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?
I love this show! Please don’t cancel it!
I love this show! Everything I like gets cancelled!
This was a great show. Keep you in suspense. I would like to see more
Yes, please bring it back. I liked the show and did not miss an episode.
I enjoyed the show and wish the network would have given it another chance.
I really enjoyed this show , the cast the story line and where its filmed! They keep some ridiculous shows on and cancel the good ones! Please keep this show on.
Bring it back
I love this show, Don Johnson is very good in this roll & it was so good to see him back on TV again. A lot of fresh faces too, I love the entire cast! My husband & I actually watched the last 3 episodes on Demand yesterday, we had missed them. It seems that there is so much stupid stuff on TV these days, you finally get it right & then threaten to cancel what’s that about. I find myself watching less & less TV especially ABC because there is really not much you offer. Please don’t cancel “Blood… Read more »
I Ditto everything Monica said….Bring back Blood & Oil. It is a VERY good show. So dissapointed….
Keep this show. This reminded me of an updated Dallas/Dynasty. ABC needs to reconsider, and do a better job promoting the series. I am very disappointed I was looking forward to the new season.
The show had a slow start but if you kept watching it got so good. My sister in law said the same thing I told her keep watching and she loves the show too. advertise more!
Please please keep the show going, my boyfriend and I are so addicted to this show we absolutely love it.
Great show….I really miss it!
Please keep the show going!
The series is great I watched all 10 episodes recently on ABC on the internet. I don’t think ABC did a good job promoting the show, I had never heard of it until I was bored one day cruising the internet for something new to watch.. Blood and Oil is amazing!