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 love this show..refreshing change from all the ncis and crime shows on tv…why do you have to cut this when you keep all those other shows abc has…>>>>?
i love this show. keep it,
Bring Blood & Oil back, give it a chance. Maybe Sunday night not a good night, try Saturday night. Those of us who like the show, let’s hope TNT or one of those networks pick it up. So many reality shows and stupid comedy shows, keep Blood & Oil, love it, Don Johnson and the whole cast are great.
Please don’t cancel blood and oil i love the show and watch it religiously there is 8 of us in the house that watch we will all be upset if it gets canceled.
Don’t cancel this show!!!!!best show in a long time!!!!! Finally something different on TV!!!
this show is definitly worth keeping. get rid of those rediculous reality shows
I Love this show!!!!! Great actors!!!! Do not Cancel!!!!
I definitely think that you should keep the show on air. It’s really good the story line is good and the plot is dramatic and interesting. And I’m 22 years old and fell in love with this show.
Please dont cancel, with so many stupid shows why would you cancel this on
SAVE BLOOD AND OIL. AMAZING SHOW!
Do not cancel the show you didn’t even give it a chance I find it to be very entertaining but I’m very exciting there’s always something going on
Keep Blood and Oil going !!!! Maybe get rid of Once Upon A Time, it’s getting stupid that I stopped watching.
Keep it. Love the show.
Save Blood and Oil. Come do something right bump one of those ridiculous reality shows or at least save this one for the viewers who prefer good acting and story line
Don’t cancel this show! Why is it you give these ridiculous 30-minute comedies a pass at renewal time and the 1 hour dramas the boot? It takes time to create a following. Best show to come along on your network in a very long time. And Don Johnson is perfect in his role – and not bad on the eyes either!