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Don't Bother Me, I'm Watching ... Fall's Hottest TV Shows

The day is done, the kids are asleep and we've just plopped onto the couch. These are the shows we can't wait to see! (15 Photos)

Melissa Silverstein on Sep 2, 2009 at 10:00AM

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Don't Bother Me, I'm Watching ... Fall's Hottest TV Shows

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Three Rivers

Network: CBS
Age: Adult
Premieres: Oct. 4 at 9 p.m.

After checking the box on the back of your driver's license, the next time you will probably think about organ donation will be in a moment of crisis. Three Rivers tells the story of a dedicated group of surgeons dealing with this highly charged and difficult issue. Alex O'Loughlin (Moonlighting) is Dr. Andy Yablonski, the workaholic lead surgeon who barely ever leaves the hospital. He is joined by Katherine Moenning (The L Word) as the fiery Dr. Miranda Foster trying to live up to her father's reputation since his name is on the hospital, and Daniel Henney as the resident serial dater Dr. David Lee. Rounding out the cast is veteran actress Alfre Woodard as the internationally trained chief of surgery (who joined the show after Julia Ormond was replaced post-pilot). The drama follows the donors and the recipients and illuminates the life and death decisions that this area of medicine deals with each and every day.