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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bring the River back for another season PLS DON’T CANCEL……
You got to be kidding why cancel a mystery ,we all have reality to deal, with this show was pure escapism!!!! bring the River back please abc and V needs to come back too abc!!!
Finally have a show that my whole family watches together . Please don’t cancel.
THanks for leaving me hanging there ABC. I felt like El Colgado. Brng it back!!!!!
This show has amazing plot structures, interesting characters and exciting cliffhangers. It’s arguably the best show since Lost. I can’t believe shows like Desperate Housewives can go on for years, but when they finally come up with an interesting show it gets cancelled after 8 episodes. This better not happen, of course what kind of corperation would be willing to take risks?
I loved the show. sure there were some spots it was slow and boring but what show doesnt get that. and the last episode was AWESOME. They need to bring it back. they just opened the pertential. BRING IT BACK!!!!!!
What a great show, if it is cancelled it would be a total mistake. There is still a great story and so much left unanswered! the characters are inviting and do a fantastic job playing the role assigned to them. I will be certainly be disappointed if the show is let go!
PLEASE DONT CANCEL THIS SHOW I LOVE IT!!!!!!!!!!
You can’t end a show with that kind of cliffhanger! At least give us one more episode for a finale. Or better yet, give it some time for the plot to evolve instead just another predictable series…..
Something was seriously lacking in the season finale or maybe I should go back to last week’s episode: how did Emmet Cole get into the sac? Was he preserved (by someone, some thing, or reborn? Now fast forward to the season finale: Lincoln brought back from the dead by the same young woman who never wanted to deal with bringing things back from death (or whatever)? Cutting the mom’s arms for blood… Huh? There just seemed to be a lack of quality acting in this episode and definitely to quick to get back to business after Lincoln is brought back… Read more »
What?! I’ll be beyond mad if they don’t do a second season. This show was beyond amazing! You can’t just leave the viewers wanting more of it & just shut it down. Its not fair to thoes who have been glued on to it & watching every single Tuesday. So what if the ratings went down! There’s still people watching it & waiting to see what’s gonna happen. Are they going to get off the river or are they trapped forever? Don’t cancel it …PLEASE!!!
This is the best show i’ve seen in a while please dont discontinue this series.We are anxiouxly looking forward to many more exciting episodes.
Please bring back The River .. This is one of the best TV Show iv seen so far .. You can’t just give up on the Second Season, you left it open to go on so it will be BS if this show will be canceled!! Please bring it back!
I love this show, its a show that my father, my brother and I watch together on a religious basis. I agree with the concept of starting a petition or even possibly a vote. If the network did a better job of advertising than the show would be huge, you people are just to scared to take risk on a financial marketing plan….thought thats the reason your in the big leauge’s, your supposed to know what your doing.
The river is great my family and i love the show. We are hoping that you bring the show back. We just can’t wait to see what happens next.