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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The show sucked, it should be cancelled!!
No plot, no idea of where it was going, a remake of a tired
tale of miracle drugs in the jungle being hidden by big pharma, give me
a break, so old and tired.
And the “security camera” gimmick is sooo done!! STOP IT!!
Make something interesting!!
i love this show. They shouldn’t cancel. 🙁
I am sooooooo sick of getting into a great new tv show and getting to watch only a fue episodes to one season then bye bye. The River, V., The Riches, No Ordinary Family, the one with the Dinosars. Yet the mindless crap reality bleep shows stay on only because they are cheep to make. No one is willing to put up the money And time to give real drama shows a chance. It wount be long before the only thing I have left is just moves. I only watch network tv only about 1/4 of the time now because… Read more »
I can’t believe that The River isn’t popular, it’s one of the most interesting shows on TV! We almost never get shows like this one. It’s always the same old stuff, and now that they finally have something different, they’re going to cancel it? I’m already fed up with the inconsistency with new episodes (three weeks of reruns and then only one new episode), I’m seriously consider not watching anymore. I’d certainly have more time for schoolwork. Besides, one season isn’t enough to tell if a show’s going to be good or not. Please don’t cancel one of the coolest… Read more »
I can’t believe that The River isn’t popular, it’s one of the most interesting shows on TV! We almost never get shows like this one. It’s always the same old stuff, and now that they finally have something different, they’re going to cancel it? I’m already fed up with the inconsistency with new episodes (three weeks of reruns and then only one new episode), I’m not liking where ABC is headed and it’s making me seriously consider not watching anymore. I’d certainly have more time for schoolwork. Please don’t cancel one of the coolest shows on television!
PLEASE DON’T CANCEL THE RIVER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! It’s amazing, please just keep it running and I’m more then positive the views will go up. It’s so interesting and amazing. Please please pleasepleasepleasepleaseplease don’t cancel it. give it a chance, give it one more season and if the ratings still don’t go up, then you can cancell it 🙁
So tired of potentially great shows being axed because we didn’t all appease Neilson. Sooo many of us downloaded this show (and watched on kickass monitors not old school TV’s) … Neilson doesn’t know about that stuff so we don’t count.
Oh gosh I really dont want it to be canceled I love the show its honestly the only ABC network series I’ve ever gotten into I love it plz don’t cancel!!
PLEASE do not cancel The River, I love this show!!!!!!!!!!!!
Nooooo!!!
Do Not Cancel It!!!
Dont cancel it!!! Lets give it a chance.
Honestly God, I don’t believe in the way they check ratings. How will they know if I am watching it or not, like me I do know a lot of friends that we were enjoying the show. I really and trully think that their decision is more base on personal interests than the reality. Hate to know that it is already cancelled when it was close to the end.
Now What ………. Do I need to create my own final ?
Annoying that ratings are based on who watches a show on cable or satellite, and they must watch it the moment it comes on or it’s not counted. Not counting those who watch on-demand or on hulu is unfair and kills just about every good show I’ve invested time in for the past year. Enough is enough, give us another season and quit ******** us around
Please dont cancel The River! I will stop watching new shows too if Abc cancels! How do we make them bring it back! Its not boring its a mystery if you people would pay attention there is always a twist,And, it was just beginning to get really good. Had ABC improved and persisted with its promotion of the show, cancellation might not be in the cards. Unfortunate!Hell I thought it was coming back with a new season,had no clue you were canceling it …So your going to leave us hanging You suck.
Please dont cancel The River! I will stop watching new shows too if Abc cancels! How do we make them bring it back! Its not boring its a mystery if you people would pay attention there is always a twist!