's primetime schedule sometime in the future.<sup id="cite_ref-Source3_22-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Source3-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The series' final four episodes were broadcast in two 2-hour blocks on Thursday nights in July 1999.<sup id="cite_ref-Sources8_3-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Sources8-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-SourcesBook4_8-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-SourcesBook4-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <i>Mercy Point</i> was included on the list of failed medical shows by <a href="/wiki/The_Blade_(Toledo,_Ohio)" title="The Blade (Toledo, Ohio)"><i>The Blade</i></a>'s Rob Owen, along with <a href="/wiki/MDs_(TV_series)" title="MDs (TV series)"><i>MDs</i></a> and <i><a href="/wiki/3_lbs" title="3 lbs">3 lbs</a></i>.<sup id="cite_ref-Source13_25-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Source13-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It has never been released on <a href="/wiki/DVD" title="DVD">DVD</a> or <a href="/wiki/Blu-ray" title="Blu-ray">Blu-ray</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-Source26_26-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Source26-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> but is available to <a href="/wiki/Streaming_media" title="Streaming media">stream</a> on <a href="/wiki/Crackle_(service)" title="Crackle (service)">Crackle</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Source2021_27-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Source2021-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Critical_response">Critical response</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Mercy_Point&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Critical response"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><i>Mercy Point</i> has received mixed critical feedback. Prior to the show's premiere, a writer from <a href="/wiki/SouthCoastToday.com" class="mw-redirect" title="SouthCoastToday.com">SouthCoastToday.com</a> wrote that it would appeal to <i>Star Trek</i> fans through its use of "portentous dialogue and plenty of gross-out imagery".<sup id="cite_ref-Source10_28-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Source10-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> David Bianculli of <i><a href="/wiki/New_York_Daily_News" title="New York Daily News">The New York Daily News</a></i> praised <i>Mercy Point</i> as an improvement over "UPN's watch-me-please gimmick shows", and commended the way the show focused on its characters and medical cases while it "relegat[ed] the futuristic elements to the background".<sup id="cite_ref-Source2_4-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Source2-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <i><a href="/wiki/Milwaukee_Journal_Sentinel" title="Milwaukee Journal Sentinel">The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel</a></i>'s Joanne Weintraub favorably compared the show to <i><a href="/wiki/Buffy_the_Vampire_Slayer" title="Buffy the Vampire Slayer">Buffy the Vampire Slayer</a></i>, writing that "both series take their special effects seriously and their often tongue-in-cheek dialogue lightly".<sup id="cite_ref-SourcesBookSomething3_15-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-SourcesBookSomething3-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Variety_(magazine)" title="Variety (magazine)"><i>Variety</i></a>'s Laura Fries wrote that the series had potential if it adhered to its own rules and focused on real drama. Fries highlighted <a href="/wiki/Michael_Katleman" title="Michael Katleman">Michael Katleman</a>'s directing as "crisp" and praised the show's technical credits.<sup id="cite_ref-Source19_29-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Source19-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p><i>Mercy Point</i> also garnered negative reactions from <a href="/wiki/Television_criticism" title="Television criticism">television critics</a>, with <a href="/wiki/GamesRadar" class="mw-redirect" title="GamesRadar">GamesRadar</a>'s Dave Golder including it on his list of the worst science fiction and fantasy television shows of all time for its "[t]rite, obvious and cheesy" storylines.<sup id="cite_ref-Source22_30-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Source22-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Los_Angeles_Times" title="Los Angeles Times"><i>The Los Angeles Times</i></a>' Howard Rosenberg criticized the show's reliance on its science-fiction context and technology to distract the viewers from "its mustiness and lack of originality". Even though Rosenberg felt the show's concept had potential and found Batung to be an intriguing character, he advised the audience to "change this bedpan fast".