Apparently, the show has not one but two writers' rooms (!!!). Cidre's soap was too "emotional"! ABC wants more OMG moments! Cidre languishing in second writers' room without much to do!!! 

 

Oh, the drama!

Sounds like they're trying to get that Empire audience. Good luck!

Nothing screams Empire like Chace Crawford and Don Johnson.

It's time to put these Dallas-type soaps to rest for a while. Possibly forever. The whole cowboy thing doesn't really have that type of chic these days - it's mostly just hanging around now as fetish material. And ABC doesn't know how to do drama anyway.

Re: the article in question, I couldn't see if it's been linked, so here.

 

I was so hoping for another Jamey Giddens meltdown over Cidre's ousting; I know he was over the moon when the show first got greenlit. So far, nothing as far as I can tell. It's the little things that get me through some workdays.

Nothing screams Empire like Chace Crawford and Don Johnson.

Exactly...they make ME think Cookie/ Lucius/ Lyons ...LOL

It's time to put these Dallas-type soaps to rest for a while. Possibly forever. The whole cowboy thing doesn't really have that type of chic these days - it's mostly just hanging around now as fetish material. And ABC doesn't know how to do drama anyway.

Exactly! And the oil boom in North Dakota is taking a decline in production anyway. Plus the overly male driven soap opera doesnt work anymore. Let' be honest Empire would've flopped if people hadn't been tuning in for Cookie.

http://www.medialifemagazine.com/blood-oil-winsome-skulduggery/

 

I am going to give a try. Hopefully it will be half way good…LOL

JOsh Henderson was throwing shade toward this show due to it being like Dallas

Why would Mr. Melting Face care? It's not like that flop remake of Dallas had any originality in it.

Did he have to get up on a stepstool to get the reporters' attention????

This was REALLY good.

I found it mostly boring and like Ive seen it all before.

And 2 car crashes in 1 episode. Chuck Pratt eat your heart out.

I thought it was ok, but there is no way I'm believing that kid and his wife made a million dollars in the course of one episode. Where is the struggle in that?  I'll probably watch the next episode if it's not marked for cancel by TV by the Numbers. I'm not excited about it though.

This wasn't very good... I was bored.