The River Cancelled by ABC

Well bad news for fans of the Oren Peli/Steven Spielberg TV horror series "The River". Yesterday ABC took the axe to the show that ran for 8 episodes at the end of this TV season. This does not come to much of a surprise though. The show continuously had very weak numbers in the ratings department (averaging around 3 million people a week) and that's not a good sign if you want a second season. It also received mixed reviews and didn't get that cult following it might have needed for ABC to possibly think of giving it another go. But let's face it...they never intended to keep it around. The network is kind of famous for going through shows like clock work.

No word yet however if Netflix will be picking up the show. It was reported a few months back that they were in "talks" to give The River some life with a second season, but that news has been dead ever since it was announced. Who knows, this could be a good sign that they will. ABC would have to cancel it for it to happen so...I guess time will tell.

On other ABC news, they have also cancelled the Ashley Judd thriller "Missing". On a positive note though, they have renewed the TV guilty pleasure of the year "Revenge" for a second season, which I am really excited for!!