CBS Sunday 9pm
debuts Sunday, October 4, 9pm
concept
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Three Rivers is a medical drama starring Alex O'Loughlin that goes inside the emotionally complex lives of organ donors, the recipients and the surgeons at the preeminent transplant hospital in the country, where every moment counts. However, dealing with donor families in their darkest hour and managing the fears and concerns of apprehensive recipients takes much more than just a sharp scalpel.

Leading the elite team is Dr. Andy Yablonski, the highly-skilled workaholic lead organ transplant surgeon, whose good-natured personality and sarcastic wit makes him popular with his patients and colleagues. His co-workers include Dr. Miranda Foster, a surgical fellow with a rebellious streak and fiery temper who strives to live up to her deceased father's excellent surgical reputation... 
stars Alex O'Loughlin (Moonlight), Alfre Woodard (Desperate Housewives), Christopher J. Hanke, Daniel Henney, Justina Machado, Katherine Moennig
producers Carol Barbee, Carol Fenelon, Curtis Hanson
studio CBS Television Studios
my take
Set in Pittsburgh at the top transplant hospital in the country, Three Rivers says it will take a unique approach to storytelling by telling stories from three different points of view: the donor, the recipient and the medical team. I really like it Sunday at 9pm, but it's one of three new medical dramas (two on NBC), yet the only one with Alex O'Loughlin -- who has fans like crazy from the short-lived Moonlight. I'm also a touch annoyed since flipping to a particular page in one of my many idea books is an idea that is essentially Three Rivers. Sigh.
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