subject: Streaming Three Rivers [print this page] Three Rivers goes inside the emotionally complex lives of organ donors, the recipients and also the surgeons at the preeminent transplant hospital in the country, where each moment counts. Nonetheless, dealing with donor families in their darkest hour and managing the fears and concerns of apprehensive recipients requires a lot a lot 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 well-known with his individuals and colleagues. His co-workers include Dr. Miranda Foster, a surgical fellow having a rebellious streak and fiery temper who strives to live up to her deceased father's excellent surgical reputation; Dr. David Lee, a womanizing surgical resident who's broken as several hearts as he's replaced;
Ryan Abbott, the inexperienced new transplant coordinator who arranges the intricately choreographed procedure of quickly and cautiously transporting organs from donor to patient; Dr. Sophia Jordon, the dedicated head of surgery who has no patience for anyone who hasn't sacrificed as a great deal as she has for your career; and Pam Acosta, Andy's no-nonsense operating assistant and very best friend. In this higher stakes arena, in which each circumstance can be a race against the clock, these tenacious surgeons and medical specialists are the last hope for their sufferers.
The pilot to the Pittsburgh-set healthcare drama was filmed in Western Pennsylvania in March and April 2009, using the closed Brownsville Tri-County Hospital along with the David L. Lawrence Convention Center for hospital interior scenes. Post-pilot recasting resulted in actors Julia Ormond and Joaquim de Almeida departing and Alfre Woodard and Amber Clayton joining the series. Ultimately, the pilot was dropped and a new episode was shot for that television premiere. A high-tech, much more visually appealing hospital arranged for your ER and ICU was constructed on soundstages 19 and 20 at Paramount Images exactly where interior scenes have thereafter been developed, although area shooting still occurred in Pittsburgh for exterior shots.
