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Oil - ABC Changes Title

May 29, 2015

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ABC has changed the title of their new fall drama "Oil" to "Blood and Oil", SpoilerTV has learned.
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88 comments:

  1. DebraFanMay 29, 2015 at 8:47 PM

    Why leave out Sweat? What wrong did it do? ;)

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  2. MissionsMay 29, 2015 at 8:47 PM

    Both titles are weird but ABC is very smart! more people might tune in of they hear "Blood and oil"

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  3. Babar SuhailMay 29, 2015 at 8:48 PM

    I honestly would have taken American Boom over either Oil or Blood and Oil.

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  4. omabinMay 29, 2015 at 8:49 PM

    I think this is more of a selling tittle to be honest, so I don't mind the change But I would have preferred American Boom lol

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  5. DanielMay 29, 2015 at 8:49 PM

    I agree, that would have been better.

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  6. "A"May 29, 2015 at 8:51 PM

    I have to disagree Babar. I LOVE the title change.

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  7. Babar SuhailMay 29, 2015 at 8:52 PM

    Oil and Sweat would have been better.

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  8. Babar SuhailMay 29, 2015 at 8:52 PM

    Blood and Oil are not two words you hear together. Also, there was no "blood" in the trailer at leat.

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  9. Babar SuhailMay 29, 2015 at 8:53 PM

    I vote for American Oil Story.

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  10. Spindae2May 29, 2015 at 8:54 PM

    Can we name this The Oil Catch and turn The Catch back into Smoke and Mirrors. Jk

    Blood and Oil is a bit more intriguing, but doesn't serve the show. But still better than just Oil. They should've choosen an intriguing term surrounding the Oil industry.

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  11. "A"May 29, 2015 at 8:54 PM

    Why not just change the name to Dallasty ( Dallas & Dynasty ) and call it a day. ;)

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  12. laura3341May 29, 2015 at 8:55 PM

    reminds me of Dallas.

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  13. DanielMay 29, 2015 at 8:55 PM

    Smoke and Mirrors was the previous title of The Family, not The Catch.

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  14. "A"May 29, 2015 at 8:56 PM

    If it's a drama about family then of course their is 'blood' in the pilot. ;)

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  15. Babar SuhailMay 29, 2015 at 8:57 PM

    Okay, that sort of blood. Hmm.

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  16. Spindae2May 29, 2015 at 8:57 PM

    Noup S&M was for The Catch. As far as I know the Family didn't have a title at all. It was called the Jean Bean project or something, all the way up to the pick up.

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  17. Babar SuhailMay 29, 2015 at 8:58 PM

    It was called Flesh and Blood and then Original Sin.

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  18. DarqueModeMay 29, 2015 at 9:00 PM

    Maybe the third time is the charm and this name will stick?

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  19. Spindae2May 29, 2015 at 9:00 PM

    I Didn't know that, even though I remember the Original Sin but didn't thought it was for this show.

    I always recognized it as the JB project from former GA producer and the pilot with Zach Gilford.

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  20. ToniMay 29, 2015 at 9:01 PM

    This is not any better.

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  21. MissionsMay 29, 2015 at 9:01 PM

    You guys are confusing me with all those title changes lol😂

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  22. "A"May 29, 2015 at 9:01 PM

    The Oil Diaries
    Oilgirl

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  23. DarkUFOMay 29, 2015 at 9:02 PM

    lol

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  24. DarqueModeMay 29, 2015 at 9:02 PM

    Game of Oil
    12 Geysers
    Black Fields
    Black-ish Gold

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  25. MissionsMay 29, 2015 at 9:03 PM

    IMO ABC needs to change the title of "The Family". When i heard that i honestly thought it was a family drama but it is a political Thriller/ mystery. Do you know what i mean?

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  26. JammerzMay 29, 2015 at 9:03 PM

    Oil Of Interest
    Agents Of Oil
    Law & Oil: Special Oil Unit
    The Walking Oil

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  27. DanielMay 29, 2015 at 9:03 PM

    Person of Oil
    The Oil Diaries
    Oil of Tomorrow
    Secrets and Oil
    House of Oil
    Boom's Anatomy
    Mike and Oily
    Criminal Minds: Beyond Oil
    The Good Oil
    Sleepy Oillow

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  28. julioMay 29, 2015 at 9:04 PM

    It sort of is better than just oil. I hope other shows get name changes too.

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  29. MissionsMay 29, 2015 at 9:04 PM

    My exact thought, e.g The Family

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  30. JovanMay 29, 2015 at 9:04 PM

    BTW ABC changed the facebook page link to https://www.facebook. com/BloodAndOilABC

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  31. DarkUFOMay 29, 2015 at 9:05 PM

    Person of Oil lol!

