The freshman drama failed to attract a large number of audience since its premiere and will be replaced by another new series, 'The Slap'.
- Mar 7, 2015
AceShowbiz - Hope Davis and Scott Cohen's "Allegiance" is broken. The freshman drama is canceled by NBC after airing only five episodes of it. The cancellation, however, comes as no surprise since the show failed to attract a large number of audience since its premiere.
Another newbie, "The Slap", which originally airs on Thursdays at 8 P.M. will take over "Allegiance" vacated timeslot at 10 P.M. Starting March 12, "Dateline: The Real Blacklist" will air at 8 P.M., leading into "The Blacklist" at 9 P.M.
"Allegiance" centers on Mark (Scott Cohen) and Katya (Hope Davis), covert Russian spies deactivated decades ago, who are re-enlisted into service as they plan a terrorist operation inside the U.S. border. This causes a conflict in their family as their son Alex O'Connor (Gavin Stenhouse) is a young idealistic CIA analyst specializing in Russian affairs who unknowingly is investigating his own family.
The show debuted to only 5 million total viewers and a 1.1 rating in the adult 18-49 demo on February 5, and the numbers kept falling since then. The latest episode pulled in 3.4 million viewers with a 0.8 rating.
