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?
Hi, I think NBC should air the remaining episodes of Allegiance. The drama is intriguing. A low rating at some point can not determine the faith of a series in the nearer future. These are just trends, and a movie rating could fall low at some point and then rise back again. So please, put some consideration on the fact that the movie is gonna bounce back in its rating when aired again.
Thanks.
I rather enjoyed the show. Yes air the other episodes.
I loved Allegiance and am sad to see it discontinued. I hope someday it can be revived in perhaps a different time slot. I never watched it on TV anyway but always on your website.
I just saw that American Odyssey was also cancelled, another terrific show that I was looking forward to. It is so hard to keep up with regular TV series at the time when they originally air, so I watch a lot on Demand. I have also found recently that HBO, Showtime and Sundance have much more intelligent programs than your find on the regular networks but when I find something on the regular networks, NBC has always been a favorite of mine, it gets cancelled. So disappointing. Are the on demand statistics even considered when making these decisions?
Yes, I loved the show. I rarely get to watch the shows I like when they are actually on. I hadn’t seen any promos though, but found it on Demand when I was searching for the Blacklist and gave it a try. I binge watched the episodes and have been waiting for it to return. So sad. I also loved Smash and that got canceled.
I LOVED Allegience!! I think it was a great show. I really hope they do bring this show back!
So sad to hear this show’s season 2 was cancelled. This was by far one of my favorite new shows. Dumb of NBC..what a shame to see a great show go to waste
I loved the tv show ALLEGIANCE.. I never missed an episode. I hope it comes back considering it has been one of my favorites next to The Blacklist.
Why not take off a show that made you think and kept you on the edge of your seat, after all the world needs another stupid non-reality reality show. The networks are hell bent on turning society into a voyeurism society. Let’s just watch someone scratch their crouch in their living room while arguing with another bubble head.
I really liked the show!
I really liked the show as well!! It seems all the network stations are too quick to cancel the smarter shows that make you think of the real-life/story-line connections.
Yes please, cancel all the good shows, and fill us with crap.
Thank You…
I was so excited when I got home from work today and my dvr recorded the season premiere of The Blacklist. I was even more excited because I knew if The Blacklist was there I should also see Allegiance. When I looked to when ir would air I came across this site saying season two wad cancelled. I was so disappointed. I really can’t believe the ratings were as low as are stated above. I know I’m not alone in saying bring it back. At the least sell it to Netflix or Hulu. Great show great story line and it… Read more »
I LOVE ALLEGIANCE!!!!! PLEASE BRING IT BACK!
please air the rest,,,, I liked it
Loved Allegiance and had hopes of it continuing! Please reconsider……at least show remainder of canned shows.
I am in my 60’s and can appreciate the shows content …maybe you should reconsider the target age you poll…just a thought. Thank you, M