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  32. MissionsMay 29, 2015 at 9:05 PM

    The Oil Scandal

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  33. JovanMay 29, 2015 at 9:06 PM

    I am indifferent to this name, I even liked the former more.

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  34. DanielMay 29, 2015 at 9:06 PM

    The previous titles (Flesh and Blood & Original Sin) were better.

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  35. MissionsMay 29, 2015 at 9:06 PM

    The Legends of Oil
    Once upon an oil

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  36. JovanMay 29, 2015 at 9:06 PM

    The Family should be changed I agree, its very generic.

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  37. MissionsMay 29, 2015 at 9:06 PM

    Agreed

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  38. JovanMay 29, 2015 at 9:07 PM

    Original Sin was IMO the best

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  39. MissionsMay 29, 2015 at 9:07 PM

    Jap

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  40. MissionsMay 29, 2015 at 9:07 PM

    Superoil/ Superboom

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  41. SGUMay 29, 2015 at 9:12 PM

    Once Upon a Time in an Oilfield

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  42. MissionsMay 29, 2015 at 9:12 PM

    Lol

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  43. ChrιsMay 29, 2015 at 9:13 PM

    Oil Boom.

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  44. BenMay 29, 2015 at 9:13 PM

    To me "The Family" sounds like a title for a comedy.

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  45. JammerzMay 29, 2015 at 9:13 PM

    Oil's Anatomy
    Oil Five-0
    The Good Oil
    Under The Oil

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  46. MissionsMay 29, 2015 at 9:14 PM

    Exactly. A family comedy-drama

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  47. Spindae2May 29, 2015 at 9:14 PM

    Honestly I was more than surprises by the trailer it had some edge. A bit gulible but okay.
    Looking forward to my ABC Sundays, just June, July, August and most of September have to pass. 😂😂😂

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  48. JovanMay 29, 2015 at 9:18 PM

    Will you watch Of Kings and Prophets?

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  49. SmidniteMay 29, 2015 at 9:24 PM

    Name one of the characters "Olive"...

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  50. julioMay 29, 2015 at 9:24 PM

    Yes and the catch lol.

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  51. Spindae2May 29, 2015 at 9:31 PM

    It was badly cut, they wanted to reveal things but not really reveal them, show parts of the story but not really show them.
    I think it could work and raise to glory as a Dark Horse.

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  52. "A"May 29, 2015 at 9:36 PM

    Trivia: Sunday night's will still have a bit of Revenge as well as Once Upon a Time on it as Don Johnson's character Hap Briggs's wife Darla is played by Amber Valletta who you will remember as Lydia Davis and his son Wick is played by Scott Michael Foster who you will remember as Kristoff on OUaT and as Jonas on The River.

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  53. XYZMay 29, 2015 at 9:58 PM

    So instead of one generic word in the title, ABC decided it was a genius idea to give it two generic words separated by and. Because that'll save the show.

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  54. XYZMay 29, 2015 at 10:01 PM

    LOL! Boom has a risque connotation to some people. They may think it's way more adult than the subject matter actually is.

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  55. Goodbye Revenge, ∞x∞May 29, 2015 at 10:03 PM

    Blood and oil makes this show sound even more unappealing. Oil was very ominous but this..

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  56. Mr. EdmodoMay 29, 2015 at 10:14 PM

    Oil and Blood sounds much better.

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  57. "A"May 29, 2015 at 10:21 PM

    It ALL makes SENSE now !

    Blood = Hap Briggs's love for his son Wick

    Oil - Harper's respect ... and love ... for his new Oil progeny/the son he wished he had ... Billy LeFever

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  58. dietcokebreakMay 29, 2015 at 10:24 PM

    Sounds ok to me, a bit grittier. I thought the trailer was interesting so I was sold on trying the pilot anyway. The [people who were going to watch will likely still watch and those who weren't still wont. I dont think this title change will affect that kind of thing drastically enough to matter.

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  59. Mr. EdmodoMay 29, 2015 at 10:29 PM

    What is it with ABC and bad titles?

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  60. Greice MoreiraMay 29, 2015 at 10:31 PM

    Oil and Blood sounds better but this is an improvement anyway. Now change The Family back to Original Sin and call it a day. The family is a very bad name. I could understand if they wanted to pair it with the Wednesday comedy block but there is no sense in keeping this name on the Sunday line up.

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  61. RjupiterMay 29, 2015 at 11:23 PM

    sounds like the beginning of a Paula Deen recipe.

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  62. Joy HaldarMay 29, 2015 at 11:34 PM

    If a title can sink a potential show even before start,this one would be it.Poor ABC and their show titles!

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  63. Chris PMay 30, 2015 at 12:02 AM

    That's not much better but it is better.

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  64. RonMay 30, 2015 at 12:05 AM

    I still liked Boom better

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  65. "A"May 30, 2015 at 12:19 AM

    It is a amazing title Joy.