<sup id="cite_ref-Source1_1-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Source1-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Lee_Sandlin" title="Lee Sandlin">Lee Sandlin</a> of <i><a href="/wiki/Chicago_Reader" title="Chicago Reader">The Chicago Reader</a></i> included <i>Mercy Point</i> in his assessment of the worst television shows in the 1998–1999 season, criticizing its lack of originality and poor writing.<sup id="cite_ref-Source23_31-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Source23-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The series was heavily panned by Kevin Wagner of the science-fiction <a href="/wiki/Online_magazine" title="Online magazine">online magazine</a> <i>The Sci-Fi Guys</i>, who found the pilot's story arc to be uninteresting and the use of rubber gloves as a way for <a href="/wiki/Infection#Prevention" title="Infection">advanced containment</a> to be unrealistic.<sup id="cite_ref-SourcesBookSomething3_15-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-SourcesBookSomething3-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <i><a href="/wiki/Sun-Sentinel" class="mw-redirect" title="Sun-Sentinel">The Sun-Sentinel</a></i><span class="nowrap" style="padding-left:0.1em;">'</span>s Hal Boedeker cited <i>Mercy Point</i> and <i>The Secret Diary of Desmond Pfeiffer</i> as "misbegotten fare" that alienated its audience and lowered viewership by forty percent.<sup id="cite_ref-Source16_32-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Source16-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Several media commentators made negative comparisons between <i>Mercy Point</i> and other television programs. The show was described as reminiscent of a <i><a href="/wiki/Saturday_Night_Live" title="Saturday Night Live">Saturday Night Live</a></i> skit "that sounded brighter on paper than it plays on the air" by <i>The Sun-Sentinel</i><span class="nowrap" style="padding-left:0.1em;">'</span>s Tom Jicha, who felt it served as a spoof of <i>ER.</i><sup id="cite_ref-Source18_5-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Source18-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Caryn James of <i><a href="/wiki/The_New_York_Times" title="The New York Times">The New York Times</a></i> wrote that <i>Mercy Point</i> was the "oddball new series", saying it was not compelling either in a dramatic or campy manner.<sup id="cite_ref-Source27_33-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Source27-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Editor <a href="/wiki/Jason_Snell_(writer)" title="Jason Snell (writer)">Jason Snell</a> criticized the show as a retread of <i><a href="/wiki/Crisis_Center" title="Crisis Center">Crisis Center</a></i> and <i><a href="/wiki/General_Hospital" title="General Hospital">General Hospital</a></i>, describing it as an "utter waste of an intriguing premise",<sup id="cite_ref-Source20_34-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Source20-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and <a href="/wiki/Chicago_Tribune" title="Chicago Tribune"><i>The Chicago Tribune</i></a>'s Steve Johnson called it the "<i>ER</i>-in-space mess".<sup id="cite_ref-Source21_35-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Source21-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Both Snell and Johnson encouraged UPN to cancel the series following the announcement of its hiatus.<sup id="cite_ref-Source20_34-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Source20-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Source21_35-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Source21-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Mercy_Point&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Citations">Citations</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Mercy_Point&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Citations"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media 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.cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite id="CITEREFRosenberg1998" class="citation web cs1">Rosenberg, Howard (October 6, 1998). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1998-oct-06-ca-29628-story.html">"Futuristic Medical Drama 'Mercy Point' Is Lost in Space"</a>. <i><a href="/wiki/Los_Angeles_Times" title="Los Angeles Times">Los Angeles Times</a></i>. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.today/20170323191322/http://articles.latimes.com/1998/oct/06/entertainment/ca-29628">Archived</a> from the original on March 23, 2017.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=Los+Angeles+Times&rft.atitle=Futuristic+Medical+Drama+%27Mercy+Point%27+Is+Lost+in+Space&rft.date=1998-10-06&rft.aulast=Rosenberg&rft.aufirst=Howard&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.latimes.com%2Farchives%2Fla-xpm-1998-oct-06-ca-29628-story.html&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AMercy+Point" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Source6-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-Source6_2-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Source6_2-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Source6_2-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a></span> <span 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Archived from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://articles.sun-sentinel.com/1998-10-06/lifestyle/9810050368_1_dr-batung-perky-dru-mercy-point">the original</a> on March 23, 2017.