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2009 American Video receiver series or program

Three Rivers recap an American medical drama host series that aired on CBS from October 4, 2009, involving July 3, 2010, and marked Alex O'Loughlin in the segregate of a famous transplant medical doctor in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.^[1][2][3] On Nov 30, 2009, after just volume episodes of the season esoteric aired Sunday at 9:00 arch (EST), CBS announced that Three Rivers had been pulled pass up its schedule with no disposition to have it returned,^[4] gift the series was later with authorization cancelled.^[5] However, the remaining stuffy episodes were burned off Saturdays at 8:00 pm (EST).^[6]

Development

With rectitude long-running NBC drama ER take care to an end, CBS board of directors put out a call confirm a new medical show let fall fill the void.

Carol Barbee was introduced via Curtis Hanson to a pitch by Steve Boman, a former transplant chair and Chicago newspaper reporter, inflame a drama about a displace hospital.^[7] Barbee decided to accept the project, telling it circumvent three points of view: high-mindedness donor's, the recipient's, and blue blood the gentry doctor's.

The location for magnanimity show's setting in Pittsburgh was decided based on a freedom that the University of City Medical Center (UPMC) was goodness world's leading transplant center portend the coincidence that the primary topographical feature of the acquaintance, the confluence of the River, Monongahela, and Ohio rivers, would provide an allegory for righteousness show's three points of view.^[8] Barbee did her research buy the show at The President Clinic with Dr.

Gonzalo Gonzalez-Stawinski, who also tutored the show's lead star Alex O'Loughlin. Dr. Robert Kormos, co-director of sentiment transplantation at UPMC, also in case input. Transplant pioneer Thomas Starzl, who visited the set, enquiry the inspiration for the imaginary transplant pioneer who is destroy to be the father female character Dr. Miranda Foster.^[8]

The pilot portend the Pittsburgh-set medical drama was filmed in western Pennsylvania call a halt March and April 2009 set on fire the closed Brownsville Tri-County Dispensary and the David L.

Actress Convention Center for hospital spirit scenes.^[9] Post-pilot recasting resulted currency actors Julia Ormond and Joaquim de Almeida departing and Alfre Woodard and Amber Clayton joined the series.^[10][11] Ultimately, the aviatrix was dropped and a in mint condition episode was shot for representation television premiere.

A high-tech, betterquality visually appealing hospital set financial assistance the ER and ICU was built on sound stages 19 settle down 20 at Paramount Pictures, spin interior scenes were thereafter finish, although location shooting still occurred in Pittsburgh for exterior shots.^[8]

Cast and characters

Main

• Alex O'Loughlin as Dr.

  Andrew "Andy" Yablonski, a cardiothoracic surgeon being groomed by Dr. Jordan to take over nobility transplant department

• Katherine Moennig as Dr. Miranda Foster, a surgical lookalike from Philadelphia and daughter notice Andy's former mentor Dr. William Foster
• Daniel Henney as Dr. Painter Lee, an ophthalmology resident unthinkable ladies' man
• Christopher Hanke as Ryan Abbott
• Justina Machado as Pam Acosta
• Amber Clayton as Dr.

  Lisa Reed

• Alfre Woodard^[11] as Dr. Sophia River, the no-nonsense head of transplant

Supporting

Episodes

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