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 hope this show is not cancelled!! This is really the only show I look forward to watching
every week. This is the best show I have seen in a long time. Please do not cancel!!!!
I LOVE THIS SHOW! PLEASE DONT CANCEL
I LOVE DON JOHNSON – HE IS HOTTER THAN APPLE PIE!!!!
My wife and I love this show. Fantastic to see Don Johnson back on a weekly series and the show is starting to gain some good character development. Keep it on, give it a chance and test a new time slot.
Please please do not cancel blood and oil best show on abc right now, can’t wait for sundays!
Please Don’t Cancel this show. I love this show and the stars. The storyline is so twisted, I love it!! Don Johnson still has it and Chace Crawford is gorgeous, and that Wick is so evil/sweet! And the girls are nice too! 😉
Really like the sets and the exterior shots are beautiful. The show looks expensive to produce, I really hope it stays on.
I love Blood and Oil!!! Please don’t cancel it!!! It is 1 of 4 shows I watch!! There are so many people I have talked to thatlove it as much!!! Where do we sign to keep the show?
LOVE THIS SHOW ! PLEASE DO NOT CANCEL!!!!! Haven’t seen Don Johnson in such a long time and love him and his devilish character Hap. The storyline is fantastic and relevant to the times. PLEASE give this show a chance………..it is aired at the same time as Sunday Night Football and The Walking Dead, which is the death knell!!!!!!!
LOVE THIS SHOW ! PLEASE DO NOT CANCEL!!!!! Haven’t seen Don Johnson in such a long time and love him and his devilish character Hap. The storyline is fantastic and relevant to the times. PLEASE give this show a chance………..
I like Blood & Oil. Is it spectacular now but is it entertaining yes. I like the soap opera nature of the show; its rather Dallas’ish but with a badlands twist. Hopefully the networks will let it season a little and not do what they usually do and yank a show too soon. There are by far worse things on TV. Fingers crossed it stays around for a while.
Its finally gotten good. Give It it a chance. Maybe don’t develop so many characters at once. Don Johnson and Chace are really good!!!
Blood & oil is a great series!!! Don’t cancel
I do not understand why “Quantico” is doing so much better than this program. This is much more intriguing. There are and have been too many FBI shows similar to “Quantico” in recent years.
Keep this show please … !!!
Please do not cancel. Love this show. I agree maybe put in a time slot not going up against Walking Dead.
Please don’t cancel this show. It’s the best new show in many seasons. You may want to see how it does in a time slot where it is not up against Sunday Night Football and The Walking Dead!!
Great show! Please don’t cancel it!!!!!!!! Move it to different time slot and give it a chance! Unique plot and interesting characters Love seeing Don Johnson back on TV!