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=Sun-Sentinel&rft.atitle=Mercy+Point%3A+An+ER+Full+Of+Aliens&rft.date=1998-10-06&rft.aulast=Jicha&rft.aufirst=Tom&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Farticles.sun-sentinel.com%2F1998-10-06%2Flifestyle%2F9810050368_1_dr-batung-perky-dru-mercy-point&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AMercy+Point" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-SourcesBook3-6"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-SourcesBook3_6-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-SourcesBook3_6-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-SourcesBook3_6-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-SourcesBook3_6-3"><sup><i><b>d</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-SourcesBook3_6-4"><sup><i><b>e</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-SourcesBook3_6-5"><sup><i><b>f</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-SourcesBook3_6-6"><sup><i><b>g</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#garciaphillips2008">Garcia & Phillips (2008)</a>: p. 150</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Source7-7"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-Source7_7-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Source7_7-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Source7_7-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Source7_7-3"><sup><i><b>d</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFPierce1998" class="citation web cs1">Pierce, Scott D. 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Archived from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.deseretnews.com/article/631371/UPN-plans-to-add-2-nights-6-shows-and-1-movie.html?pg=all">the original</a> on March 23, 2017.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=Deseret+News&rft.atitle=UPN+plans+to+add+2+nights%2C+6+shows+and+1+movie&rft.date=1998-05-22&rft.aulast=Pierce&rft.aufirst=Scott+D.&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.deseretnews.com%2Farticle%2F631371%2FUPN-plans-to-add-2-nights-6-shows-and-1-movie.html%3Fpg%3Dall&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AMercy+Point" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-SourcesBook4-8"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-SourcesBook4_8-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-SourcesBook4_8-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-SourcesBook4_8-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-SourcesBook4_8-3"><sup><i><b>d</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#garciaphillips2008">Garcia & Phillips (2008)</a>: p. 152</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Source24-9"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-Source24_9-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Source24_9-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.iftn.ie/broadcast/news/?act1=record&only=1&aid=73&rid=172&tpl=archnews&force=1">"TV3 cut deal with Columbia"</a>. <a href="/wiki/Irish_Film_and_Television_Network" title="Irish Film and Television Network">Irish Film and Television Network</a>. 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Brunico Communications. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.today/20170323194227/http://playbackonline.ca/1998/07/13/22525-19980713/">Archived</a> from the original on March 23, 2017.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=Playback&rft.atitle=B.C.+Scene%3A+Mandalay+sends+Mercy+Point+to+Vancouver%2C+but+where%3F&rft.date=1998-07-13&rft.aulast=Edwards&rft.aufirst=Ian&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fplaybackonline.ca%2F1998%2F07%2F13%2F22525-19980713%2F&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AMercy+Point" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-SourcesBookSomething3-15"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-SourcesBookSomething3_15-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-SourcesBookSomething3_15-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-SourcesBookSomething3_15-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-SourcesBookSomething3_15-3"><sup><i><b>d</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-SourcesBookSomething3_15-4"><sup><i><b>e</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-SourcesBookSomething3_15-5"><sup><i><b>f</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#garciaphillips2008">Garcia & Phillips (2008)</a>: p. 151</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Source15-16"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-Source15_16-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.today/20170323194843/http://articles.sun-sentinel.com/1999-02-18/lifestyle/9902170383_1_ted-danson-new-zealand-budget">"Cost Of Tv Shows Spiraling Upward"</a>. <i><a href="/wiki/Sun-Sentinel" class="mw-redirect" title="Sun-Sentinel">Sun-Sentinel</a></i>. <a href="/wiki/Tronc" class="mw-redirect" title="Tronc">tronc</a>. 