Tonight, “Blood & Oil” concluded its first season on ABC, but we’re here now to be the bearer of bad news when it comes to the show’s future: It is probably not happening. The ratings throughout the first season have been poor, and with so many other series on ABC still performing well, including “Quantico” […]
First things first, we should mention that we have no idea why ABC is even bothering labeling the “Blood & Oil” finale next week as a “season finale” when that is pretty clearly not going to be the case. The ratings for the show just aren’t there, and next week is almost certainly the end of […]
Well, people who like to come up with creative excuses for shows getting great ratings certainly have a nice one now: The World Series devoured most of the primetime TV ratings. Winners – Is there really a winner? We’ll give it to the NFL, given that NBC’s telecast of the Green Bay Packers versus the Denver […]
We’re seeing a pretty interesting trend emerging from most broadcast networks this season. Rather than just outright going ahead and canceling some shows that are in danger of going away, executives are instead trimming episode orders, potentially giving shows more proper conclusions, and probably trying to do their part to ensure that there are fewer […]
When you’ve got a show like “The Walking Dead” premiering on AMC, all other networks should just go ahead and enter the night with one simple expectation: Declines, and plenty of them. This is, after all, what happened to most of the primetime lineup on network TV. For the time being, we are not going […]
The first Sunday of the fall season has officially come and gone, and while there were initially some delays when it comes to some of the ratings coming in, we’ve now got all of the information that you could want when it comes to how your favorite TV shows fared. ABC – The season premiere of […]
Sunday night is an ambitious night for ABC, mostly because of the fact that they are replacing “Resurrection” and “Revenge” with two new shows in “Blood & Oil” and “Quantico.” Luckily, “Blood & Oil” does have a little bit of a “Revenge” vibe to it, mostly because it is one of the few primetime soaps […]
