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?
Keep it!!!!! One of the few network shows I watch.
Was one of the best series on TV. Great cast and storyline. I was shocked to hear it was cancelled.
Please keep the show, I was a huge fan of Dallas and loved the simularities! Really hope to see season 2
Keep it i enjoy watching rhe show.. they always cancel the good shows
Keep the show!!!!!!!!!
Why? I loved the show. This is what gets me frustrated. I finally find s show that I like and they cancel it. This is why I quit watching drama series.
I really liked it until the happy endings on the last show. Please bring it back, so much better than most of the other shows on TV.
Keep it, I love the show. The sad thing is they cancel good tv shows to put on more stupid reality shows. They wonder why we turn to other channels like showtime and hbo to see good series. SICK of REALITY Shows.
I think this this show should contunue.
I love this show. Me and my boyfriend watched it every week. I am very upset theire talking about cancelling. Great show!!!! Please don’t!!!!
Loved that show! So sad. They keep gross shows like The Walking Dead and get rid of decent normal shows. If I wanted to see death and cannibalism I’d go see horror films at the theater. Errrrr!
Love this show, I normally don’t watch TV but this is a great show…. KEEP IT
Another example of ABC cancelling a good show without giving it a chance. It’s the only show you have left that I would watch. And now I find out you are going to cancel this also. What are you trying to compete with the Walking Dead airing the same time. Go ahead ABC keep your boring sitcoms & reality shows. People aren’t watching this just because of your track record of cancelling shows. I almost didn’t start watching for the same reason but with all your advertising of it, I thought possibly it may be around longer than one season.… Read more »
Keep it! We don’t have any late n ight dramas that are as juicy as this. Makes my weekend complete
Missed the show when it first aired, but have just watched almost all the episodes today. The previews made me think it was just going to be another “Dallas”, but I was wrong. Love the show and hope it doesn’t get cancelled !