My Sweet Alex O'Loughlin

Ok, It's over for "Three Rivers", this is what CBS Entertainment President Nina Tassler let us know in the January 2010 Press Tour.

CBS is proud of Three Rivers even they cancelled it...

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"We've all known each other long enough to say when something's on hiatus, it's code for something else," she said.

But Tassler added, "The reality is we are very proud of that show, and it's not too often that you get mail that lets you know as a network that eight lives were saved as a result of the organ donation that people became aware of because of that show. Every show takes its time in finding its legs. Some shows take longer than others. But I think that at the end of the day, knowing the fact that that show was on the air and had that kind of impact is pretty extraordinary."

CBS still has the desire to work with Alex O'Loughlin. And Nina Tassler has some words on Moonlight and Vampires...

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Tassler expressed a desire to remain in business with "Three Rivers" star Alex O'Loughlin, who previously headlined CBS's vampire drama "Moonlight." Tassler spoke of starting the vampire bandwagon that's gained momentum with "Twilight" and "True Blood."

"Who was out there first with vampires?" she exclaimed. Later, perhaps just as a way to mess with "Moonlight" fans, Tassler said she and "Moonlight" executive producer Joel Silver have recently had conversations about a possible revival.

"But we talk about a lot of things, really," she said, trying not to raise hopes. "The reality is we're in the middle of pilot season, we're about to pick up all our pilots, we're discussing our summer strategy, so it's only been discussed. That's the extent of it."

I am looking forward to getting some news on Alex's next projects...

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Breaking TCA 2010 News: 'THREE RIVERS' IS FINALLY, 'OFFICIALLY' CANCELLED - IF Magazine

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Thanks to Deb at LLOL for the video

Check out this article posted by Tenaya Wallace and Tom Mone on December 3rd, 2009

CAN a single TV show actually save lives? "Three Rivers," a CBS prime-time series on donation and transplantation, did. Sadly, that remarkable fact was not enough to save itself.

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For years, the organ and tissue donation community held its breath every time donation was used as a television storyline. Inaccurate and horrific scenarios about black markets and stolen organs made us initiate letter-writing campaigns; even worse, research showed it kept viewers from signing up to be donors.

Finally, one show got it right. "Three Rivers" viewers got something extra with their nightly fare of drama: They had a chance to learn the truth about donation and were challenged to talk about a

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topic families rarely wish to discuss - death and their wishes at end of life.

The night that "Three Rivers" premiered, 9.2 million people saw what could essentially be called a 42-minute PSA on organ donation. There are not many public education campaigns that can reach 9.2 million people in a single hour.

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Unfortunately, the high road doesn't immediately translate into high ratings and the advertising revenue on which television depends. At a time when networks are casting about for new ways to combat declining audiences, quick decisions to shelve compelling shows without allowing them to mature and develop an audience may be a part of their problem, not their solution.

In the world of organ donation, saving lives comes first, and "Three Rivers" helped to do just that. We can only hope that whatever new form "Three Rivers" takes on, even in a midnight rerun, it will keep inspiring the gift of life.

Tenaya Wallace is the campaign director for Donate Life Hollywood, a national campaign to promote the accurate portrayal of donation in TV and film. Tom Mone is the CEO of OneLegacy, the organ recovery agency serving the greater Los Angeles Area.

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Alex O'Loughlin posted a heartbreaking blog on his MySpace on Novembre 30, 2009 about the cancellation of Three Rivers

Here are some articles about these news:

CBS yanks 'Three Rivers' - Posted Nov 30 2009, by Rob Owen

Pittsburgh-set medical drama "Three Rivers" is on hiatus; CBS pulled it from the December schedule.

"No final decision on its future has been made," said a CBS spokesperson. The show will complete production on the 13 episodes ordered.

My take: It's done. Maybe they'll burn off the unaired episodes this summer. But I'm not holding my breath.

Here's the release:

 CBS PROGRAM ADVISORY FOR SUNDAYS, EFFECTIVE DEC. 6

            The following replaces previously announced Sunday programming, effective Dec. 6.

Sunday, Dec. 6

9:00-10:00 PM                        COLD CASE (New Time Period)

10:00-11:00 PM*                    NCIS: LOS ANGELES (Rebroadcast)

Sunday, Dec. 13

10:00-11:00 PM*                    CRIMINAL MINDS (Rebroadcast)

Sunday, Dec. 27

8:00-10:00 PM                        JESSE STONE:  THIN ICE (Rebroadcast)

10:00-11:00 PM*                    COLD CASE (Rebroadcast)

*Replaces the drama series THREE RIVERS, which is on hiatus.

Three Rivers will spend December on the shelf - Posted Dec 1st 2009 by Allison Waldman (TV Squad)

But what about Alex O'Loughlin? It's my belief that CBS will not give up until they find the right vehicle for AO. He'll be back again. I'd bet on it.

In the meanwhile, effective December 6 and for the rest of the month, reruns of NCIS: LA, Criminal Minds and Cold Case will slip into the 10 p.m. slot in Three Rivers' place. But don't set your DVR for any of those Sunday nights because NFL games will be mucking up the schedule for certain.

