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 loved this show. bring it back.
stupid abc
Um…I don’t know who rates these shows but I give it a 10 out of 10! I quit watching amc the walking dead for the river! I hope there will be a season two! I can’t imagine what I will watch if it gets cancelled!
I love the river its a great season and I hope yo see very soon the second.season.. The only problem is ABC when a TV serie is great they cancel it..
Thats not the only problem I DONT KNOW WHO ARE IN CHARGE OF THE PROGRAM ghey dont know how to run programs.. The problem is they start the season when other channel start there season too..
If the people who work for ABC the programmers select a different day and more propaganda ABC WILL STOP CANCELLING GREAT SEASONS..
I WANT TO SEE THE SRCOND SEASON OF THE RIVER
I love love this show. I hope we can get to watch season 2!!!!
Please keep The River on air. That’s pretty much the only reason why I watch tv. I need The River back!!!!!!!!!!!! Please keep it on air …..PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE.
Please put The River back on the air, I love that show!!
Put it back on air! I loved it! And so did all of my family! Please do not cancel it or there will ba a lot of devastated people on abc’s hands!
PLEASE, keep it going!! It’s a great series!!
bring it back.. atleast for one last season to to see what they will do. br lost in the jungle or make it out, who live and who will die……………i didnt get to watch ot when it was on cause i was at work but i just watched it ondemand.. what we watch ondemand should count for ratings to
They should continue it! I loved it , I bought it on dvd because I work 2nd and I’m not home in the evenings to watch any of my shows. It left everyone hanging and now I’m hooked. I really hope they change their minds and continue it. Aleast long enough to not leave us all hanging.
My son and I LOVED “The River”! There are not many shows that we both like together….but this was one of them. I pray the network changes their minds and continue with Season two.
i want to see more i recently got talked into watching it and was into the show so much ive spent the last 20 minutes googling to see if there will be more hereing all this talk about not doing it is very sad how could you leave everyone hanging like that and not continue
They need to continue. It made me mad that they left us hanging and didn’t give them a chance. THEY NEED TO CONTINUE!!!!!
save it! just DO NOT put it in a time slot competing against The VOICE, Being Human and lost girl on mondays,,,NCIS and NCIS LA on Tues. Some of the most watched shows on mondays and tuesdays. …Grimm on Fridays…Move it to a Wens or Thurs. and i would bet you get 2 to 3 times the viewers. (I LOVED the series!!!) but mondays and tuesdays i watched The VOICE, NCIS an NCIS LA. and saved Wens night to watch the river and whatever other show i happened to miss (THATS WHATS GREAT ABOUT ON DEMAND)
i love on demand. i dont care when its on i rather watch it on demand cause then i dont miss anyting lol…when ever i try to watch a show when its on my son needs somthing my husband changed the channel for a sec ect ect ect.. wathing it on demand should count for rating to.. people do work at all diffrent hours
i love this show i would always watch it any time it came and i loved to watch it t night
Alright So I heard that they canceled the show and i wa heartbroken. Every Tuesday my family members and I would have a huge dinner and we would all watch the show. Every week! We loved this so much they were amazing actors and the show was just amazing we were so mad when we read that they canceled it I truly hope it wasn’t true ey better make a second. One of the best shows we have ever watched