Due to its poor ratings performance, "Allegiance" has been cancelled by NBC after just five episodes. Starting Thursday, "The Slap" will be taking its timeslot at 8 pm.

According to TV Line, since the series premiere, it has failed to entice the viewers and resulted to low ratings that kept on falling with the succeeding episodes. The series raked in 5 million total views and a 1.1 demo rating.

Reportedly, "Allegiance," which tells the story of a rookie CIA analyst played by Hope Davis, failed to leave up to its hype ever since its season premiere last May.

"Allegiance" was said to be an American remake of the Israeli series, "The Gordin Cell," which has since been done in Russian and South Korean versions. The story follows a young CIA agent who specializes in Russian affairs and how his relationship with his family has been tainted when he found out that his parents used to be covert Russian spies.

"The Slap," NBC's other show, will be moved to the vacant slot of "Allegiance."

"The Slap" airs previously every Thursday at 8 pm and will now be in its new timeslot at 10 pm. The show stars Peter Sarsgaard, Uma Thurman and Thandie Newton. The show follows events after an adult is accused of hitting another family's child.

Unfortunately, according to the Daily Mail, "The Slap," which is based on an Australian miniseries of the same name could also be cancelled because it was not doing much better than "Allegiance" in the ratings. At first, the series attracted more than 5 million viewers but its numbers slowly dwindled to 3.5 million from episode 2 onwards.

For the meantime, "The Slap's" time slot will be taken by "Dateline: The Real Blacklist" with host Richard Engel. The new series will reportedly focus on conspiracy-themed investigations and crimes that involve larger-than-life perpetrators and circumstances.