NBC cancels Allegiance after just five episodes and decides to put The Slap in the timeslot. Fans are not happy about the decision and have taken to social media to voice their anger.
The term “Allegiance cancelled” has been trending on the web for the past two days, because NBC’s decision to dump the show after five episodes was a bit surprising.
The spy drama series debuted on February 5th and garnered close to 5 million viewers, the last episode that aired on March 5th was seen by less than 3.5 million people.
The Peacock Network announced the cancellation of the show on Friday. Allegiance was low-rated and disliked by TV critics who saw it as a poor man’s version of The Americans. Its approval sits at 48 percent on Rotten Tomatoes, while The Americans Season 3 is at 100.
Allegiance, starring Hope Davis and Margarita Levieva among others, had a promising premise and a very talented cast, but it never took off despite loyal and devoted fans.
The Slap will be taking NBC’s Thursdays 10 p.m. hour, it previously aired at 8 p.m and failed to deliver anything major in ratings. The Blacklist will continue to hold the 9 p.m. block, where it is performing in weaker fashion than when it used to air on Mondays.
NBC has opted to mix reality and fiction by airing The Real Blacklist at 8. The program hosted by Richard Engel from NBC News will focus on real-life crimes and will serve as the perfect lead-in for James Spader‘s series.
The Real Blacklist will face CBS’ The Big Bang Theory/The Odd Couple, ABC’s Grey’s Anatomy and Fox’s American Idol thanks to this new Thursday lineup.
Fans say that Allegiance was a very good show and that NBC did a huge mistake by putting it against How To Get Away With Murder. They still hope that another network or Netflix will want to give it a second chance.
NBC cancels Allegiance, but some believe that The Slap will have a hard time doing better against the critically-acclaimed American Crime and the ever-steady Elementary.
What are your thoughts on Allegiance getting cancelled? Do you like The Slap?
