NBC had big hopes for their all-drama Thursday night schedule. Unfortunately, the ratings have been dismal and now the network has cancelled their new drama, Allegiance, after five episodes.
On the Allegiance TV show, Katya and Mark O’Connor (Hope Davis and Scott Cohen) and their daughter Natalie (Margarita Levieva) are part of a dormant Russian sleeper cell that has just been reactivated. Their mission is to turn their son Alex (Gavin Stenhouse), an idealistic CIA analyst, into a spy. Others in the cast are Morgan Spector, Kenneth Choi, and Alex Peters.
The series debuted on February 5th to a dismal 1.1 rating in the 18-49 demographic with 4.98 million viewers. Then the numbers got even worse after that, hitting lows with a 0.7 in the demo and 3.32 million viewers.
NBC’s eight-episode mini-series The Slap has also been doing very poorly and recently relocated The Blacklist has been taking a beating opposite Scandal on ABC and with no lead-in support.
The network has now decided to pull the plug on Allegiance. They’re moving The Slap to 10pm for the remainder of its short run and will fill the 8pm timeslot with special editions of Dateline NBC.
It’s unclear how many episodes of Allegiance will be left unaired or when/if they will see the light of day. Whatever happens, it looks unlikely that the show’s relatively small audience will get any kind of closure.
What do you think? Did you like Allegiance on NBC? Do you think that the network should have cancelled this series? Should they air the remaining episodes?
Loved the twists and turns. High production values. Tech savy. Contrasts within the character and between characters. Move it to another time slot and watch it flourish.
I watch most shows on my DVR. I just discovered this show and it is one of my favorites! Can’t believe it is being cancelled.
We love this show. Stupid decision
It really is a dumb idea to cancel allegiance. Shows take time to develop an audience. I was hoping this could be the next 24 but stupidity strikes again.
So upset! We love this show! I’m appalled that it was canceled and left us hanging! Blacklist then Allegiance was our favorite night of TV! Shame on you NBC!
I really liked this show. One of the best new shows. You did not even give it a chance with only 5 weeks. Please show the remaining episodes
Y’all are very stupid. Love the TV show
The fallout of this action will be more than the advertisers anticipated. Projecting continued poor viewing numbers without finishing the story like a mini series or a long movie was a rude mistake. The viewers who continued to tune in for each episode have been thrown under the bus without closure. We deserve better.
Thoroughly enjoyed Allegiance and want to see the remaining episodes!!! Likable main characters. Bring it back!
Really liked the show, however, if I had known that NBC would only air 5 episodes I would never have started watching it. Come on NBC.
As much as I like Allegiance and hate the cancellation, I love reading the comments of fans like me angry over the limbo that we are now, not knowing how the story ends. I sent a couple of complaints to NBC, no replies. Does NBC read these? I love expressing my thoughts, my frustration over the cancellations of real good show by the major networks like Believe and Intelligence last year. since I’m not in the age Nielsen considers, I am in the age range that pay the cable bills, and buy the products my children, and grandchildren wants. That… Read more »
I am 67 years old and have never commented on cancelled shows BUT PLEASE NOT THIS ONE, it is really good and I want to see how it plays out.
Loved the show. At least give a chance for one season and obviously run the final show if you feel you want to discontinue it
Absolutely LOVED this show! Please air the remaining episodes or move to a DIFFERENT DAY/TIME SLOT, too much competition at current air time.
one of the best new shows on tv.
I would like tosee all eight episodes
Blatant ripoff of The Americans on FX! Unless the creator(s) of this show are somehow connected to the FX show; they just stole their idea – and we all know what happens when you steal!! Just my opinion!!