One of the earliest casualties of the 2009-10 season, Three Rivers was pulled after eight episodes. There’s now word that the TV show’s coming back but fans shouldn’t get too excited.
The CBS medical drama, which stars Alex O’Loughlin, Katherine Moennig, Daniel Henney, Justina Machado, Christopher Hanke, Amber Clayton, and Alfre Woodard, got off to a slow start in the ratings when it debuted back in October. Viewership dropped as the weeks went on and it very quickly looked like a candidate for early cancellation.
CBS pulled Three Rivers in December and expressed no plans to order any additional episodes. Then, in January, the network officially cancelled the show.
Members of the cast have moved on to other projects and O’Loughlin will be starring in the new Hawaii Five-0 series next fall. Perhaps CBS wants to make sure that viewers don’t forget about O’Loughlin because they’ve now scheduled the final episodes of Three Rivers.
The five unaired episodes of Three Rivers will start to run on Saturday, June 5th, at 8pm. The series finale is scheduled to air on July 3rd.
Interestingly, The CW recently announced plans to run O’Loughlin’s last CBS series, Moonlight, on Thursday nights throughout the summer. They start Thursday, June 3rd.
It’s certainly an odd set of circumstances. The actor just may be the first person to have two cancelled shows running concurrently on different networks.
What do you think? Are you glad to hear that the final episodes of Three Rivers will see the light of day?
No. Sorry. Not going to happen.
Three Rivers is not coming back.
Moonlight is not coming back.
All the actors are doing other projects.
Hawaii Five-0 will likely get cancelled as well.
At least there will be SOMETHING to watch (well, record…) on Sat. nights for a few weeks. After that, CBS will continue
to fill every time slot with some fake “reality” show.
Know what I’ve been doing lately?
Reading books. It’s pretty cool!
Do you think CBS is trying to fix SOME kind of mess up by canceling Moonlight??? UH DUH TWILIGHT!!!!!! Now Alex O’Loughlin is in 2-3 shows at one time! Hope someone got FIRED over such a dumb#$@ decision!
It’s about freakin’ time!!! Canceling Moonlight was the 1st big mistake, and canceling Three Rivers was the 2nd. Both shows were ahead of their time. Vampire stories are all the rage now, and smart medical dramas are now running transplant stories. Hopefully Hawaii Five-O will have staying power!
YAY! I was really upset when Three Rivers was cancelled! Can’t wait to see the final shows! Now if Miami Medical could hold on I love that show too!
You know… Since Moonlight was cancelled, the fans of Moonlight have vowed that anything CBS put in the Friday 9pm time slot (the day and time Moonlight aired), that we would not watch it and it would fail. And if you notice, since Moonlight being cancelled Friday at 9pm on CBS has been a revolving door. We (the Moonlight Fans) have also vowed that any show that CBS puts Alex in, that is not Moonlight, will fail because CBS think that we loved Moonlight because of Alex, so they kept his contract aand has been plugging him into new shows… Read more »
I’m glad we will get a few more episodes. I thought the show was great and it seems like every time I get into a show they cancel it and us faithful viewers don’t get a good conclusion to character story lines.
I’m pleased to know that 3 rivers is back if not only for some episodes + finale. I’m surprised it was finito. The series is great! It allows us to see the importance of organ donation and saving lives. The actors are very good, A+ for Alex, he’s a cutie. Can’t wait to see what he brings to Hawaii Five O.
I am so glad that Three Rivers is back on the air…I am a HUGE fan of Alex O’Loughlin’s!!!!! I love all of his stuff. I will be watching every episode of Three Rivers and every episode of Moonlight (again even though I own the DVDs). And I can’t wait for Hawaii Five-O to come out so I can see him on that. Please more Alex O’Loughlin!!!!!!
Amen to that! More Alex please!
Really wish that they would give Three Rivers another go. Maybe a different time slot and night. I loved what aired so far. Looking forward to seeing the un-aired shows. Is it to late for CBS to reconsider?
the show was great but network never gave it a chance seeing the un aired shows is good but not good enough
I’ll be thankful for what ever I get to see. They should brings this show back! BIG mistake!
I’m so glad they are bringing the last 5 episodes of Three Rivers. This could have been a really good show, I learned a lot about donating our bodies & other body parts, after death. Alex’s heart was really into this show. He is such a deserving person & good actor. He really deserves the lead in the Hawaii Five-O series. This new series will be a real hit for him!
Well for once they did something right! I was disappointed that they cancelled that show too! Three Rivers. So glad they are bringing it back at least for a few more. Is there hope for Miami Medical?? And don’t get me started on Moonlight . . . different genre – but a good show too – cancelled too soon!
LOVE the show!! Having THREE RIVERS back on the air rocks!! Hey, CBS, make more!!!
i am so glad that three rivers will be back at least for the last 5 episodes. this show was very good the actors as well. i hope these episodes are broadcast in my country. i just only have to wait … =)