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 river was amazing i was always excited to watch lame the cancelled the show they need nore shows like that also you cant say season finale and then no more seasons after that, thats not fair =[
This exemplifies why the networks days are numbered. Soon, producers will realize the REAL power is the internet and will abandon the networks for online content shows. They will uses product placement and a combination of other advertising methods to pay for their shows…. the networks are completely out of touch with mainstream viewership
It was a great show and as usual, broadcast tv can’t handle shows that are even slightly off the norm. The best shows never last on broadcast TV: firefly, Arrested Development, Pan Am and of course the River. They don’t know how to promote it and or when to broadcast it. They are their own worst enemies and I was a cable channel would pick up The River. Cable is the future and only they have the fortitude to stick by these shows. Public tv is good for cop shows, stupid reality tv shows and that’s about it.
they cant cancel this show i loved it my parents and i whatched it every tuesday night!
I began watching the river mid-season and fell in love with it, I went online, caught up and watched the first 4 shows. Definitely a favorite in my book. I really hope it doesn’t get cancelled.
What do I think? I think that if they were going to air it for only one season then it should have been a mini-series with an ending and not a cliff-hanger. I love this show and watched it with eyes peeking from between my fingers each week. PLEASE don’t cancel this show. Don’t just leave us hanging!
I want to watch a show about boring, toothless euro-trash, as they starve to death as their socialist policies lead to the collapse of the European economy.
i like the river alot, i hope it doesn’t cancel cause i always watched that show tuesday nights. the ending of the last episode made me mad, and i wanna kno whats gonna happen.
me & my parents LOVE THIS SHOW..please dont cancelled it, my dad is going to be really pissed off, we were hoping for the next season cause we really want to know whats gunna happen next.
the river was the best tv show ever!!!! and i think that i broke in to ters when i saw that it was canceld i realy wish it would come back even though it scard the hell out of me it is the best show of the dacade and please it would mean the world to me if it came back on so please chang your mind again it would mean every thing to me so chang your mind please 🙁 !!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I loved it, so did my whole family…very sad that we’ll never see what happens next…:(
Ok……the river was…awesome! Why do you guys insist on canceling good shows? Just because you lost 12percent….who cares! For those of us out there who love this show, you need to keep this one! It’s some thing that no one has done before…it kept the audience begging for more especially when you end the season the way you do did. Stop canceling good shows! It’s complete b.s. when you keep these dumb comedy shows but you cancel all the good suspense shows! From a very avid viewer please….PLEASE….don’t cancel this show!
im wif the ones who like this movie it was one of the few that was diff from the norm and that is the reason it should stay it was and should still be grate.
This show suck balls tbh, it’s really aimed at brainless fat american kids.
It’s stupid, and i agree with the cancelation, a huge pile of trash, tbh.
I loved this show!! So many unanswered questions. I really wish they would bring it back.