TV series

Three Rivers

2009–2010 · 1 season

A tense, earnest hospital drama where every operation carries life-or-death stakes, anchored by a charismatic surgeon.

Overview: Three Rivers is an American television medical drama that debuted on CBS on October 4, 2009, starring Alex O'Loughlin in the role of an infamous transplant surgeon in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. On November 30, 2009, after just eight episodes of the season had aired, CBS announced that Three Rivers had been pulled from their schedule with no plans to have it returned, and the series was later officially cancelled. However, the series later returned to the network on June 5, 2010 to burn off the remaining unaired episodes.
How it feels: Earnest, tense, melancholic and uplifting. Measured and needs your attention.
About: Death, survival, morality, work
Content: Mild violence, gore, sexual content and language.
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Tone: earneststrength 3 of 3
tensestrength 2 of 3
melancholicstrength 1 of 3
upliftingstrength 1 of 3
Pacing: measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: death
survival
morality
work
grief
Places: hospital
big city
Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: procedural
Content intensity: Gore mild
Language mild
Violence mild
Sex mild