Ratings: Football rules, 'Three Rivers' disappoints

9 million sounds great to me, better if you compare Friday night ratings of some other shows, then it pretty darn awesome. I enjoyed the show from beginning to end. I knew a lot about the show before it came on from CBS online previews. Love Alex O’Loughlin’s performance. The ending of the episode was touching. He held the patients hand asking her to squeeze it if she understood what he was saying (checking comprehension and brain function). Wonderful bedside manner, that Dr. Andy Yablonski. Alex and Daniel are the best two hunks on tv. Thank you CBS, thank you!

“Unless you are a Nielson household, it doesn’t really matter what you do. I think the real problem is that we need to get rid of this outdated system and find a new way to measure who watches what when.”

Amen to that.

And who indeed had the idea that a new show can be judged put up against a major football game. And since when is 9 million viewers considered inadequate in this day and age when people DVR and Tivo?

It’s one of the few shows that actually has more than just base entertainment value; it promotes organ donation.

PS: Can we watch at least a few more episodes before we shoot a new show down? Give it a chance.

Gothmyst

I loved the show. I would watch Alex in anything. This show has to make it. I can’t stand the Alex withdrawls any longer…

While 9 million viewers appears to be good numbers, it appears that of that number, only 2 million are from the desired demographic of 18 to 49 year olds, and an an even smaller number would fit into the “golden” demographic of 18 to 35 year olds.

CBS cares about the “golden” demographic. They don’t care about any other viewers. It’s a business decision on their part.

As a recent liver transplant recipient (June 11 this year), I was looking forward to a drama about transplantation. I was, however, disappointed with the storyline of the first episode of Three Rivers. The story of the man who confronts the surgeon in the hospital about getting a heart transplant was absolutely ridiculous. That is definitely not the way to get on a waiting list. It may make for good TV, but it is far from the truth. I was diagnosed on September 11, 2001 with Hepatitis C and Cirrhosis caused by it. I was transplanted exactly 7 years and 9 months later. For those uninitiated, all potential organ recipients in the U.S. are put on a list that is set up by the government. It is called the United Network for Organ Sharing (UNOS.org). There are over 110,000 people on this list waiting for various organs. Unfortunatly, there are only about 12,000 transplant done each year in total. Many, many people on the waiting list die while waiting for a donated organ. In this day of modern medicine, this is an outrageous thing. This is due completely to a lack of donors. Many factors go into a families’ or individuals’ decision to donate organs. People need to be better informed about donation so that there are more potential donors available. One donor can help to save upt to 75 lives. Can you think of a better legacy than that?
Another thing about the show that irritated me was the atitude of the transplant coordinator on the show when he confronted the daughter of the heart donor. That is not done in most cases and the coordinators are trained not to confront the family of potential donors. The decision is entirely theirs, and his actions probably would not have changed many peoples minds.
Apart from these items, I think the show was good and I would like to follow the storyline even longer. I hope that the writers get some more input from transplant specialists, donor families, and organ recipients to make the show a little more realistic. Drama for TV is good, but it needs to be accurate and believable.

i loved the show and i’m excited to have kate moennig back on my tv! ill def watch it!