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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I love this show! They need to have another season! The ending of this season was great but I wish there would be more added. It needs a little more to it. More suspence. It was great and deserves another season.
i thing they should make another season of The River because the ending just does not make any sense to live it that way. it should not be canceled that was the only show it would look forward to ever week it was on.
THEY NEED A SEAON 2 LOVED THE SHOW DO NOT CANCEL
i agree with you they should make a season tw0
Everyone that knows about the show loves it!!!!!!!! Simply needs more advertising so people know about it!! Please please please!
NOOOOOOOOO! please so not cancel the river!!! It is my favorite show and all of my friends watch it as well! Please air season two!! I have been waiting for ever! I’m so disappointed :'(
I love this show!! Please have a season 2!
I LOVE THE RIVER I DIDNT EVEN KNOW IT WAS ON YET IN FEB….I WILL BE SOOO MAD IF THEY DONT PUT IT BACK…..CANT LEAVE US HANGIN LIKE THAT
Please put the river back on. My family and I always got together just to watch it. It’s a wonderful show!!! BRING THE RIVER BACK!!!!! PLEASE. Renew the show……
I absolutely LOVED The River! Everyone in my house loved watching it, even my sons! I’m going to be really disappointed if the show gets cancelled and they don’t have a Season 2. It would be a shame for such an interesting, unique, edge-of-your-seat show to not get a chance at another season!
I think they should renew it! Their acting wasn’t very good, I have to admit, but the storyline and plot was fantastic! I was in suspense every episode and was sometimes scared half to death! After each episode I couldn’t wait for the next one to see what happened next. After watching the season finale (spoiler alert) and how they were now stuck in the amazon, I wanted to see their next hauntings and adventures and see if they discovered the ‘magic’ on how to escape. I really hope they decide to keep it going!! I love this series and… Read more »
I absolutely loved the show and got my whole family hooked on it. I really am hoping they renew it.
I think they should renew the show. At first I was thinking it was going to be another one of those waste of time shows but once I started watching it I could not look away. I would cringe and wait for the new episodes to come on the week. It is a show that sucks you in and makes you feel that your IN the show experiencing the fanomina. In the end it should deffently be renewed!!!!
Honestly, I think it should be renewed for a second season. There is a lot of possibility with such a range of storyline and true passion behind the camera. I think because of the lack of advertising, is why you think if failed but it really is because not enough people knew about it. It is a very intriguing show and I was truly captivated by the creative cinematography and the exciting new talent on the screen. Don’t give up just yet! Renew it even for a couple new episodes to see if the ratings go up by the transformation… Read more »
They should give it another chance. Maybe there was poor job of promoting or advertising it because I had never heard of the show. I saw it the other day at the store an bought the series, and now I’m glued to the TV. Love the show!
The river a show that has your mind wondering for hrs after you have watched. This show was made so gud that ppl hooked on chocolate can’t wait to get sum more. The team in the river can’t but leave one wondering ooooh what’s next has u on the edge of the seat and breathless and a lot of wow amazing when they walk away for near death. So my thought on it stopping hell no are they insane this is the biggest and hottest thing ever to be on tv show. I’m hoping for more than season 2 the… Read more »