This evening, ABC aired the season finale of The River. What’s next? Will the TV show return for a second season or will it be cancelled instead?
For those who aren’t familiar with the ABC series, The River follows the search for beloved TV host and explorer (Bruce Greenwood) some six months after he and his team went missing down the Amazon. His wife, son, their crew and a documentary team go after them on what turns out to be a dangerous rescue mission. The cast includes Joe Anderson, Leslie Hope, Eloise Mumford, Paul Blackthorne, Thomas Kretschmann, Daniel Zacapa, Shaun Parkes, and Paulina Gaitan.
Sadly, it’s almost certain that The River will be cancelled. The thriller series debuted back in the February with a pair of episodes. The first hour attracted a 2.6 in the coveted 18-49 demographic with 8.35 million total viewers. By the second hour, 12% of the audience had bailed and the numbers dropped to a 2.3 rating with 6.83 million.
The ratings have been dropping ever since. Last week’s episode drew just a 1.3 rating in the demo with 4.09 million total viewers. Averaging a 1.67 demo and 4.82 million, The River is the lowest-rated drama on the network and has fallen even lower than sure-to-be-cancelled Pan Am. On our network report card, which compares ABC TV show demo ratings, The River gets a “D.”
With ratings like these, there’s just no chance that the alphabet network will order any more installments.
What do you think? Do you think The River should be cancelled? Are you satisfied with the way the story was left? How would you have ended it?
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Please keep the show, the last episode really explained alot… made a second season really good… just a little less shaky cam and less oh feel sorry for me…
I love the show… so does my friend… please keep it! I PROMISE TO BUY A KURT ACTION FIGURE!!!!
Please PLEASE bring the river back for round 2. This is unlike any other show on television! It keeps you wanting more each and every week and doesn’t disappoint. For those who don’t watch it u need to give it a chance and keep an open mind. To many people are afraid of the ideas and images to try it on for size, but believe me…it’s worth it. I believe the river can go the distance if you just put it, the Magus and the crew back in the game for another season.
Looking forward to season 2!
There’s so little on television these days that isn’t mean-spirited or a little stupid. The River is so unique, and I love it. PLEASE PLEASE DON’T CANCEL THIS CLASSY PROGRAM – it really does stand alone. It’s scary, but once you get into it, you can’t stop watching. I loved that they rescued Emmett so we aren’t left hanging, but being trapped by the river – gosh, you HAVE to solve this!
I dont watch TV very much but when i find something i like, I stick with it. I absolutely loved the mysticism and unpredictability that each episode brought each week! The way the season ended was the definition of cliff hanger and it NEEDS to be done some justice with another season!!
This Show is by far one of the better ones out there. My girlfriend and I are going to watch it all over gain till ABC decides to bring it back for season 2
I love this show, I dont actually watch much TV because i feel like so many shows are boring and have been done to death and i cant handle the cliches but this show drew me in. I love whats been done on this show and i would love to see what the writers could do if it keeps going, we need way more shows like this because not only was it exciting and interesting but also got me emotionaly involved with the characters and i want to know more about them. I hope it returns.
This show is an absolute turkey. I think it is absolutely the worst series I have ever tried to watch. Characters are unappealing and unlikable, and the premise is silly. It had the potential to be quite good — if it had been rooted in reality and sanity instead of foolish superstition — the way it should have been written was every “paranormal” event might have a plausible natural explanation, or maybe not, and leave the question open for the viewer who should always be left just little unsure either way. I won’t be watching the end of this ridiculous… Read more »
The River is an amazing show. It has an original storyline. Most shows in the sci-fi/mystery genre are either mash-ups of previously hit shows. However, it is not surprising to me that the show is not getting views which in turn leads to the ratings since a lot of people are interested in “happy go lucky” kind of shows. It would be safe to say that only a few people like shows that make us think out of the box, overwhelm us, and The River is one such show. It is a shame that this might be canceled, After all,… Read more »
I love this show!!!!!! I don’t watch much t.v. because there hasn’t been anything good on in a long time until the river. Yeah maybe the ratings aren’t amazing but I think the people that do like this show are like me and are very devoted to it and will remain that way. PLEASE DONT CANCEL IT!
If abc has any sense in good television, they’ll keep the river. Maybe It didn’t bring many viewers but it picked people like myself and my friends up during the season so we watch it on abcs on demand. I personally love the show. They can’t cancel it! If they do I won’t. E watching anything on the channel anymore and neither will my friends.
please give the river more episodes…..I WATCH A LOT OF TV, and its all good stuff, breaking bad, dexter, mad men, lost, arrested development, game of thrones, boardwalk empire, party down, eastbound n down, life and times of tim, wilfred, louie, american horror story, the list goes on, like it or not, despite the rise of ******** reality garbage shows, theres still A LOT of good TV and THE RIVER is part of it….this is just as good as an AMC or HBO/SHO series….nuff said
I watch this show every week on HuluPlus.com, as I do not have time to watch on regular tv. This show is very entertaining and unique. Please have a season 2, do not leave me hanging. Looking forward to what else they will be running into on the Amazon.
Please abc keep the show lovvveee itttt !!!!!! B
OMG!!! Please, please bring it back my boyfriend and I love this show. We counted down the days in till Tuesday… and with they way it ended u have to bring it back. Give it another season. Please please please. Its an amazon show. The River rocks… keep a us at the end of r seats…..
Love this show I know tons of people who watch you guys have to have another season!!!!!!!