Creating ‘Three Rivers’

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Barbee had never visited Pittsburgh but when an assistant drew up a list of the top transplant cities in the world, UPMC was No. 1. UCLA was No. 2.

“Do we want to set it in L.A.? Not really,” Barbee said. When she broached the notion of setting with Hanson he leapt at the idea of Pittsburgh, calling it a cool city with “great, old architecture” but also a place that’s reinventing itself. “I thought that was perfect because the show is so much about second chances and reinventing your life.”

Hanson was eager to tell Barbee all about the city’s bridges and in the process mentioned the three rivers, which meshed perfectly with Barbee’s idea to tell stories from three points of view.

“I thought, that’s it!” Barbee said.

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