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?
Me and my husband loved that show and it’s not easy to get my husband to watch any series with me. Give it another chance. We all will post and help get the ratings up!!!!
My husband I loved the show as well. There are only a few shows that we look forward to watching. I hope we see more of Blood & Oil & the cast
Please keep Blood and Oil. It was a great Sunday night show. It’s about time a good show was put on as most of the shows are tasteless We need more series like Blood & Oil. I love the show.
Keep Blood and Oil, it was a great sunday night show. . Its about time a good show was put on as most of the shows are tasteless. We need more series like B & O.
I love the show. Finally something different. Love the cast. Somewhat like the old Dallas and who didn’t like Dallas. Please bring it back.
please leave the show on. It is the best show they have to offer.
Keep the show. We have enough cops, doctors, fantasy characters and dead people coming back to life.!!!
I loved the show Blood & Oil. Don Johnson an all-time favorite! Please bring it back!
Blood and Oil was such a good series. I went to the beauty shop and heard it was going to be cancelled ~ the shop was full of people and almost all were into it and so disappointed it was going to be cancelled. Put it on another night if you must, but please bring it back for those of us who love good TV, not the horrible stuff that seems to be hanging on your network……..Boo Hoo
I hope Blood and Oil come back, its one of the better shows out there. Please dont cut it………. looking so forward for the return of it
I love the show…it was well made with a good story line and the quality was excellent. The actors did an excellent job. I would hate to see a show of that quality go down. I also like the fact that it takes place in a part of the U.S. that we have not seen time and time again; it breaks the stereotype and lets people know there are other parts of our country than California, New York, Florida and Texas.
Love the show,Please bring it back. Heartbroken fan
I already posted…..guess I was spammed…lol…please keep Blood and Oil.
Please keep and bring back Blood and Oil. Only watched Quantico because of Blood and Oil. So sick of fake reality T.V. The Bachelor really????Can’t stand game shows! And only watch 20/20 when there is a special interesting interview or topic. Seriously, ABC NBC…..etc. has lost touch with the average viewer. Sometimes I believe my entertainment intelligence is being insulted. If the plan was to catch my eye with Blood and Oil series,so I would end up a Quantico fan. It failed. I don’t watch Quantico anymore. Blood and Oil was definitely more of realistic story line than these young… Read more »
I love Blood and Oil, I been waiting for it to come back on. Very disappointed they are cutting the series!!!!!!!!!
I love blood and oil. It’s hard to believe that all the good shows don’t last while some of the best shows like Blood and Oil struggle to get picked up every season. Really good adult drama. So tired of lame sitcoms.
I loved the show and watched every week. The other shows such as Quantico I can watch later on On Demand. Not a big fan of Dr. Ken and would much rather have Blood an Oil continue. Remember it took a bit of time for TV seris such as Dallas and others to catch on. Quantico has become tiresome already with the crying and “drama”.
I 100% agree!! Give it a chance!