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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my wife is a nurse on the heart surgery team at a local hospital and she never watch’s much TV and she said this show was clean and very real and medically sound. We both loved to watch the show. Im sure the reason they took it off was because it was clean and had no flesh or sex scense’s. unreal for them to take off such a great show. I loved CBS. not sure so much now.
I loved this show but you make it very hard to watch it as it seems to be a moving target with the time slot it was in. Football delays make me almost have to record 3 shows just to get this show that is one of my 3 favorites. The star of this show is really great. He was the very best in Moonlight which disappeared also. Luckily I found it on a cable channel called Chiller and was able to record the whole season. Please bring this show back so that I don’t have to hunt it down… Read more »
Three Rivers is an awesome show! Please bring it back!
Please put it back on Three Rivers is a Great show
Three Rivers is a great show! I can’t believe that CBS has cancelled a program that advocates transplants and organ donation. So many individuals are in need of organ donation and this gives those in a position to give the gift of life get a snap shot of what is actually involved and how it changes ones life. This was a bad move CBS! Just what we need is another show involving criminal justice or reality TV….what a disappointment to loose such a great show!! Shame On You CBS!!
I really hope that CBS reconsiders and puts Three Rivers back on the air. My younger sister died at the age of 17 due to a brain disease and as a family we decided to donote her organs. After her death we created a foundation called Alis Rally to let people know her story and promote Organ Donation to high school students. This is a topic that people need to know about. This show was a great way to spread the word.
I’m pissed off. I just re-read this article and read where they said they’re going to move Cold Case to earlier slot and re-run old episodes after..WHY????? Why re-run episodes when you can keep playing Three Rivers for those who love it? it makes no sense, and it pisses me off!
I loved this show and watched it from the beginning. It was addictive, and I feel like they just took it away from me for no reason. I hope they think it over and let the smaller ones keep going. I don’t care about football! Show me how people can help others in by real help of organ donation. It made you feel like miracles happened.
I think it stinks that this show has been cancelled. I thought it was great show. It was show that wasnt all about violence. Please reconsider.
Three Rivers is a Great show! It is the time slot that does not work. Anything that competes with football is doomed. Please bring Three Rivers back somewhere. There are only a few shows that I watch and this was one. There needs to be more shows of this caliber on the air. It seems if a show is not blood & gore or reality tv it does not stand a chance. If I want reality, all I have to do is look around me.
We both thoroughly enjoyed Three Rivers and are disappointed that it has been pulled. There are other shows that need to be cancelled, not Three Rivers. Hopefully CBS reconsiders and gives it another chance.
I think that the show has potential but Sunday night is a terrible time slot. Maybe Friday at 9 would be better.
So bummed to hear this! Kate Moennig was the reason I watched. She was stellar in The L Word, and I was so happy to see her on prime-time TV! It’s a great show, and it’s set in Pittsburgh, which is unusual. Loved the show. Please bring it back, maybe on another night. Wednesdays are pretty lame right now. Maybe that would work better?
I loved every episode of THREE RIVERS…
BRING IT BACK
I really hope that CBS reconsiders. This was a show that you could sit down with your family and watch and it really opens your eyes to just how much good organ donation does for other people. This was a great show!!!!!