Back in the 1980s, ABC and CBS had hit shows that revolved around the oil business — Dynasty and Dallas — and each ran for many seasons. Now, the alphabet network is hoping to strike it rich with a new show called Blood & Oil. Will this series be a hit or a flop? Cancelled or renewed for a second season? Stay tuned.
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 ratings are typically the best indication of a show’s likelihood of staying on the air. The higher the ratings (particularly the 18-49 demo), the better the chances for survival. This chart will be updated as new ratings data becomes available — typically around 11:30am EST/8:30am PST. Refresh to see the latest.
10/25 update: Cancelled already? Would you save this series?
10/23 update: ABC has cut this drama’s first season order to 10 episodes.
12/14 update: You can see the rest of the latest night’s ratings.
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Note: These are the final national numbers (unless noted with an “*”). These are different from the fast affiliate numbers which are just estimates of the actual ratings. The final nationals are typically released within 24 hours of the programming or, in the case of weekends and holidays, a couple days later.
What do you think? Do you still like the Blood & Oil TV series? Do you think it should be cancelled or renewed for a second season?
I agree. Blood and Oil should stay on. A new day and time would help, I think, and the stories need to be tidied up a bit. If the food truck folks are really going back to Nigeria that would help. I also don’t understand the ratings. CSICyber had the same 0.8 rating last night as Blood and Oil, but the charts show over 2 million more viewers. Am I reading them wrong?
Keep blood and oil on the air. I watch this every week. It is really getting interesting. Maybe a new night would help ratings.
Please don’t cancel….love this show!!
I agree this is a great show and DON’T want it cancelled. I love this show and just when I get interested in something they want to pull the plug and leave junk on. I agree with lea about not having shows like this since some of those great shows of the past. Even the new Dallas was fantastic and I couldn’t believe it was cancelled after 3 seasons. Give this show a chance and leave it on.
There is a Save Blood and Oil petition on change.org — around 2500 signatures are there.
The classic night time soap can’t survive in today’s American culture.
Rico — Do you even remember Dallas? The only thing B&O has in common with Dallas is oil production. Dallas was about the marriage of Bobby Ewing and Pam Barnes. Bobby’s parents were Miss Ellie and Jock Ewing who owned a cattle ranch where there was oil. JR was Bobby’s brother. Does this sound like B&O? Are we really up for another “Who shot JR?” Bring back Dallas? Most of the people in the original are either dead or too long in the tooth for another reboot. Don’t tell me you like the young actors playing John Ross and whoever… Read more »
Roberta — I understand fans doing a bit of research on a program that they like and expressing their support for it as we are for BLOOD AND OIL, especially when they learn that that its fate is in question. What I don’t understand is why people bother to express otherwise . . . for example, I stopped watching most major network programming when it crashed with “reality programming”, and switched to Showtime, HBO, etc. but I didn’t write to the networks to complain about their line-up. I walked away. Let’s hope ABC hangs on to BLOOD AND OIL —… Read more »
CANCEL THIS BULL…T AND BRING BACK DALLAS
Didn’t expect to like Blood and Oil as much as I do but I love it!!! And who doesn’t want to see more of Don Johnson, he just gets better the older he gets!!! Please don’t cancel it, great concept, beautiful setting, it’s fab!!!
Finally something worth watching on “regular” tv and the genius execs want to cut it. This is why I never watch network television.
This show is one of the best ever. Don Johnson and Chace Crawford are terrific. Actually
the whole cast is great. It did not have a chance against Sunday night football. I really
looked forward to seeing it every week. The storyline was fantastic. Please, please
keep it on. Give it a chance.
The last I read, a couple of days ago . . is that beyond shortening the length of the season, it had not been determined if BLOOD AND OIL was going to be canceled or not! Someone commented that if ABC cancels BLOOD AND OIL, they will stop watching ABC because it has canceled many of their favorite shows. Needless to say, just one comment like that may not mean very much in the entire spectrum of possibilities, but on the other hand, if just one person writes that thought, it could represent the thoughts and reactions of many. I… Read more »
Calgary Boy. There is not much chemistry between Carla and Hap because Hap loves Jules. In any case, I didn’t know if your “Thanks ABC” was real, or sarcastic . For all intents and purposes , the show is cancelled. I subscribe to e mails from this site and the only one with comments from viewers is Blood and Oil and they all say don’t cancel. It is obvious that ABC doesn’t listen to fans and/or doesn’t care.,
The show is really good but I have to agree on some about the “dark” background of the show. Also, they show very few rooms in that Hap mansion. The young wife is expected, but there does not seem to be a real chemistry between her and Hap. That is, Don Johnson is not really attracted to her? My girlfriend agrees with me on this as well. The show gets better as time goes on — it could be a blockbuster show, but perhaps Sunday nights are not the way to go with this show. Really enjoy the show, there… Read more »
You must leave Blood and Oil on, we havent had a show like that since the days of knots landing, dynasty, and dallas, this is a hit in my eyes ..Don Johnson and cast are magnificent. Save this show, it should last as long as those old shows……….its great to have something to look forward to again………..