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?
Crazy decision, it’s a damn good programme! What a shame the decision to cancel it has been made, New Zealand “kiwi” couchtuner viewer!
what a grest show why the hell would you cancel it. i wish you guys would get it rite.
I, (we) really like this show. It is so much better than the Blacklist. I could beat up Jim Spader and I’m almost 80. Please bring it back. The story lines are good and the acting is terrific.
Allegiance is a great show Now its on NBC.com. Typical NBC–they don’t even tell the viewers in advance or care what they think. Hopefully there will be closure on the show.
I love this show , I can’t believe it was cancelled, we watch The Americans on FX and love it, this show is as good with a different twist
I just saw the 9th episode last night (4/2) and it was spectacular. My favorite show on TV, right now, even though I have to go to Comcast In Demand to watch it. Michelle is indeed Dead as a doorknob and they cremate her body. Alex is a suspect. The tension is huge. Unlike Blacklist and especially State of Affairs, show is simple to understand the first time (I have to watch the others a second time to appreciate). Definitely a HUGE mistake for NBC not to promote show and to cancel just before show got even better. They should… Read more »
Time Warner didn’t broadcast any new episode last night. I hope Hulu will have it. Shame on you NBC for canceling one of my favorite show. Because of this I’m watching more USA, and SYFY than before you pulled the plug.
Boo! I liked Allegiance and was glued to what would happen next. Absolutely NBC should make non-aired episodes available. Putting “Slap” in the former time slot was truly a “slap” to the viewer population who enjoyed Allegiance. Just a word to the displaced Actors, you were all fantastic!! Maybe see you on Netflix.
I very much enjoyed Allegiance and was wondering what happened to it. Please bring it back. It was not advertised enough before begining the episodes so that viewers knew what the story was and when it was on.
It’s a very good show, great story line and keeps you on the edge, also family love. Nbc you needs to be more patient And stop monitoring the ratings, if you give it time it will grow. Like Chicago fire. The tv show slap won’t save you nbc. I’m not going to be forced to watch another new show to be let down for a cancellation. Trust me nbc you got it wrong about the allegiance you cancel. The least you could do is give us a good ending.
This is to good to loose, maybe to much for the average reality series drowns. Wish they would give some of these thought provoking series a little more time to develope.
I can’t believe they cancelled it! NBC could have at least done a finale.
Hi,
my husband and I liked the show very much and would like it to continue !!!!
We watch many other series and this one sure has a lot of potentials, all the actors
are great and deserve to be seen. So we hope to see them again soon.
Thank you,
B. Cherry
Wow, clearly someone at NBC is not thinking to full capacity. This series is a thought provoking and intelligent thriller. This kind of drama, given time and a chance, will produce very high ratings. You’ve made an error by cancelling this show much too soon. Please reconsider. In the end, it will benefit you and prove to be a wise decision.
Throughly enjoyed the show… the intrigue , the family dynamic. Please bring it back.
Love any show with Scott Cohen but this one has me on the edge of my seat trying to see how it will play out. How can it be a traitorous act when the long term goal is to save American lives? Each episode is better than the last. Please find a way to save it!