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?
WE LOVE THE SHOW! BIG MISTAKE TO CANCEL IT. PLEASE SHOW THE WHOLE SERIES.
Great Show!!! I Need it Back
I really liked the program Allegiance. I can’t believe it was cancelled. I would like to at least see the rest of the episodes. I only watch certain programs during the week, and Allegiance was one of them. I’m really dissapointed. I have absolutely no interest in the program The Slap. I change the channel after I watch The Blacklist .
Great show….I was just telling everyone about it!!
I do not believe your figures ! This was a great series to watch, and one to keep us on the edge of our seats. To air the remaining shows would be a credit to NBC, because taking it off for Slap, is redicules………..NBC must be looking to drop in the ratings !
I loved this show and cannot believe it has been cancelled!!!
I don’t believe the ratings was that low!! di the gov. take it off????
I don’t watch many TV series or really much TV at all, but I liked Allegiance and liked that it came on after The Blacklist, which I like a lot. Wish you would bring it back.
My husband and I loved this show, definitely disappointed. The story line kept you on the edge of your seat. Bring it back, there aren’t enough interesting shows on TV!!
Best show ever , but like all shows that requires audiences to have a half a brain or
touches on specific government topics this too will go away thus continuing to prove that we are not as free in this country as we are told we are.
I loved the show, I can’t believe they didn’t give it a chance. They could have moved it to another time slot. I’d love to see the remaining episodes. Maybe the could try it again in the summer.
I realize this show took it’s inspiration from The Americans but that is successful, this is just a later time period. Maybe they could sell it to FX or another premium station.
I can’t believe they are holding on to a 1 episode worthy show like the slap and not this one. What’s left after the slap takes place.
Show the rest please
It’s a great show, please show all episodes!!!!
I loved this show. I can’t believe it was cancelled.
We love this show. It should not be cancelled. It is just as good as the Black List. So many of the other shows are stupid & boring. The story is believable and keeps you on the edge of your seat.
I can’t believe they cancelled this show! Did not give any warning and then replaced it with the Slap???? That is a ridiculous move!! This was an excellent show and they cancel!??? Everything else on TV is reality shows! Who wants to watch that junk?
The allegiance had great story and cast. Please bring it back. We need some substance!!