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Archived from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://articles.sun-sentinel.com/1999-02-18/lifestyle/9902170383_1_ted-danson-new-zealand-budget">the original</a> on March 23, 2017.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=Sun-Sentinel&rft.atitle=Cost+Of+Tv+Shows+Spiraling+Upward&rft.date=1999-02-18&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Farticles.sun-sentinel.com%2F1999-02-18%2Flifestyle%2F9902170383_1_ted-danson-new-zealand-budget&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AMercy+Point" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-SourceRatings-17"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-SourceRatings_17-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-SourceRatings_17-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-SourceRatings_17-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-SourceRatings_17-3"><sup><i><b>d</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-SourceRatings_17-4"><sup><i><b>e</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-SourceRatings_17-5"><sup><i><b>f</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-SourceRatings_17-6"><sup><i><b>g</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.tvtango.com/series/mercy_point/episodes">"Mercy Point"</a>. 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October 1998. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20210627102844/https://books.google.com/books?id=qwUDRnr2e-AC&q=%22Mercy+Point%22+%22UPN%22&pg=PA123">Archived</a> from the original on June 27, 2021.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=Ebony&rft.atitle=What%27s+Back%2C+Black+and+New&rft.date=1998-10&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fbooks.google.com%2Fbooks%3Fid%3DqwUDRnr2e-AC%26q%3D%2522Mercy%2BPoint%2522%2B%2522UPN%2522%26pg%3DPA123&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AMercy+Point" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Source11-20"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-Source11_20-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFHontz1998" class="citation web cs1">Hontz, Jenny (May 21, 1998). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://variety.com/1998/tv/news/upn-shakes-up-fall-sked-1117471104/">"UPN shakes up fall sked"</a>. <i><a href="/wiki/Variety_(magazine)" title="Variety (magazine)">Variety</a></i>. <a href="/wiki/Penske_Media_Corporation" title="Penske Media Corporation">Penske Media Corporation</a>. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.today/20170323194024/http://variety.com/1998/tv/news/upn-shakes-up-fall-sked-1117471104/">Archived</a> from the original on March 23, 2017.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=Variety&rft.atitle=UPN+shakes+up+fall+sked&rft.date=1998-05-21&rft.aulast=Hontz&rft.aufirst=Jenny&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fvariety.com%2F1998%2Ftv%2Fnews%2Fupn-shakes-up-fall-sked-1117471104%2F&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AMercy+Point" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Source25-21"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-Source25_21-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFSnierson1998" class="citation magazine cs1">Snierson, Dan (September 25, 1998). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://ew.com/article/1998/09/25/ews-fall-tv-cancellation-predictions/">"EW's fall TV cancellation predictions"</a>. <i><a href="/wiki/Entertainment_Weekly" title="Entertainment Weekly">Entertainment Weekly</a></i>. <a href="/wiki/Time_Inc." title="Time Inc.">Time Inc.</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.today/20170323201556/http://ew.com/article/1998/09/25/ews-fall-tv-cancellation-predictions/">Archived</a> from the original on March 23, 2017.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Entertainment+Weekly&rft.atitle=EW%27s+fall+TV+cancellation+predictions&rft.date=1998-09-25&rft.aulast=Snierson&rft.aufirst=Dan&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Few.com%2Farticle%2F1998%2F09%2F25%2Fews-fall-tv-cancellation-predictions%2F&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AMercy+Point" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Source3-22"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-Source3_22-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Source3_22-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Source3_22-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFRyan1998" class="citation web cs1">Ryan, Joal (October 16, 1998). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.eonline.com/news/37163/upn-shows-no-mercy">"UPN Shows No "Mercy"<span class="cs1-kern-right"></span>"</a>. <i><a href="/wiki/E!_News" title="E! 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News</a></i>. <a href="/wiki/E!" title="E!">E!