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?
Allegience is captivating. What is the network thinking? I am perplexed as to why they would cancel this show. They didn’t even give it a chance. I have watched all 12 episodes and want more.
Love this show. Very suspenseful. Better than a lot of other shows on TV now. Very disappointed it was cancelled by NBC Watched all episodes at our daughte’s home on HuluPlus. Hope another station picks it up to show NBC really screwed up!!
I can’t believe that Allegiance was taken off leaving everyone hanging! I think it is a very good, decent show! I went to Hulu Plus in order to see the rest of the series and there is only one more to watch!
I am still watching this show on DVR and NBC.com. It is so good. I love it and can’t believe greedy for money and ratings NBC for cancelling it!
very sorry it was cancelled
one of the better shows on TV. I hope NBC brings it back. They are making a mistake cancelling Allegiance just like they did when they canceled the Firm
I was very disappointed when I learned that this show was being cancelled. I haven’t watched the last episodes yet, but hope that # 12 gives us some kind of closure.
Episode 12 was great. Not a dull moment. My favorite program on TV.
With 1 more episode to go, to stop Black Dagger operative from blowing up the gas facilities in Williamstown, Pa (killing over 10,000 people), we still don’t know:
1. Was Sam really killed by explosion?
2. Does Victor really want to be the new Rezident or is he just pretending?
One of the best shows…I am so sad it’s cancelled.
One of the best shows i’ve seen other that the blacklist, but of course they have to cancel it.
Thanksfor the update. Glad to hear at least there will be 2 more episodes. Didn’t want it to end on #11. That left us really hanging… Thanks. Too bad though!!
Episode 12 is now available On Demand this morning (4/23).
Since it looks like they will foil the plot of the Black Dagger on the last (13th) episode, the remaining 2 episodes should be fast moving.
Now that the FBI mole has been killed, Alex & Sam will be working together to find the Black Dagger operative. Meanwhile Victor will be trying to take down the Rezident.
You’re lucky. I have Cablevision in NJ and so far, we only have episode 11 loaded. It’s april 24. Hopefully we will get Epis 12 and 13 too.
Loved this show, taped it every session so I didn’t miss any shows.
Also love Blacklist; wait for it every week and taped it also.
This is one of my favorite series. The story is fantastic, the actors and actresses fantastic. . The show moves along so well. Boy, I woud really hate to see it just end in the middle of a season with NO closure. Don’t do that . I have seen 11 episodes on NBC and Cablevision On Demand. I hope more will be shown. Please!!
My coworker and I both loved it. Very sorry it has been cancelled!
I think it is fantastic, it’s one of the very few shows I set my DVR to record, come on!! you e a great show with a great cast, and you cancel it!!