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?
Love this show alot!! I’m going to do bummed if it don’t return
Another good show down the drain. Since I am over 49 my vote doesn’t hold much water. No matter what my opinion is cancelled is cancelled. ABC seems to have a habit of canceling good shows and keeping not good shows. Just my opinion.
I love the show my husband & I watch blood and oil every Sunday we set our record @9 if we not home this show keeps our interest pls don’t cancel their season
Great show..love Don Johnson. Please don’t cancel
Blood&Oil was one of the better show on TV they keep all dum shows on all the stupid reality shows are left ON !! but this was an enjoyable show put it back on Try a different night Maybe tired of the good shows getting canceled!!
Give it a Chance !!!!
I agree I love the complex characters and I dont mind if you cancel the bachelor and or bachelorette both are silly shows…
All those dumb shows and u cut blood and oil. What is wrong with u people
Love this show! I agree cancel the mindless shows of bachelor or bachelorette, change the day. TV ratings are no longer most accurate measure of viewership.
I love this show! Please don’t cancel. First decent drama in a long time. Get rid of another show…
You must bring this show back. Decisions to cancel a show like this will now make it impossible for me to show any interest in a new show that ABC brings to TV. I will pay more attention to cable channels who seem to care about their shows and keep them around for a while for us to watch and enjoy.
We love the show and cast! Hooked on it in Dubai. Please dont cancel!!!
Great show!!! Your rating system needs to be revamped to include DVD recordings, on-line streaming etc.
Love this show..you can cancel Dancing with the stars, the Bachelor and the Bachelorette if you are looking to move Blood & Oil to a different night. Just a thought…
Love the show keep it on n
I, like many other people these days, stream my tv. Therefore, these ratings are only the people tuning in to watch it on network tv. These ratings are BS. This is a great show and it would be a shame if you cancelled it. Love this show. Cancelling it is a big mistake.
I stream and on demand…how can you rate shows like this….ridiculous.
Networks are losing viwers because of this crap.
I also like binge watching a series….it fits my schedule.
Yeah, and people that don’t wanna pay the cable companies ridiculous rates and so we stream tv, get screwed because we don’t count as “Viewers”. This is a great show and they need to figure out how to keep it. Get rid of all of these played out Reality series shows, and keep the ones that are worth watching. Half of the dang tv line up these days is crap bc of this.
I can’t believe some of the idiotic shows that are on TV that were new shows last season and now others that I see coming on in January. And yet, you decide to take off a show that has style, class, excitement, good story lines, new actors and a veteran actor like Don Johnson. Get with it ABC….do the right thing. Dump those stupid shows and bring Blood & Oil back!!!!