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?
Omg I love it. Best show in a long time. It never gets old and I look so forward to it coming on .
Don’t cancel! Love it!!
tonite was the first show I watched. I loved it. Now I am looking for the rest of the season to watch. hoping it is not cancelled.
Keep keep keep..put it in another time slot!
Best show in a long time!!! Allstar cast , very captivating story line. We haven’t watched a good series on ABC in years. Don’t be foolish and cancel this one!!! Get rid of Quantico… It sucks!
Agreed! Quantico sucks! Yet it has a bigger following. It is the timeslot, stupid! Get a better timeslot. I think on Wednesday before Nashville – same demographic and would be huge because nothing but crap on at that time.
That’s not how it works. They just can’t move the show. Black-ish and modern family are on Wednesday before Nashville and do well as lead ins for Nashville. If there is no open spot for Blood and Oil, they’re not going to displace a successful night for them with something else.
The show is dead.
QUANTICO is actually a much higher quality better show than Blood and Oil. They have a winner with this one, but I think they should keep Blood and Oil too. It’s like watching a cheesy soap opera trainwreck.
Do not cancel this show, we love it! ABC needs to give it more time and a new time slot. It’s hard to compete against Sunday night football!
I agree Andrea!
It’s not footballs fault. Football is on at the same time as Once Upon a Time and that has a few million more ratings than Blood and Oil, plus Quantico has better ratings and is also on during football. If the show before and after are out performing it, the problem is the show itself.
It’s already cancelled in the minds of Abc. It’s filling the timeslot until they can figure out what to put in its place.
Great show…..love Don Johnson!
This show is outstanding! The plots are still developing. Please don’t cut it. I cannot bear my family members watching another ridiculous reality TV show. What does it say for Anerica when the Housewives series thrive and expand and a good drama that probably depicts some reality of the cut throat oil industry cannot gain the necessary viewership needed to go forward.
I finally love a Sunday night show. Keep it going.
Blood & Oil has the chance to be the next Dallas and no not the one that tanked, let’s see where the writers go with this show. The cast is fantastic, the time slot is just poor. Between SNF and TWD there is no suprise about poor ratings but many of us DVR this or use Hulu to catch up.
Steaming **** of a show that needs to go,
This is a great show. Please do not cancel . Change the time slot.
This is one of the best shows on TV.
Keep the show !!! Really love the show haven’t had a show worth watching in along time and now we have one !! Again Yes save the show give it a chance please.
It is really a mistake to cancel this show so prematurely. It is the one new show that I really look forward to watching every week. More time needs to be invested in these night time soaps. It should have the time slot right before Nashville, when nothing but crap is on. It draws the same demographic. I will never invest in another ABC night time series unless they give this show more time and the slot before Nashville.
I agree! I love Nashville too!
I feel that I am true critic of tv series, following house of cards, watched all of breaking bad, entourage, weeds, and many other great shows! This show stands with the best, great cast and story! There is no reason that you put it up against great Sunday night football without giving it a fair chance! We talk this show up to friends and family all the time and frankly if you pull this show we won’t be starting any new series with ABC….! This show has a great opportunity to be one of the great series!
Love it, please keep Blood and Oil.