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?
Please don’t cancel it. I enjoyed the cast tremendously. Don Johnson was at his best. Please, please, please bring it back!!!!
I agree with everyone who has posted. Please bring Blood and Oil back.You can cancel Quantico any time.Try a different night, please:)
Change to a diff night. Anything you put up
Against football does not do well. This show has good story lines and great acting.
Keep IT
Love this show! There are few and far between evening dramas that are interesting and action/suspense/romantic packed as this show is. The one and only show my husband and myself look forward to every Sunday night please don’t cancel!! Thank you… 🙂
Both my husband & me love this show, please don’t cancel it! Don’t let this be another show that was cancelled way to early!
As a family, we are reluctant to watch anything on ABC, as the network truly seems to stand for Always Being Cancelled. So, here we go again, I have invested my time in these characters and really like this show, so of course, you’re canceling. Thanks a lot.
I like Blood and oil and Don Johnson was great in this. KEEP IT!
They need to keep Blood and Oil. I love this show!
My husband and I love Blood and Oil. Why do they always cancel the good shows and keep the crappy reality ones on for years.
we love watching Blood & oil. Why do all the good shows get cancelled and the crappy reality shows keep going and going.
Keep this show it gets better each week
very disappointed. we love the show! please keep it!
I love this show, KEEP it on.
I love the show, I don’t understand why they always cancelled great show’s, I think ABC is making a huge mistake, Don Johnson is great, & so are the other cast members, Please reconsider. KEEP IT