US TV
The 65-year-old will play a patient of Sonia (Jamie Lee Kirchner) named Elaine for a multi-episode arc, says Entertainment Weekly.
No airdate has been announced for Bishop's forthcoming episodes.
Bishop will next be seen in big screen romance It's Not You.
Mercy airs Wednesdays on NBC.
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