Late last week, it was revealed that ABC had cut the first season of their new Blood & Oil TV show, from 13 to 10 episodes. Does this mean that the series has been cancelled or does it still have a shot at being renewed for a second season? How are the ratings?
On Blood & Oil, young couple Billy (Chace Crawford) and Cody LeFever (Rebecca Rittenhouse) move to Williston, North Dakota to seek their fortune. Billy’s drive attracts the attention of oil barron Hap Briggs (Don Johnson) and Hap takes him under his wing, much to the dismay of Hap’s son Wick (Scott Michael Foster). The rest of the cast includes Amber Valletta, Adan Canto, India de Beaufort, Miranda Rae Mayo, and Delroy Lindo.
The series debuted on September 27th and attracted a 1.36 rating in the 18-49 demographic with 6.36 million viewers. It was a disappointing start for the new drama. Both Once Upon a Time and Quantico (Blood & Oil’s lead-in and lead-out programs) did much better which could mean that some viewers specifically tuned out for the new series.
The ratings saw a reasonable drop in week two but then saw a huge tumble in week three — falling to a 0.86 in the demo (down 31%) with 3.91 million (down 26%). Viewership dropped another 11% in week four.
While some new ABC series have received full season orders (Quantico and Dr. Ken), the network has cut Blood & Oil’s episode order. While the network hasn’t officially cancelled the series, it’s clear they have no intention of making any more episodes unless there’s a surprise upturn in the ratings.
Word is that the cast and crew are currently filming episode eight. Episodes nine and 10 are likely in pre-production. Hopefully there’s still time for the writers to give the series some semblance of a satisfying conclusion.
What do you think? Do you like the Blood & Oil TV show? Do you think that it should be cancelled? Would you keep it on the air if you ran the network?
This show is so well written. The character development is excellent and the story lines exceptional. Hugely compelling. Rodes Fishburne is incredibly talented.
Love the show, please give it a chance before you cancel it. Let word of mouth get around about the show.
Like others have said, the show just started and now you want to end it….
This show is amazing, give it a chance and you will see .
If you cut the show you’re going to loss lots of viewers… !
ABC is starting to disappoint people with you’re things of cutting shows!
And Im one of many people who are !
We Agree
Blood and oil is better than Quantico
One of my wife’s favourites
Give it a second season
Everytime a good show comes on tv . you all cancel it You need to give it a chance.at least after the first of 2016. Don Johnson is great .He is always great in tv shows. the cast is works perfect with him. Just listen to your viewers. Dont Cancel
I happen to live in North Dakota and we’re in the oilfield. I absolutely loathe this show. There is no semblance of the truth to it. I was very disappointed. I’ve been all over this fine state and believe me there are no mountains. I was very excited for this new program but by the end of the first episode, they lost me. The closest thing to rolling hills is taking a drive through the breaks in killdeer.
Give a chance! I love it.
Please don’t cancel blood & oil. This is a great new drama and it is a show I look forward to each week. I am not sure how the TV ratings are figured out, but with technology now , I record it to watch when I have the time to relax and enjoy it. I am not sure if people recording it is taken into consideration for the ratings. I love this show we finally have a good drama with great characters and storyline. Don’t cancel it
This show is amazing. Please don’t cancel it
Pretty good show and Don Johnson plays his part well. Give it a chance with a full season.
Well since they just filmed outside my house Wednesday I don’t think they are cancelled.
Please do not cancel! We look forward to the show each week! Love the characters/actors and all the action! Give it a chance!
This is the best new program that’s been on in a long time. The actors are great and the plot is great. Please leave it on. How about changing it to Saturday night? There’s nothing on on that night
Why will a new show not be given the chance to get a viewership BEFORE it’s cancelled. I guess because this is a NORMAL show and NOT a reality show – then I guess no one wants to watch it. Too bad………………..was longing for a NORMAL show and thought Blood & Oil was it.
PLEASE DON’T TAKE IT OFF THE AIR. GIVE US SOME NORMALCY FOR ONCE.
GIVE IT A CHANCE. DON’T BE SO JUDGEMENTAL SO FAST!
Please don’t cancel ! I love the show
Please DO NOT CANCEL this show if anything move it to another night its up against the walking dead ,Sunday night football and the cbs stuff that’s always screwed up by late running nfl games
It just started! Leave it alone & see where it goes. Good grief ABC!!
Do not take it off the air it is a good show to watch keep Blood and Oil on