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- 2015
- TV-PG
- ABC
- 2015
- TV-PG
- ABC
Summary The oil boom in North Dakota draws Billy (Chace Crawford) and Cody Lefever (Rebecca Rittenhouse) to North Dakota where they cross paths with wealthy businessman Hap Briggs (Don Johnson).
Created By: Rodes Fishburne, Josh Pate
- 2015
- TV-PG
- ABC
- 2015
- TV-PG
- ABC
Blood & Oil
Season 1 Premiere: Sep 27, 2015
48
6.8
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Summary The oil boom in North Dakota draws Billy (Chace Crawford) and Cody Lefever (Rebecca Rittenhouse) to North Dakota where they cross paths with wealthy businessman Hap Briggs (Don Johnson).
Created By: Rodes Fishburne, Josh Pate
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Metascore
Mixed or Average
Based on 24 Critic Reviews
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21% Positive
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63% Mixed
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17% Negative
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Metascore
Mixed or Average
Based on 24 Critic Reviews
48
21% Positive
5 Reviews
5 Reviews
63% Mixed
15 Reviews
15 Reviews
17% Negative
4 Reviews
4 Reviews
[Producers Josh Pate and Cynthia Cidre] keep Blood & Oil living large without quite stumbling over the top. They get a lot of help from their skilled cast, particularly Crawford, who has grown some grit since his pretty-boy heir in Gossip Girl. And Johnson gives his best performance in years.
The pleasantly fresh setting is the North Dakota oil boom, but the tone is very "Dallas," and the storytelling is as melodramatic as the show's title.
Hap and Carla are certainly a great-looking couple, standing in the shadow of the North Dakota Rockies. What they're not is a heightened version of Blake and Alexis Colby Carrington, the sort of heights I was really hoping for here.
The first hour spends so much time setting things up it may not have been indicative of what's to come. But the drama needs to ramp up quickly if this is going to have any chance at all.
It too often feels like a variation on “Dallas,” right down to an obsession with profits from oil. Johnson is fun but Crawford is flat and dull, too unengaging to really be a lead on a show like this one.
Dreadfully conceived and horribly acted.
User Score
Generally Favorable
Based on 42 User Ratings
6.8
64% Positive
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17% Mixed
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19% Negative
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User Score
Generally Favorable
Based on 42 User Ratings
6.8
64% Positive
27 Ratings
27 Ratings
17% Mixed
7 Ratings
7 Ratings
19% Negative
8 Ratings
8 Ratings
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Production Company:
- Flame Ventures
- ABC Signature
Initial Release Date: Sep 27, 2015
Number of seasons: 1 Season
Rating: TV-PG
Awards
People's Choice Awards, USA
• 1 Nomination
