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 ! It’s a modern Dallas ! I’m so mad they cut it short and want to cancel
I wanted to love this show and have watched every episode. Unfortunately, the writers suck and it does deserve to go!
Love the show if abc cuts this show after getting rid of revenge i will boycott the abc network entirely
Please keep Blood and Oil. Love this show.
Love the show and hope it is not cancelled. My husband also enjoys it and is one of our favorites
I think it’s a wonderful show and it should not be cancelled I watch it every Sunday without fail don’t understand why anyone would cancel it extremely interesting
I liked this show and, despite the bad time slot, I still managed to rework my evening to watch it. I was floored that the ending tonight was a true ending and that almost all loose ends were tied up.
Love this show, it is full of twists and turns. I dont want to see it cancelled…damn
Blood & oil just got going and yet the season finale was more of an end to the show than a cliff hanger. Has abc canned a great show before it caught on? This is way better than quantico!
Our whole family lov Blood and Oil! We would watch it on demand.. unfortunately ABC put it on at the same time that The Walking Dead is on… This is why Quantico did much better… It airs after The Walking Dead…
Love love love this show. ..it’s heartbreaking to think that it may be canceled. ..
Real good show exciting and great star power
This a well done action packed show, move it to another night and give it a chance. Boycott ABC!
Ugh, so sad to see this show go. I love this show. Its so good. Better than most. Please don’t take it off the air.
Please!!!!!!!!!!!! Keep this show …