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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Three rivers was awesome. It was a great show that everyone in the family could watch. I don’t understand why CBS has to pull a show like this but they will keep other shows on that are stupid and you cannot watch with family. Please, please, please do not cancel this show – bring it back it was a great show.
This is such a bummer! My husband and I really liked this show very much and believe it or not we didnt realize how important it was to be a doner and so we both decided that the next time we get our license updated we were going to be a doner from that point on. It opened our eyes on the whole situation and so im sure it did good for others as well. I hope they decide to put it back on the air because it truly was an amazing show!
PLEASE do not cancel at least the last 5 episodes of Three Rivers. It is a Quality show worth moving to a new spot to give it a chance to find it’s audience.
Three Rivers is a good show with good old and new actors. Give it a chance, change the day it comes on or something. It beets the heck out of reruns.
Three rivers was another great show that i would dvr since i work so many late hours. I was crushed when i heard that the show has been cancelled. Why???? Great story line…Great casts… I have considered and will register to be an organ doner because of T hree rivers….
I was very disappointed that Three Rivers was cancelled. Information that needs to get out to the people is “organ donation” awareness. Being through a very similar situation as one of the episodes aired, it is a true to life show. Please bring it back .
Three Rivers is a great show! Please bring it back! My family enjoyed the storylines and cast.
Here we go again! EVERY time we find a decent show to watch the networks decide to cancel and move on. How many reality TV shows do we need or want?! You canceled Moonlight, also with Alex and then were sorry you did! Do you network folks ever learn? Life was canceled after NBC kept moving it around. You put Leno on at 10:00 EVERY night and you see what that got you, nothing but trouble. I told my husband when that auspicious move was made that it was doomed to fail. Was I correct? Hmmmm, go figure? Have you… Read more »
I’m so very disappointed! There are only a few shows that watch each week and “Three Rivers” was one of them. I don’t think it had much publicity. I just happened to stumble on it one week. Please promote it and reconsider. It certainly has all the impact and drama as “Grey’s Anatomy” on ABC.
I do believe football had a great impact on the ratings of Three Rivers. Football seems to take over everything. We can never see anything we want to see because of it. Three Rivers was pushed so far back that you had to sit up to almost 11:00 PM on a Sunday night to see it. Most people have to get up early on Mondays so that in itself explains a great deal. But it is a really great new series that even my husband has looked for every Sunday. We are both very disappointed. We have been watching Cold… Read more »
I really love this show. I have my friends watching it on iTunes. I am downloading the season right now to put on my ipod and watch later. Its a fantastic show that keeps you on the edge of your seat..but always ends in goosebumps… And I love the fact that it opens peoples eyes to how precious life is and how fragile. Also the importance of organ donation. I do hope that the series will come back. It didn’t get a fair start !
Dude this crap is nuts, Three Rivers is one of the best shows that has come out since CSI Miami, I can’t believe that it didn’t catch on. It is one of the only real family shows that has come out. No sex, drugs, bad language, nudity. Come on does someone have to take their shirt off in every show for people to be interested in it. CBS needs to get their **** together and if they want to be a family network, they need to create and keep family shows.
I really liked three rivers I have been waiting for it to come back on, i am really surprised that it has been cancelled and very upset that it was cancelled. I also do not get how u tell who is watching it because most people are taping it and watching later, the things that have been left on tv is truly amazing how they have been left on the air and shows like this are cancelled. I hope that they reconsider putting three rivers back on because it really is a excellent show….
Such a disappointment that CBS would cancel this wonderful show! It was one my sons would sit and watch with me and have asked me themselves why it hasnt been on. The cast was marvelous and the stories were real and passionate. The problem I am sure was due to football and delaying its starting time. Moving the show to a different time slot and day would make a great difference! Please bring Three Rivers back!
Yes, Three Rivers was a great show, and I was getting frustrated each week it was not on, until I finally looked to see if it had been canceled, and am very upset to find it was! These “network” people have no clue, and I really do not see how they can tell who is watching and who isn’t around the states, unless they are only looking at a certain area of morons who like stupid shows. My family also really enjoyed Crossing Jordan, Without a Trace, Journey Man, E-ring, and Injustice. Those were all excellent shows and every one… Read more »