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 really liked it…
I thought it was really going to be a great sEricsson and was waiting for its return.
My husband and I really enjoy this series and are look king forward to it returning in the fall.
I know I’m just 48 & a bit older than most of your intended audience, but I thought it definitely had promise. Good actors & premise. Please bring it back.
Come on ABC, this is a definite keeper! Great writing, Great acting, and Sunday night TV was fun to watch again. Hap is Our new JR!
I love this show, bring it back. We the watchers demand it.
Please kept this series i really enjoy it
Seriously?? I have been waiting for this to come back . Keep it its a good one.
Seriously??? Your get a good show, story line that keeps you involved and wanting more, great actors, and you cancel? Whats up with that? Way to ruin my fall line up!
Keep it I loved the show. Want to see more!
keep it.. it seems like they always cancle the good ones
I’ve been patiently waiting for Season 2 to start…………….please do not cancel. Great show where I would consider possibly bringing some of the cast from “Dallas” on board…………just a thought.
I really liked this show. It was great. I actually stopped watching Quantico, but I made Blood and Oil a priority. It was great to see a down and dirty hands-on oil show. Much different than Dallas. It showed and gave the truth of the oil industry. Much better than Dallas
We love it and I have waited months to get to the second season! Screw the ratings! That was affected by so many new TV shows on at the same time! Please do not cancel this show. It is fantastic.
Pretty decent show. Certainly better than any number of shows that are getting unjustifiably high ratings, such as “Quantico”. What a joke that show is.