I was prepared to write a letter to CBS begging them to save Three Rivers today, but then they announced that they are giving the best new drama of the fall season a chance at the 10p time slot swapping time with Crap Case, I mean Cold Case to see if that will increase its viewership! Yesterday’s episode was pure brilliance and an amazing hour of television that made you cry, but also gave you hope that there are still descent people out there in this world. I was not alone in my opinion because the show got its highest ratings to date. If you have an hour to spare and some kleenex near by then watch the full episode online. I posted the first part and if you go to ThreeRiversCBS on YouTube you can watch the rest of it. Mandy Patinkin will definitely be up for an Emmy for his amazing portrayal of an ALS patient.
Now back to Three Rivers, yesterday’s episode was not the only good one. They had an episode two weeks ago with a high school football team injured in a bus crash that made you cry, and thankful that there was something so well written on TV. Unlike ER and Grey’s Anatomy, it wasn’t such an adrenaline rush that you needed a downer after watching it, and it made you think those shows have been doing it wrong all along.
CBS has never really backed this show and they started it later than all the other fall shows and then they are wondering why it hasn’t found an audience. Three Rivers is against Desperate Housewives, which shockingly is still doing well and Family Guy, which is having its best numbers ever, so is it a wonder why it is having a tough time people left to watch it. Plus Cold Case should’ve been cancelled at least 2 years ago and Amazing Race is an Emmy winner, but has never been a ratings winner and those are the shows that CBS has paired it with. The show never had a chance, and it really needs one because it is truly well done, well acted, well written show that deserves a chance to remain on the air. And I am not making this plea because Alex O’Loughlin is on it, this show is really that good!!!
So please I implore to watch Three Rivers this Sunday at 10p, if enough people watch it, maybe they will order additional episodes instead of killing it after 13! So please, please, please help me save this show!!!
