If ABC cancels The River (which they almost surely will), it seems that the TV series might still have a chance for a second season.
Netflix and ABC Studios (which co-produces The River) have had early discussions about possibly producing some TV shows for Netflix and their streaming service. The River apparently came up as a contender as part of those discussions.
Once known only for their DVD rental by mail services, Netflix has been offering streaming services for more than five years and TV shows have become very popular with subscribers. We often hear from readers who’ve only recently discovered serial TV series like The Event, FlashForward and The Gates; shows that were broadcast and cancelled more than a year ago.
Netflix has made a deal to produce a fourth season of cult-favorite Arrested Development some six years after it was cancelled by FOX. The company has recently discussed the possibility of producing a second season of another canned FOX show, Terra Nova.
While The River has amassed a devoted following, the ratings for the ABC series have been poor almost from the start. It premiered on ABC with a mediocre 2.6 rating in the 18-49 demographic and 8.35 million total viewers. Those numbers quickly dwindled downward and the season (likely seres) finale came in at a 1.4 in the demo with 3.99 million.
Deadline sites that The River picks up a healthy percentage of viewers from DVR viewing but that’s essentially true of any show. If a show has relatively low viewership, picking up 36% (3.99 million to 5.43 million) still doesn’t amount to much by network standards.
Could that size of an audience be enough for Netflix to justify the cost of producing a second season of The River? We’ll have to wait and see but at least there’s a bit more hope for fans than there was before.
What do you think? Is there a realistic chance that Netflix or someone else will save The River? Is it worth being saved?
Image courtesy ABC.
Please, save the show! I love it!
please do not canceel the river
Well, I hope Netflix put “The River” up, if they do, they will gain a new subscriber, me.
I really enjoy The River and I hope they don’t cancel it. I at least would like a ending to the show and not left wondering. I always recorded The River and I have always watched it.
I really like the show but my Direct TV DVR refused to record it. It recorded the first 4 or 5 episodes just fine but after that I missed several episodes including the finale. Even though I added it to record multiple times. Likely a guide error on Direct TV’s part. Now I’m curious to know if I’m the only one to have this problem. Sure does make me curious how it would effect ratings if guide errors caused multiple DVR’s to just not record??????
well if finding the dad was the season finale, then I guess I saw them all, but i’ve been waiting to see a new episode in my hulu queue and if I’m not mistaken, that’s only 5 or 6 episodes.
I don’t believe that was the season finale. I missed the episode where they found the dad. That was disappointing. I saw one episode after they found him but it wasn’t the season finale. It was the episode where some demon got into the son. I’m not sure how many I missed. It was at least 2 episodes. I would not have seen the episode after they found the dad if I hadn’t followed up on why it didn’t record the week before, and rescheduled it. My dvr just stopped recording episodes for the series at least twice with no… Read more »
The problem with the river is that the first few episodes were not that great , they came across as cheesy horror movies packed into an episode and after watching the first 2 episodes I gave up on it. It wasn’t until I was bored and watching hulu on my phone that I gave it another chance and was honestly surprised. Nowadays new shows need to grab a following fast or networks just dump em , which is sad because the shows don’t get a chance.just because the river started slow (and with only 8 episodes its hard to get… Read more »
it would probably have helped if they had actively advertised it. The only reason I know about it is because it was on demand. I knew frm the first blurb they gave on xfinity that I would love it. The show made a FOX/Firefly mistake, of not giving it seriously good advertising. I hope they give it another shot and some more promos.
The River is the first show in a long time that I have truly enjoyed. To find that it’s rating and reviews were so poor came at a surprise. I hope the series can continue through any venue because I will be there to watch it.
I really love The River and would be peeved if it got cancelled. Not much to it right now, but I’m already hooked and can’t wait to see where they go with it.
I really think that the river should have a 2nd season to it, i really think its a great show to watch with all of the different types of magical things that they have had, if you liked paranormal activity then anyone should like this even if your into stuff like watching national geographic things like learning about the Amazon then this is a show for you to watch, i really think they should bring it back for a second season its a great show
I love this show! We always have to dvr
It or watch it on Hulu. It’s the best thing since lost!
The River is an awesome and original Tv series which is extremely hard to come by these days. Yes new shows come out all the time but they are all essentially the same old shows with new names and characters. If you think the ratings are to low maybe it would be a good idea to give it a better timeslot where you would normally show a rerun anyway. As for any parents saying its too scary or violent for your kids….youre the parent if you dont want them watching it dont let them.
Love this show! I was soooo disappointed that it wasn’t on tonight! I am hooked!
I’m highly disappointed that there considering not bringing the river back it has been by far the most suspensful show in along time it was a new approach to tv series I think that the lack of ratings are do to the fact that if u missed an episode u can watch on hulu, Netflix should consider bringing the river to Netflix customers I kno I would definitly be hooked . I’m still dyeing to find out how there gonna move forward wat happened to Emit and what everyones real stories are , so PLEASE BRING THE RIVER BACK!!!!
Please don’t cancel this show!!!!! I am so addicted to it!