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?
Can’t understand the why of the low ratings. OUR FAMILY LOVED THE PLOT & ALL OF THE ACTORS!! We were lucky to find the full first season “On Demand”. We were glued to the TV . We hope that if NBC does not renew it another network picks it up.
I hope another network picks it up. It was a good plot and we couldn’t wait until the next week. We watched it on the Demand channel, the only thing is they were all there but show 10, 11, and 12. The season finale was very good. Hoping they bring it back.
I loved Allegiance. I found it interesting, suspenseful and entertaining.
I would like to see it return.
Allegiance was a brilliant show! I am so sorry to hear that they cancelled it!
The show was awesome, the plot was interesting and sometimes unexpected. I think this show should continue.
Allegiance was a brilliant show. I loved the cast, writing and story. I’m extremely disappointed in the fact that the show has been cancelled.
Please find a way to bring it back.
This show is so good! I can’t believe they are canceling it! The poor ratings are probably because of the night it’s on. Try changing nights!! NBC never gives tv shows a chance. I hate getting into a series on NBC because they always cancel good shows.
Allegiance was brilliantly cast, written, and directed. NBC would have been wiser t
have moved it to a different night. We loved every episode!
Love love love this show!!! Darn it!!! All the good shows get cancelled!!! Err
I have enjoyed the show very much and would like to see it continued. I have seen all the episodes, including on NBC.com
It is unfair to the one’s who have watched this show not to be able to see the ending. Every network has an obligation to all its viewers to allow us to see a series to the end. Shame on you NBC
Great show! Should have not cancel it! I wish there was season2 and morr
I enjoyed the show and have watched every episode.
I enjoyed this show, I looked forward for this show every Thursday; its a shame that it is being cancelled.
They should not cancel this show!