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?
Keep it !!
I love this show.I’ve been telling all my friends to watch.Don’t cancel please.
I can’t believe they would cancel this show. I hardly watch TV but my wife and I watch this show together every week. The best show I have seen i a very long time. I think the day and time it is on may be the reason for the low ratings. We record the show to watch during the week. I do not want to see this show gone.
I love the show! I would hate to see it cancelled
Many people – like myself included -do not watch it when it airs
I record it on my DVR and watch it when its convenient for me
I HOPE they are taking that in to account – when making decisions as whether to keep or cancel shows!
You all haven’t even given it a chance a lot people I have told never heard of it but are now hooked like m on the show. Give it a chance love the show.
I absolutely LOVE this show and was extremely disappointed to hear of its possible cancellation. PLEASE bring it back to air.
I really enjoy the show keep it
I like blood and oil and I don’t want them to cancelled the series. It is too soon to cancelled already.
Don’t cancel Blood and Oil…. This is the reason people turn to Netflix and paid TV shows, HBO, Shoetime, they give shows a chance!!!!!
I love this show please save it!!!!!!!!
Love love Love this show! First time in years my husband and I actually want to watch a series and now this show is being cancelled! Seriously? What we need more vampire shows and police detective shows.. no thanks.. We will go back to renting movies
Love the show! Fun to watch and love Don Johnson! Keep it on!
Love the show. Keep it. Maybe swapping slots with Quantico would help.
Keep it my friend and I love this show!!
Enjoy the show. Would be a shame to cancel.