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?
Image courtesy ABC.
Please, at least, air the second season to conclude. There are many The River fans out there.
I absolutely love this T.V. show and was so thrilled about it! It was def. my favorite T.V. show next to Supernatural, House, and Friends. I am so angry and sad to hear THIS show wont be continuing anymore! But I also heard netflix might pick it up? Rumors, rumors. But this T.V. show def. needs to come back! It was just getting so good too. I love all of the folklore brought into this show, suspense, thrill and what’s best is that it’s hard to predict what will happen next due to the folklore that I and most people… Read more »
I absolutely love this T.V. show and was so thrilled about it! It was def. my favorite T.V. show next to Supernatural, House, and Friends. I am so angry and sad to hear THIS show wont be continuing anymore! But I also heard netflix might pick it up? Rumors, rumors. But this T.V. show def. needs to come back!!! 🙁 It was just getting so good too…. I love all of the folklore brought into this show, suspense, thrill and what’s best is that it’s hard to predict what will happen next due to
What happens to the rest of us that actually watches the river? Its totally not fair for the percentage of people that watches the show get ther entertainment taken away from us. My whole family watches the show. Please air the river for second season and be fair.
What happens to thone who loves the show? Its not fair that they cancel the river and yet there still people highly interested in the show….Please be fair and air the river again
It needs to come back it is soo suspenseful and I love watching it…. I loved it
Me and my friends loved the river! We would always watch it on Tuesday it’s not fair they just canceled it! It needs to come back.
Oh no!!! This was great, better than the SLOW lost series, but in a similar vien, each episode could have been a separate story in the fmaous Twighlite Zone series, but strung together with a really great common focus – finding Dr Cole. I get why it rated poorly, not because anything was wrong with it, but like my wife, she ran out of the room worried about nightmares from it – I loved it. REALLY LOVED IT! It is a shame the mainstream didn’t fall in love with it, because us ‘thinkers’ did! I’d donate to a second series… Read more »
Me and my friends loved the river! We would always watch it on Tuesday it’s not fair they just canceled it!
Nooo.. I Loved The Riverr ):
UN REAL. I loved that show.So stupid you have to cancle it…
The River is a great show. Give it a chance. I am sick of them little half hour comedy numbers. We need something exciding and adventuress, The River is the show we want.
THE RIVER WAS THEIR BEST SHOW SINCE LOST! BRING IT BACK!
The River needs to come back!!! It was my favorite show on T.V.
BRING THE RIVER BACK!!! The reason the viewers dropped is because they didn’t stick out the first 2 or 3 episodes which weren’t really that great. After that, it got so much better.