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?
BRING BACK ALLGIANCE!! CANCEL THE SLAP!!
I really was getting involved in the show. It really disappoints me that The Slap is taking it’s place. I have no interest in that show what so ever!! Allegiance was so interesting and fun to watch. From week to week I couldn’t wait to see the next episode. It’s got great actors! Please NBC, bring it back!!!
my wife and I really enjoyed this show and we are quite upset it was cancelled. We would like to watch the remaining episodes.
I enjoyed the show, and am a little disappointed that it was cancelled so quickly. Of course, I like “The Americans” better, but Allegience could have grown into something …
Loved the show. They never gave it a chance.
Please continue. Definitely air remaining episodes!
You people are crazy. That show is a hit. You should be getting rid of “The Slap”. Maybe put it on in a different time slot. I we are totally disappointed.
Please bring Allegiance back I loved watching it! How could you cancel it??
Please bring Allegiance back I loved watching it! At least air the remaining episodes don’t leave us hanging!
Bring it back ! We love this show. So much better than the slap !!
I enjoyed the show and looked looked forward to thnext episode. I think the series should be continued or at least give the interested viewers the opportunity to see the remaining episodes online. I believe that this was a poor decision and does not give any consideration to those people like myself was enjoying the series. It raises questions in my mind as to whether I will have any future commitment to series produced by your network.
I can’t believe you cancelled an show that puts you on the edge. I think you should give it another chance and put it on after another show that doesn’t attract too much on the same night. I personally love the “Blacklist” and I hope you just don’t decide to pull it off just like you did “Allegiance”. That show that you replaced it with is totally “stupid” and now I only watch the “Blacklist” and “TURN IT OFF”! I hope you decide to bring it back or at least run the few episodes that aired. I would just rather… Read more »
I love the show. How tacky to leave you hanging for more. At least show the remaining episodes.
Wow big mistake This is a very good show has to be promoted by NBC.I watched the Slap and I thought it was Blah.How could they cancel Allegiance and keep the Slap.It could be a money deal one is more expensive then the other.Please let it continue
BRING IT BACK I LOVE THIS SHOW!!!!
EGAD!! Can’t believe Allegiance is cancelled. I just starting watching the show and love it so much that I can hardly wait to watch the next episode. I’ve been catching up on Demand tv. Very exciting episodes that put you on the edge of your seat. Allegiance is so much better than the similar show, The American, on a competing network. NBC, bring the show back!!!