My Sweet Alex O'Loughlin

Blog from The Live Feed on November 16, 2009

"Of course it did. CBS has to decide on the fate of medical drama "Three Rivers" soon in order to prevent a costly production stoppage. Odds of the show getting a full season order are slim, to say the least. Naturally, the medical drama abruptly rises to its highest rating ever.

"Rivers" was up 11%, drawing 8.5 million viewers and a 2.0 preliminary adults 18-49 rating, followed by "Cold Case" (9.2 million, 2.1), which hit its best rating since early October, rising 24% from last week's season low. "Rivers" climbed despite its lead in, "Amazing Race" (11.6 million, 3.2) dropping 9%.

CBS' decision on "Rivers" is partly tied to the performance of "Cold Case." Though the veteran drama has been doing poorly this season, some analysts have blamed "Rivers," noting "Case" tends to perk up given a strong lead in -- as evidenced by last night's rise. "Rivers," in other words, is not only blamed for losing its time period, but also for the weak "Case" performance. Even if "Rivers" ratings holds up in the nationals (there was some NFL overrun in some CBS markets that may have skewed these numbers) it's tough to see the medical drama continuing, though stranger things have happened..."

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Thanks a lot to my friends at LLOL to the heads up