There’s trouble brewing on ABC’s freshman drama Blood and Oil.
The drama starring Don Johnson as an oil baron has changed showrunners, The Hollywood Reporter has confirmed, with Jon Harmon Feldman (No Ordinary Family, Dirty Sexy Money) taking over the reins from Cynthia Cidre.
Worse: The news about the showrunner change came out afterthe cast and producers presented the show to a roomful of about 200 critics at the Television Critics Association’s summer press tour, where producers on hand Tony Krantz, Josh Pate and Rodes Fishburne (who all developed the show) were asked about Cidre’s whereabouts: “For the producers, can you talk about Cynthia Cidre’s role as co-exec producer/showrunner, and is there a reason she’s not here today?”
“She had a personal thing that she could not be here today,” Krantz said. “She’s an executive producer on the show. We love her. She’s part of the family of what we’re doing.”
Asked after the panel why producers didn’t address the showrunner change, an ABC spokesperson told THRthat the question was only about Cidre’s whereabouts, not if the show was making a change.
Source & more: The Hollywood Reporter
Stay tuned as we continue to monitor the cancel/renew status of ABC’s Blood & Oil...
Daniel Richardson says
Finally get a good show to watch on Sunday nights and it gets cancelled, thank you so much
robin says
YES!! I guess it didn’t appeal to thirteen year olds.. There isn;t much for over thirteens to watch on t.v. at ANY hour.
Teresa Geer says
It’s pretty sad that they leave the decision of the company to whether a show will continue if an executive had other business and couldn’t make the meeting. is this really 2nd grade.
it’s a great show and you need to keep it renewed!!!!