CBS pulls 'Three Rivers'  - Posted on November 30, 2009 by James Hibberd (THR)

"Rivers" is still in production and the network will complete all 13 episodes of the show's initial order. Though network sources say no final decision has been made about its future beyond the 13, given the show's consistent sub-2.0 ratings, fans shouldn't expect anything more than a burn-off at some point.

Overall, CBS isn't going to shed tears over "Rivers." The network had a good fall, with "NCIS: Los Angeles" becoming a hit, "Good Wife" performing well, and "The Mentalist" and "Big Bang Theory" performing strong in new time periods. 

Monday, November 30, 2009

THREE RIVERS

Hey everyone.....

Well, like usual I have been meaning to write you all and, like usual, not getting around to it.  Before Thanksgiving..... during

Thanksgiving....after Thanksgiving!  But today, I thought I better get to it.....

A lot of you probably already know this, because you guys know what's happening in my life before I do, but today I was informed that Three Rivers would soon draw to an end.

To be honest I couldn't believe what I was hearing.

After Moonlight was canceled I needed to go away and regroup for a while.  I was hesitant to engage in another show at all, even when Three Rivers was proposed, but I realized immediately how important this story was and would be. This, the story of so many different people all around the world who's lives have somehow been affected by organ donation and transplant medicine.

I often catch myself saying things like "We're actors! We're not curing cancer or feeding the hungry."  (Of course referring to the fact I don't always feel that as an actor my job is that important or relevant.)  But I soon realized that Three Rivers would be a source of great comfort to those aforementioned people, providing perhaps for the first time an accurate and cathartic experience directly related to that which they all shared.

Already in this short time I have received so many beautiful letters of support and gratitude from so many of you who have lost loved ones, and also shared the gift of life with others as a result of those tragedies.  And this sudden cancellation has rocked me completely.

As most of you know, through Three Rivers I was blessed to have been afforded the chance to work with the organization Donate Life America. This potential opportunity was one of the main reasons I agreed to do the show, and having only recently finished my Ambassador training I had become an official spokesperson.  We have done a couple of events and some PSA's and there has been growing excitement about the possibilities of exposure and support we at Three Rivers could provide as the show gained in numbers and strength.  Well, though the news of the show is heartbreaking I view it as nothing more than a temporary setback in the work I plan to do with Donate Life America.  For me this is just the beginning of what I hope to be a long relationship.

To be honest I don't really know what else to say.  I am beginning my process of detachment and will be in touch soon.

All my love,....

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Alex O'Loughlin   x

Alex's Blog

Thanks a lot to mizzoH, Nadioz and GreenEnvy!

The text below is from Alex O'Loughlin Rocks!

Again, thanks a lot to mizzoH

In this wonderful CBS interview taped in October with Alex O’Loughlin he of course talks about Three Rivers and being coached by Dr. Gonzo in preparation for his role. However, Alex also shares some other thoughts, including how he feels about his fans’ support:

   " Well, I’m currently single and… It’s funny, because I hear you guys say, ‘You know, you must have a lot of female admirers Alex’ and I’m like, where are they, mate?"

   " My fans are great, my fans are fantastic!"

   " I don’t think I’ll ever get used to the support that these people I don’t know and who don’t really know me — but kind of know me — give me all the time. The letters that come in, the gifts that come in. The way they get behind the things that I do. Like, I’m really passionate about Donate Life and my position with their organization and continuing that relationship and doing what I can for them. The way the fans just come… just.. the fan initiative, they get together and they raise awareness themselves, you know, and all of a sudden they’ve listed another thousand donors. So that stuff, you can’t really say thank you enough for that stuff. You just have to humbly smile and be deeply grateful for that sort of support and I AM deeply grateful and to be quite honest… you never think, like I’m still in denial about it, but I never think, I don’t know… I’m just me. I am who I am. I get up and look in the mirror and I see the same guy I see every day. I’ve been doing this for a long time; I love it, it’s my job but at the end of the day I’m just me with my people, you know? There’s a whole group of people in the world that love me and care about my future and stuff. I’m deeply humbled."

What he says is heartfelt and is part of the very reason why he has so many loyal supporters.

Nadioz captured the interview and GreenEnvy posted it — thanks so much, ladies!

I got my tears dropped when reading what Alex tells about his fans and about the same guy he remains though the celebrity… I love Alex so much and really wish all the great things for him. Alex brings a lot to me and I just want to get him back something… But I do not have much to give, just all my love and admiration…

Will be supporting you forever Alex!

Check out this great interview posted by ABBIE BERNSTEIN on November 27, 2009, where Alex talks about:

CBS...

“I had a holding deal with CBS,” he says. "There were a couple of options on the table and I was most comfortable and it made the most sense to go in that direction, because not only am I deeply appreciative to the company and [CBS Entertainment President] Nina [Tassler] and everybody involved, but I love those guys a lot. We’ve been through a lot together. If someone believes in you that much for that long, it really stands for something, and here we are.”

Three Rivers...

