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 the show and give it a chance, especially when it’s up against long running sunday night powerhouse shows on other channels, like CBS. For the first time in years I now enjoy sunday night tv and that’s due to looking forward to watch Blood and Oil. Yes, it had a bit of a slow start as most new shows do, but when a show is given a fair chance, it very often turns out to gain momentum and become a must watch hit. For me, it has already become that. Next sunday is the season finale and I am… Read more »
Please keep it on, this is the only show I watch on regular TV. They have some great actors on Blood and Oil.
Please don’t cancel this show best show!
We really enjoy this series, as do many of our friends, and we certainly hope it remains a staple of ABC programming.
I love this show!!! Do not cancel please, its getting really good and always look forward to Sunday nights to watch this show.
Please don’t take it off! I love it!! It’s a great show and deserves another season
I watch the show every week and totally love it. Think you guys at ABC need to rethink this.
I love this show!!!! Seriously one of my new favorites! I am usually working Sunday nights so I do record it but I agree the good wife and the walking dead aren’t good to compete with. Please don’t cancel one of the only shows I watch!!!
We really like the show and the plot. it is much better than many of the shows on TV
My husband and I always watch the show. Sometimes we DVR the show so we don’t miss it. I love Don Johnson.so much better than a,lot of other shows.
Please don’t cancel. Like the show
Keep it
do not cancel this is at radio a knight time soap opera of which we need. Too many other shows to cancel. Please keep!!!!!!!!
I really like it. I will be very disappointed if ABC cancels Blood & Oil! It is well written. Robert Rovner os excellent. He did a great job with the new version of Dallas and sadly that was cancelled.
I found the show on Hulu and started watching it. Will now for the season. I watch very few abc shows. They should give this show a chance. It’s new and fresh unlike the others shows on Thursdsy night, which are getting stale.