CBS is beginning its PR push for its new fall TV show with Daniel Henney and they released their first preview of their medical drama “Three Rivers.”  Set in Pittsburgh – hence the title Three Rivers – Daniel Henney (Dr. David Lee) plays the part of the womanizing doctor on the show because there’s always a hunk who breaks hearts on a medical drama.  This type of character has been previously portrayed by George Clooney of ER and Patrick Dempsey of Grey’s Anatomy.  What’s great is that based on the character name Daniel Henney is using – David Lee – they’re allowing him to be recognized as an Asian character.  So we hope.  Woohoo!!!  We’ll see how much of the Asian side is revealed throughout the season.  For those of you who don’t know who Daniel Henney is, he’s half-Korean and is a big Korean drama star in South Korea.  He got his big break into Hollywood as Agent Zero in this summer’s blockbuster movie “X-Men Origins: Wolverine.”  We wrote last week about South Korean actors entering Hollywood with Lee Byung-Hun in this week’s G.I. Joe and Rain in Ninja Assassin, but this is the first South Korean actor to enter American television.  We’re not forgetting John Cho and Tim Kang who will be regulars on their respective shows this fall, but we’re just saying that this is the first South Korean actor to enter the U.S. TV market.

The show premieres on October 4th on CBS.

Synopsis
THREE RIVERS is a medical drama 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 (Alex O’Loughlin), the highly-skilled workaholic lead organ transplant surgeon, whose good-natured personality and sarcastic wit makes him popular with his patients and colleagues. His colleagues include Dr. Miranda Foster (Katherine Moennig), a surgical fellow with a rebellious streak and fiery temper who strives to live up to her deceased father’s excellent surgical reputation; Dr. David Lee (Daniel Henney), a womanizing surgical resident who’s broken as many hearts as he’s replaced; Ryan Abbott (Christopher J. Hanke), the inexperienced new transplant coordinator who arranges the intricately choreographed process of quickly and carefully transporting organs from donor to patient; Dr. Sophia Jordan, the head of surgery and a dedicated medical professional; and Pam Acosta (Justina Machado), Andy’s no-nonsense operating assistant and best friend. In this high stakes arena, in which every case is a race against the clock, these tenacious surgeons and medical professionals are the last hope for their patients.

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