 "I immerse myself in the role as much as I can, I just want to take on as much information and knowledge as I can possibly take on before the cameras roll, because I’m not a surgeon – I’m about as far away from a surgeon as you can get – but I did as much as I could," he adds. "My role is very similar to a guy called Dr. [Gonzalo] ‘Gonzo’ Gonzalez-Stawinski. He’s a cardio-thoracic surgeon who works out of the Cleveland Clinic, which is a prestigious cardiac institute, and I spent a lot of time there when we were shooting in Pittsburgh, I got in the car and I drove to Cleveland or I got on a plane and I flew to Cleveland, and I did that as many times as I could to do his rounds with him, sit with him, pick his brain, watch him, be with him all day and all night, as much as I could, and I also spent a lot of time in the operating room, scrubbed in and watching what was happening.”

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“The cutting is not the difficult part," he says. "The suturing, or the sewing, is the difficult part. And yeah, I practiced. Gonzo had all sorts of routines laid out for me. I practiced on gauze and on doorknobs and tying knots and suturing.”

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What does O’Loughlin like about working in television?

“I don’t!” he quips. “That was a joke, but some days, when you’re doingten pages of dialogue, when you’re working for eighteen and nineteenhours and forgetting to eat because you’re so tired, when it gets thereand everyone’s tired and you’re breaking things and you’re forgettingthe lines and you feel like an idiot and you don’t feel like you’retruly representing your character – you have those days, like in anyjob, and I don’t like TV on those days. What is it [that’s good] aboutTV? I approach it the same way I approach film, there’s just a lot morework to do on each day. It’s my medium for storytelling at the moment,and that’s where I live. Well, I live in film as well, I live in bothof them. A film schedule is much more luxurious and I sort of grew upin the theatre, and so the beginning and the end – you have an arc, youknow where you’re going, you know where you start, you know where youfinish and at the end of the night, you’re done. And if you’re Hamlet,you’re dead. You go home. You go to bed. That’s the great thing aboutfilm, but it’s also the sad thing about film. You know, you end up withthat heartache [when filming ends], like when you finish a good bookand you don’t want to shut it, and you get that sort of sick feelingand you have the heartache. That’s what happens when I finish a film,every time. TV keeps going and going, and that’s the magic of TV.”

His fans...

O’Loughlin says he hopes his MOONLIGHT fans will follow him to THREE RIVERS.

“Well, of course," he says. "I’d be deeply saddened if they didn’t. ButI guess I would understand.” He adds that he’s putting the word out.“Come with me to THREE RIVERS – everybody, come with me.”

Of course Alex, I'll be following you in any projects

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French version of the Interview

Source: Spoiler TV

STORY LINE

Kuol struggles for his life when complications set in, and Sophia senses that there's more to a patient's chronic kidney failure than meets the eye...

[MASTER SERGEANT "SARGE" HAROLD] A 45 year old African American man, he's been in the military since he was 18, and considers the service his life. Two weeks shy of deploying to Iraq, Harold collapses during a training exercise and is rushed to the hospital. Diagnosed with malignant hypertension, he is failing fast. He is quite smitten with his doctor, Sophia, who diagnoses the arcane reason for his condition before it is too late...GUEST STAR (1)

[CRAIG] Age 25, this offbeat, foolish young character is videotaping his pal Tyler's "Jackass"-style stunt when a rocket careens out of control and right into his chest. Recovering in the hospital, Craig is astounded when Tyler faints at the sight of blood and sustains lethal head injuries. A bit woebegone, never without his trusty videocam in his hand, Craig wanders the halls taping the hospital staff. Later, he gets the chance to meet the patient who got Tyler's heart -- and he finds the encounter extremely comforting...GUEST STAR.

[WAYNE C.] Age 50, this plain-spoken, salt-of-the-earth Midwesterner from Omaha took Kuol into his home when he arrived in the U.S. Wayne considers Kuol as much his son as his biological kids. He scrapes together the plane fare to visit Kuol in the hospital, but is stricken to learn that Kuol has taken a dangerous turn...GUEST STAR OR POSSIBLE 1-DAY GUEST STAR.

[TYLER] Craig's buddy, age 27, he's a "Jackass" wannabe who performs the stupidly dangerous stunts that Craig videotapes. When one of his stunts goes awry, Tyler accompanies his Craig to the hospital. Fainting at the sight of Craig's blood, he strikes his head and suffers massive head trauma -- ironic, considering his high-risk lifestyle...CO-STAR.

[CROCKETT] Age 19, this nervous rookie National Guardsman is on a training exercise with Harold, who is calmly showing him how to defuse a bomb. He's aghast when Harold collapses during the exercise...CO-STAR.

Thank You mizzoH at Alex O'Loughlin Rocks! for the heads up :-)

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Three Rivers (Series)

1.01 Place of Life

1.02 Ryan’s First Day

1.03 Good Intentions

1.04 Code Green

1.05 Alone Together

1.06 Where We Lie

1.07 The Luckiest Man

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Posted on Friday, November 20th, 2009 on RMG

Our client Oded Fehr, co-star of such projects as the blockbuster The Mummy franchise, Resident Evil franchise, and  critically adored Showtime series Sleeper Cell, will be bringing his considerable dramatic acting chops to a recurring role on CBS’ Three Rivers.

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