To little surprise, CBS has pulled Three Rivers from the Sunday night schedule, effective immediately. Will the show be back? Has it been cancelled?
Three Rivers follows a group of dedicated doctors and medical staffers who help those in need of organ transplants. The series stars Alex O’Loughlin, Katherine Moennig, Daniel Henney, Justina Machado, Christopher Hanke, Amber Clayton, and Alfre Woodard.
The medical drama got off to a slow start in the ratings back in early October. Unfortunately, the numbers only got worse as the weeks wore on and it became a likely candidate for early cancellation.
To CBS’ credit, the network has been patient with the series and has kept it on the air. Two weeks ago, the network tried switching timeslots with Cold Case. While the veteran crime drama benefited from the time change and attracted more viewers, Three Rivers did not.
Three Rivers has now been pulled from the Sunday night schedule. As expected, Cold Case will slip into the earlier timeslot and repeats of various crime dramas will take over at 10pm.
A CBS spokesperson has said that Three Rivers’ fate has not yet been decided but the network has not ordered any additional installments beyond the initial 13 episodes.
Eight episodes of the drama have been aired, leaving five on the shelf. CBS will likely burn them off either on Saturdays or during the summer months but, unless the execs have a major change of heart, Three Rivers is essentially cancelled.
What do you think? What went wrong with Three Rivers? Is Sunday night football to blame for the show’s failure to attract more viewers or was the show flawed?
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was looking for the show after the new year only to find it maybe cancelled!! It was a good show!! BRING IT BACK!!! I MISS IT!!
Three Rivers is a GREAT show!!!! I am so sick of all the reality shows on the air!! I am also tired of CBS, NBC and ABC cancelling shows before giving the viewers the opportunity to spread the word and let new viewers to see it! I am so sick and tired of the quick gratification way of life. SLOW DOWN EXECS, LET THE SHOWES DEVELOP AND GAIN VIEWRS!!
You get people interestd in something and have them looking forward to the next episode and then you take it off the air. There are alot of other things that should be cancelled but Three Rivers should continue to go on not everyone watches sports. I say bring back the show and pay attention to the people who do watch it……
I am an RN and as any slightly educated person is aware, the story lines were fiction, no big mystery. The show wouldn’t have been entertaining if it were reality medicine based, trust me. I liked the show, bring it back!
Please, please bring it back. It is a great show!
Did it ever occur to CBS that any show on a Sunday night will be hugely impacted due to Football??? Maybe they should have tried putting on a different day entirely!
I am so tired of the good shows being cancelled when other shows that lack any real intelligence or are just carbon copies of others keep getting renewed……… ugh!
The main problem was inconsistent start times due to 4pm football games never ending on time. Igt is a great show. It needs a fair shot on some other night.
Please bring this show back!! I really liked this show!! I can think of other shows that could have went instead of this one!!
I really liked Three Rivers, I am disappointed that CBS has chosen to take it off the air. I hope they decide to start another season I liked the characters, could it be that some of the story lines were too similar to that of Grey’s Anatomy main characters. Just because it was based on a transplant scenarios (which BTW was a nice change) was a little to close to Grey’s.
I loved the show, it should be brought back.
I am very upset that Three Rivers has been taken off the air. This was a great show. It opened my eyes up about organ plant donation. Please bring this show back on the air! There is too much of that “reality tv” crap on TV. Three Rivers is a refreshing, down to earth program, that may have had the same effect on others as it has had on me. If so, organ donation will increase to save lives!
Please bring back the show, it was awesome….
This is/was one of the few shows that I watch on TV. There are some viewers (like me) that have not been dummed down by all of the “reality” shows and the “blood and guts” shows (ie CSI) How about bringing Three Rivers back and show that you can have a little variety??
Makes since the setwork only thinks about football and ratings. The season is from Sept/Oct to May not September thru Jan. What else else do they take off???
My mother and I both love this show. It had great stories and now they want to pull it. That stinks! Everytime they put a good show on it gets cancelled. Give shows a chance to pick up viewers. I am so sick of Cbs, Nbc, and Abc. I am not going to watch any new shows anymore. You end up liking a show (ex: Moonlight)and they cancel it just as you really started to get into it. I’ve talked to so many people who say the same thing(especially women) Keep Three Rivers on the air!! Give it a chance,… Read more »