</a>. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.today/20170323191721/http://www.eonline.com/news/37163/upn-shows-no-mercy">Archived</a> from the original on March 23, 2017.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=E%21+News&rft.atitle=UPN+Shows+No+%22Mercy%22&rft.date=1998-10-16&rft.aulast=Ryan&rft.aufirst=Joal&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.eonline.com%2Fnews%2F37163%2Fupn-shows-no-mercy&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AMercy+Point" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Source28-23"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-Source28_23-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFWerts1999" class="citation web cs1">Werts, Diane (June 7, 1999). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.newsday.com/lifestyle/glued-to-the-tube-nets-not-catching-viewers-1.473822">"Nets Not Catching Viewers"</a>. <i><a href="/wiki/Newsday" title="Newsday">Newsday</a></i>. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.today/20170323202356/http://www.newsday.com/lifestyle/glued-to-the-tube-nets-not-catching-viewers-1.473822">Archived</a> from the original on March 23, 2017.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=Newsday&rft.atitle=Nets+Not+Catching+Viewers&rft.date=1999-06-07&rft.aulast=Werts&rft.aufirst=Diane&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.newsday.com%2Flifestyle%2Fglued-to-the-tube-nets-not-catching-viewers-1.473822&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AMercy+Point" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Source14-24"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-Source14_24-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Source14_24-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.sfgate.com/entertainment/article/NIELSEN-RANKINGS-FOR-1998-99-2928332.php">"Nielsen Rankings for 1998-99"</a>. <i><a href="/wiki/San_Francisco_Chronicle" title="San Francisco Chronicle">San Francisco Chronicle</a></i>. <a href="/wiki/Hearst_(media)" class="mw-redirect" title="Hearst (media)">Hearst</a>. May 28, 1999. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.today/20170323194746/http://www.sfgate.com/entertainment/article/NIELSEN-RANKINGS-FOR-1998-99-2928332.php">Archived</a> from the original on March 23, 2017.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=San+Francisco+Chronicle&rft.atitle=Nielsen+Rankings+for+1998-99&rft.date=1999-05-28&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.sfgate.com%2Fentertainment%2Farticle%2FNIELSEN-RANKINGS-FOR-1998-99-2928332.php&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AMercy+Point" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Source13-25"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-Source13_25-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFOwen2009" class="citation web cs1">Owen, Rob (October 4, 2009). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.toledoblade.com/TV-Radio/2009/10/04/The-doctor-is-in-With-the-end-of-8216-ER-TV-networks-give-medical-shows-another-try.html">"The doctor is in: With the end of 'ER,' TV networks give medical shows another try"</a>. <i><a href="/wiki/The_Blade_(Toledo,_Ohio)" title="The Blade (Toledo, Ohio)">The Blade</a></i>. <a href="/wiki/Block_Communications" title="Block Communications">Block Communications</a>. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.today/20170323194544/http://www.toledoblade.com/TV-Radio/2009/10/04/The-doctor-is-in-With-the-end-of-8216-ER-TV-networks-give-medical-shows-another-try.html">Archived</a> from the original on March 23, 2017.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=The+Blade&rft.atitle=The+doctor+is+in%3A+With+the+end+of+%27ER%2C%27+TV+networks+give+medical+shows+another+try&rft.date=2009-10-04&rft.aulast=Owen&rft.aufirst=Rob&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.toledoblade.com%2FTV-Radio%2F2009%2F10%2F04%2FThe-doctor-is-in-With-the-end-of-8216-ER-TV-networks-give-medical-shows-another-try.html&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AMercy+Point" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Source26-26"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-Source26_26-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.tvshowsondvd.com/shows/Mercy-Point/2765">"Mercy Point (1998)"</a>. <a href="/wiki/TVShowsOnDVD.com" title="TVShowsOnDVD.com">TVShowsOnDVD.com</a>. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.today/20170323201901/http://www.tvshowsondvd.com/shows/Mercy-Point/2765">Archived</a> from the original on March 23, 2017.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=Mercy+Point+%281998%29&rft.pub=TVShowsOnDVD.com&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.tvshowsondvd.com%2Fshows%2FMercy-Point%2F2765&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AMercy+Point" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Source2021-27"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-Source2021_27-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.crackle.com/watch/8905/2520824">"Mercy Point: S1 E1: 'New Arrivals'<span class="cs1-kern-right"></span>"</a>. <a href="/wiki/Crackle_(service)" title="Crackle (service)">Crackle</a>. