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?
Please do not cancel, Love this show. Highlight of my Sunday night.
Please do not cancel this show! I love it and look forward to watching it every week! It’s getting better and better with each episode! It’s my guilty pleasure! Please do not cancel!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Love this show! It’s sad if this show gets cancelled. It got a bum time slot. Quantico may have done better because it’s on later against football and other programming, also the whole FBI training school is interesting (the writing is all over the place, but the training tasks are enjoyable to watch), but not as good of a show IMO. Blood and Oil is a great show, Don Johnson and the rest of the staff does a great job. I really look forward to watching because the characters are fleshed out after the first two accelerated episodes. It holds… Read more »
Please do not make a mistake by canceling this show!
This is the ONLY show that I want on TV! PLEASE DON’T CANCEL IT! I love it.
Don’t cancellllll!!!!! I love this show! You are ******** up!
Don’t cancel live it! Caught up on ON DEMAND!
Kepp it, just move it to another time slot like Tuesday
Please don’t cancel Blood and Oil. It is one show I look forward to watching!
We love the show! Great acting and writing! Give it a chance! Many others also love it. Listen to the viewers! I only said this once.
We love the show! Great acting and writing! Give it a chance! Many others also love it. Listen to the viewers!
Please don’t cancel. Love the cliff hangers. Love Don Johnson. He is so believable.
PLEASE DO NOT CANCEL. WE ABSOLUTELY LOVE THE SHOW…GREAT CAST..GREAT STORY..
Please give the show a chance. It is the best show on Sunday night. It will catch on !!I
It is a great show. Listen to the fans and not the stupid critics !!!
Thanks
Don’t cancel this show it’s a good drama! What do they executive’s at ABC expect when you put it up against Sunday Night Football and the walking dead! Let it play out before you knee jerk and cancel it, where would NBC be if they had done that to Seinfeld!