CBS News Los Angeles

TV viewers watched transfixed for 90 minutes as firefighters struggled to rescue a dog from the fast-moving Los Angeles River on Monday after the pup’s owner and a Good Samaritan were also plucked from the waters.

The ordeal was carried live on all local TV stations as an adult German shepherd mix was carried along in a 10 mph current following a morning rainstorm. The dog was rescued by four firefighters adjacent to the CBS lot in Studio City at the intersection of Gilligan’s Island Road and Gunsmoke Avenue, named after two vintage series filmed there.