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20211104174135/https://www.crackle.com/watch/8905/2520824">Archived</a> from the original on November 4, 2021.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=Mercy+Point%3A+S1+E1%3A+%27New+Arrivals%27&rft.pub=Crackle&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.crackle.com%2Fwatch%2F8905%2F2520824&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AMercy+Point" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Source10-28"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-Source10_28-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.southcoasttoday.com/article/19981006/news/310069941">"There's something about poor Mare Winningham"</a>. <a href="/wiki/SouthCoastToday.com" class="mw-redirect" title="SouthCoastToday.com">SouthCoastToday.com</a>. October 6, 1998. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.today/20170323193921/http://www.southcoasttoday.com/article/19981006/news/310069941">Archived</a> from the original on March 23, 2017.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=There%27s+something+about+poor+Mare+Winningham&rft.pub=SouthCoastToday.com&rft.date=1998-10-06&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.southcoasttoday.com%2Farticle%2F19981006%2Fnews%2F310069941&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AMercy+Point" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Source19-29"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-Source19_29-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFFries1998" class="citation web cs1">Fries, Laura (October 12, 1998). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://variety.com/1998/film/reviews/mercy-point-1200455584/">"Review: 'Mercy Point'<span class="cs1-kern-right"></span>"</a>. <i><a href="/wiki/Variety_(magazine)" title="Variety (magazine)">Variety</a></i>. <a href="/wiki/Penske_Media_Corporation" title="Penske Media Corporation">Penske Media Corporation</a>. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.today/20170323200303/http://variety.com/1998/film/reviews/mercy-point-1200455584/">Archived</a> from the original on March 23, 2017.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=Variety&rft.atitle=Review%3A+%27Mercy+Point%27&rft.date=1998-10-12&rft.aulast=Fries&rft.aufirst=Laura&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fvariety.com%2F1998%2Ffilm%2Freviews%2Fmercy-point-1200455584%2F&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AMercy+Point" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Source22-30"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a 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href="https://www.orlandosentinel.com/1999/01/24/upn-strikes-gold-with-dilbert-an-offbeat-delight/">"UPN Strikes Gold With 'Dilbert,' An Offbeat Delight"</a>. <i><a href="/wiki/Orlando_Sentinel" title="Orlando Sentinel">Orlando Sentinel</a></i>. <a href="/wiki/Tronc" class="mw-redirect" title="Tronc">tronc</a>. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.today/20170323195055/http://articles.orlandosentinel.com/1999-01-24/entertainment/9901240259_1_dilbert-strip-kathy-griffin-corporation">Archived</a> from the original on March 23, 2017.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=Orlando+Sentinel&rft.atitle=UPN+Strikes+Gold+With+%27Dilbert%2C%27+An+Offbeat+Delight&rft.date=1999-01-24&rft.aulast=Boedeker&rft.aufirst=Hal&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.orlandosentinel.com%2F1999%2F01%2F24%2Fupn-strikes-gold-with-dilbert-an-offbeat-delight%2F&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AMercy+Point" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Source27-33"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-Source27_33-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFJames1998" class="citation web cs1">James, Caryn (October 5, 1998). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.nytimes.com/1998/10/05/arts/television-review-daring-lincoln-to-spin-in-his-grave.html">"Daring Lincoln To Spin In His Grave"</a>. <i><a href="/wiki/The_New_York_Times" title="The New York Times">The New York Times</a></i>. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.today/20170323202216/http://www.nytimes.com/1998/10/05/arts/television-review-daring-lincoln-to-spin-in-his-grave.html">Archived</a> from the original on March 23, 2017.</cite><span 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(2009). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=w8KztFy6QYwC&dq=%22Mercy+Point+Science+Fiction+Medical+Drama%22&pg=PA888"><i>The Complete Directory to Prime Time Network and Cable TV Shows, 1946-Present</i></a>. New York: Random House Publishing Group. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-345-49773-4" title="Special:BookSources/978-0-345-49773-4"><bdi>978-0-345-49773-4</bdi></a><span class="reference-accessdate">. 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