    Blood = Hap Briggs's love for his son and Oil 'heir' Wick.

    Oil - Harper's respect ... and love ... for his new Oil progeny/the son he wished he had ... Billy

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  66. Joy HaldarMay 30, 2015 at 12:21 AM

    I can't if it's sarcasm but i like BOOM much better than these two.

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  67. "A"May 30, 2015 at 12:27 AM

    100% serious. I LOVE I !
    As I said Blood represents the BLOODline of family and Oil represents Higgs other love that he shares with Billy, the son he wished his was more like.

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  68. Joy HaldarMay 30, 2015 at 12:28 AM

    I wasn't impressed by the trailer at all.I thought i would give it a chance coz of Chace but nope.

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  69. "A"May 30, 2015 at 12:32 AM

    Interesing. All our tastes our different. To me it's the next Dallas, Dynasty, Knots Landing, Falcon Crest, Desperate Housewives, Melrose Place, Secrets and Lies, or Revenge.

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  70. Joy HaldarMay 30, 2015 at 12:34 AM

    And i think it'll flop miserably and get pulled from the schedule after 4-5 episodes.LOL!

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  71. "A"May 30, 2015 at 12:42 AM

    lol

    I guess we will have to wait and see.

    I believe James "Sonny" Crockett, Lydia Davis, Nate Archibald, and Kristoff will make this show a hit.

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  72. EmilyMay 30, 2015 at 1:33 AM

    Better, but not by much. As other people have pointed out, Blood and Oil has a better ring to it.

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  73. theratingsjunkieMay 30, 2015 at 5:24 AM

    ABC is now proud to announce that bad titles have expanded outside of comedies on Tuesdays!

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  74. quangtranMay 30, 2015 at 5:47 AM

    They should just go back to the title "Boom". It is simple and has an appropriate double-meaning that suits the series.

    The word "oil" simply does not work for a title because it has no impact or musicality (it doesn't roll off the tongue).

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  75. PerryGoGrrr 💛May 30, 2015 at 5:59 AM

    SO EXCITED FOR THIS SHOW!

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  76. Folie-lexMay 30, 2015 at 12:01 PM

    Firstly: Again?

    Secondly: Meh...

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  77. FlashDanSTVMay 30, 2015 at 12:15 PM

    Everything Sounds better with the word "Blood" in the title.

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  78. JamesMay 30, 2015 at 12:37 PM

    Listening to the title more and more, I feel like "Blood and Oil" sounds somewhat more appropriate and closer to the show's premise than neither "Boom" (which could pass for Dallas 2.0's tagline in unison with TNT's current "Drama Boom" phase) nor Oil (imagine the promos' voiceovers: "ABC's Oiiiil!" Ughhh!).

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  79. Page 48May 30, 2015 at 5:22 PM

    Oil righty, then:

    "Bakken and Fillin"
    "Drill, Baby, Drill"
    "Oil or Nothing"
    "Oil Never Tell"
    "Tell Daryl Hannah and Neil Young We're Going Ahead With The Project"
    "Black Gold, Texas Tea"
    "Tell Barack We're Gonna Build A Pipeline Right Through Michelle's Walk-In Closet"
    "Carbon Tax"
    "Well, Well, Well"
    "Frack This"
    "Saudi Dakota"
    "Blame Big Oil"
    "Rig Count"
    "This Oil Man Came Rolling Home"

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  80. Victoria LlanosMay 30, 2015 at 6:31 PM

    Now everytime I hear the title I'll think of "There Will Be Blood", which in my country was translated as "Petroleo Sangriento", which is something like "Bloody Oil". BTW, I don't like the way it sounds.

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  81. Babar SuhailMay 30, 2015 at 7:04 PM

    Boom! is the name of a game show on FOX so they had to change that.

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  82. Douglas from BrazilMay 30, 2015 at 7:40 PM

    Cast changes, Title changes...first cancellation of the fall 2015, anyone?

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  83. Douglas from BrazilMay 30, 2015 at 7:41 PM

    Why the obssesion with putting "American" on every show now?

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  84. DanielMay 30, 2015 at 8:06 PM

    I have no idea why the networks are doing that.

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  85. SamyMay 30, 2015 at 9:00 PM

    Yep. Look what happened to (American) Odyssey.

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  86. NiceGuyVanMay 30, 2015 at 9:03 PM

    Still ain't gonna watch it, hope it fails I know it will eventually. I'm evil today!

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  87. Douglas from BrazilMay 31, 2015 at 5:26 PM

    American Horror Story, American Crime, American Odissey, American Crime Story...

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  88. omabinJune 1, 2015 at 12:24 AM

    I think there are far more likely candidates, namely its lead-out

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