Status: Cancelled
Aired: 2019-20, 2 Seasons Totaling 20 Episodes
Series Premiere: January 8, 2019
Network: History Channel
Starring: Aidan Gillen, Laura Mennell, Michael Harney, Ksenia Solo
Series Website: www.history.com/shows/project-blue-book
Description: HISTORY’s upcoming new drama series ‘Project Blue Book’ is based on the true, top-secret investigations into Unidentified Flying Objects (UFOs) and related phenomena conducted by the United States Air Force from 1952 to 1969.
Dr. J. Allen Hynek (Aidan Gillen), a brilliant yet underappreciated college professor, is recruited by the U.S. Air Force to spearhead a clandestine operation called Project Blue Book. Along with his partner, the debonair Air Force Captain Michael Quinn (Michael Malarkey), he is summoned to investigate UFO sightings around the country and use science to discover what really happened. However, when some encounters cannot be explained away and cases remain open, Hynek begins to suspect that he has been duped by the government into a larger conspiracy to cover up the truth. Set against the backdrop of the Cold War and rising Atomic Era, each episode will draw from the actual Project Blue Book case files, blending UFO theories with authentic historical events from one of the most mysterious eras in United States history. History.com
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Why Was It Cancelled? The same-day ratings dropped for this show in its second year, but it was still doing well enough for a basic cable series in the Peak TV environment. But History Channel may be moving away from scripted originals as the network has also cancelled second-year historical drama Knightfall and its only other scripted series, Vikings, is in its final season. Project Blue Book wrapped up its second season on a cliffhanger which may prompt fans to make a Call to Action on the social networks to convince another venue to pick up the show or at least get a series finale movie from History.
2019-20 Season Ratings Results:
| Air Date | Airings | Live+SD Rtg | StD Avg | Tot Vwrs (M) | Status |
| 1/21/20 | 1 | 0.27 | 0.27 | 1.4 | Renewal Possible |
| 1/28/20 | 2 | 0.20 | 0.24 | 1.3 | Renewal Possible |
| 2/4/20 | 3 | 0.18 | 0.22 | 1.1 | Renewal Possible |
| 2/11/20 | 4 | 0.26 | 0.23 | 1.4 | Renewal Possible |
| 2/18/20 | 5 | 0.17 | 0.22 | 1.1 | Renewal Possible |
| 2/25/20 | 6 | 0.21 | 0.22 | 1.2 | Renewal Possible |
| 3/3/20 | 7 | 0.21 | 0.21 | 1.4 | Renewal Possible |
| 3/10/20 | 8 | 0.22 | 0.22 | 1.3 | Renewal Possible |
| 3/17/20 | 9 | 0.19 | 0.21 | 1.3 | Renewal Possible |
| 3/24/20 | 10 | 0.19 | 0.21 | 1.4 | Renewal Possible |
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2018-19 Season Ratings Results:
| Air Date | Airings | Live+SD Rtg | StD Avg | Tot Vwrs (M) | Status |
| 1/8/19 | 1 | 0.43 | 0.43 | 2.3 | Renewal Possible |
| 1/15/19 | 2 | 0.30 | 0.37 | 1.9 | Renewal Possible |
| 1/22/19 | 3 | 0.38 | 0.37 | 1.9 | Renewal Possible |
| 1/29/19 | 4 | 0.31 | 0.36 | 1.7 | Renewal Possible |
| 2/5/19 | 5 | 0.25 | 0.33 | 1.4 | Renewed |
| 2/12/19 | 6 | 0.32 | 0.33 | 1.7 | Renewed |
| 2/19/19 | 7 | 0.25 | 0.32 | 1.3 | Renewed |
| 2/26/19 | 8 | 0.30 | 0.32 | 1.5 | Renewed |
| 3/5/19 | 9 | 0.28 | 0.31 | 1.5 | Renewed |
| 3/12/19 | 10 | 0.29 | 0.31 | 1.5 | Renewed |
