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?
Loved the show!! Please bring it back!!
Please keep this show!! I just watch all ten episodes in two days straight!! Love this show do not cancel it!! This is my new Desperate House Wives, Revenge, Greys Anatomy, Dynasty, Dallas, Melrise Place!! This show is a hit but I don’t think people know about it yet!! We live in the 21 st Century with so many distractions!! Please don’t cancel this show!! My new favorite show
LOVED the show. Please bring it back! Way better than any other sunday night show
Why didnt you keep this blood and oil on tv loved watching the show looked forward to seeing it every sun night it was better than what you have on there now.
BRING THE SHOW BACK!!! Great cast-especially Don Johnson! He was perfect for that part. Everything on TV now is based on violence and the same–network finally came out with a great show and you CA it! I was wondering why you cut it off so early in season. Try putting it in a different time slot–you gave it a start up against other popular shows.
Yeah….really liked the series…something different….shows like BlindSpot and Quantico are apparently popular but too boring and to similar to other shows…I know I’m late to this party but I hope they reboot this show..also the location was interesting!!,
We have watched every episode of Blood & Oil. We are glad Don Johnson is in another series and we hope it continues for another season. Give the writers another chance to bring this series back. We’ll be watching.
I loved the show it had drama, romance good looking cast, I would love to see the show return.
This show is a lot better than some of the garbage now on TV like ‘Hit The Floor’ (should be called Hit the Bricks).
I love this show! I really wish they would continue producing more episodes. I was really getting into it and I’m very curious to know what happens next. Bring it back please!!!
This was such a great show. Lots of the terms in the oilfield were correct. So many had not heard of it, and were looking for it to come back. Please try again in a better timeslot. There isn’t much good TV these days and this show had me excited.
Love Blood and Oil, as did several friends. We had others ready to start watching it and boom it was gone. Bring it back, and get rid of once upon a time!
Please keep this show we love it It’s bad enough Dallas went away! It’s a great show and you need to give people a chance to catch up PLEASE KEEP it
Please keep this show I really the enjoy the dynamics between all the characters. Each time that you air a show that we enjoy a show that is not Reality it seems to get cancelled. Please keep this show.
I love this show. I really hope u keep it. Many people did not know about it but likely because of the time slot. Great show one of my favourite shows to watch.