Girlfriends: Cancelled, Proper Series Finale Too Expensive
As discussed here on Tuesday, the long-running CW sitcom, Girlfriends, is saying goodbye after eight seasons. As tough as that is for fans of the show to hear, it’s made even worse by the notion that the show won’t be going back into production to film any more episodes to give some sort of closure for the characters.
It turns out, as one might expect, that the reason is pure economics. The CW network has said that they’re only resuming production on TV series which the network is considering renewing next season. Since the ratings have been down for Girlfriends, they’re canceling the sitcom and that apparently makes it a lame duck.
Orlando Sentinel’s Hal Boedeker reports that a spokesperson for the CW said, “This was a very difficult decision for us, and was based solely on the considerable cost to license each episode in an extremely unusual business environment.”
But wait, after bringing the CW and UPN networks millions and millions of dollars in ad revenue over the past eight years, don’t the show and it’s fans deserve a proper send-off?
Girlfriends creator Mara Brock Akil is philosophical about the cancellation and said, “Although it’s always difficult to say goodbye, I choose to focus my energy on the history that Girlfriends has made, the human stories that we told, the beautifully complex images that we projected and the blessings 172 episodes bestowed on us, both personally and professionally.”
She went on to say, “I am immensely thankful to the amazingly talented cast, writers, directors, staff and crew for their endless dedication and hard work for eight seasons, to the network that always wanted us and the studio that always supported us, but mostly to the audience, especially African-American women, who took the time to tune into us every Monday night at nine to have a dialogue with us and who have been our partner in this journey.”
As far as the series finale, it looks like it will indeed be some sort of compilation of clips. Akil said, “I am currently in talks with the studio and network on putting together a retrospective show which will honor and celebrate this landmark series, so please stay tuned.” 
November 26th, 2008 at 4:53 pm
I am beyond upset….it’s manifested into RAGE! I can give room for debate because the writing went down the toilet once it switched over to “the male perspective”…which was stupid since it’s about GIRLfriends. However, the writing was lacking for some time and there was plenty of time for someone to say HEY, this kinda sticks…lets get some fresh ideas in here or revert back to the old formula that works. There is no loyalty to the consumer anymore. They filled a niche’, and African American women responded. We tuned in week after week, and even sat through the re-runs to support this show that didn’t portray us as loud-mouth, neck-rolling, ghetto, baby-mammas….you get the point. I am so hurt because we became invested in the show, the storyline, and the longevity of the ONLY thing we had to show us for who we really are. DIVERSE, STYLISH, SASSY, SMART, COMPLEX, FRIENDS, ENEMIES, MOTHERS, WANNA-BE BRIDES….you know what I’m talking about ladies. I’m so sick of WHITE tv I could scream!!! Their lives don’t look anything like mine or any of my friends. It’s as if the equation for a successful program is to make all the characters white, elite, and unrealistically perfect. I need some financial aid needing, tx max shopping, low-middle class, down-to-earth, non-botoxed but will weave it up sistahs! Does anyone care about the consumer??? Can I be entertained without being embarassed at a sambo-ed version of what white people think Blacks should be? Ok, yall…I’d done complaining. I just miss my girls…I even tolerated the bad writing to show my support for the women to play the characters I love….oh yeah, and Mara…please keep doing your thing. We need more of you. You and Shonda Rhimes are my heroes!
November 25th, 2008 at 5:44 pm
Although I love watching the reruns on a daily basis, it upsets me that “economics” played a major role in not giving the show its proper finale. These types of things only seem to happen to African American shows. The writing becomes so poor toward the end of the series that they have to cancel them. What a shame. There were so many different directions and story lines the show could have taken if they hadn’t been so eager to give it the boot. After all these years Joan couldn’t get the wedding she deserved. How lame!!! That show was a refreshing look at the different faces of black women with a 1/2 hour dedicated solely to us. How can you not have enough money for Girlfriends yet create a spin off called The Game!!!!
November 24th, 2008 at 3:17 pm
I guess by now Girlfriends is axed. Am watching a rerun which has been shown in the Uk over 5 times on my last count. Over on this side of the pond we (ethnic minorities) have come to accept that no-one in TV ever listens to the viewers thoughts or even consider that we may want to watch more programs/sitcoms that show us in a normal/positive light. The newest programs we see are about negative/degrading ideas of Africa/Asia/Caribbea. As long as they get their cable subs and TV license then their happy.
So for us to watch movies of ethnic origin we have to buy DVD’s online, or watch repeats of series/sitcoms.
October 10th, 2008 at 1:27 pm
Did anyone ever consider that removing Jill Marie Jones (Tony Childs) from the show would be a bad idea? Or for that matter any of the actresses? None of the women can be replaced. It’s amazing to me how the producers and writers of Sex and the City understand this, but the same doesn’t apply for Girlfriends. The show should have been cancelled after Jones’ termination or resignation. Maybe some money could have been saved. Me and my girlfriends got together every Monday night to watch the wonderful women do their thing…..until Jones was removed. The show was the closet thing to the reality of professional Black women that has ever aired on tv. I am very sad that is is over. I do hope the producers and writers make wiser choices in the future.
October 7th, 2008 at 7:58 pm
i cant believe it..i love it i really wish they would give me something to fill completed
October 6th, 2008 at 11:28 am
This show was no longer funny so it’s really not a surprise tha it was cancelled.
September 27th, 2008 at 6:14 am
I truly enjoyed this show ever since the very first season. I think they should have a special; one final show. I would love to see Joan and Aaron finally have their wedding and perhaps Joan and Toni reconsiling
September 14th, 2008 at 5:19 pm
This show as great… until Jill Marie Jones left. For some reason, the writing went downhill. It was no longer compelling. Perhaps some key writer(s) left too, but whatever the case this show was garbage after the Tony Childs character was gone. Nevertheless, overall it was a good show. Shame it had to go out like it did.
September 10th, 2008 at 8:03 am
This show was awsome in everyway this show was good for all females and men too
September 3rd, 2008 at 3:20 am
I have followed the show from Zimbabwe to the Uk so you can imagine how behind i have been but now that i have seen quite abit of the eighth series and watching the re-runs i cant believe that they have cancelled the show i had so many ideas that i could imagine happening and Joan’s wedding,does she get married in the end?? so much id love to see and to know its over really does break my heart its like when it comes to a black sitcoms ‘things fall apart’ yet i feel there are alot of us who are dedicated viewers and we should not be denied what is our right,even my 13yr old brother got into it with Maya’s famous ‘Ah Hell No!!’ for women in general black,white and mixed it is an outrage that the show was cancelled.
August 25th, 2008 at 6:14 pm
What the hell is wrong with the CW first we stop getting episodes and now we can’t even get a series finale. O WOW
August 24th, 2008 at 8:24 pm
I’m not black and I LOVE the show! I never missed an episode & I always watch the reruns. I can’t belive it’s not coming back in the Fall!
August 24th, 2008 at 4:48 pm
I honestly think that the CW is not for us (blk ppl). They have all of these stupid white shows that don’t make any sense. I heard that P Miller (Master P) is launching his own TV channel. I think it would be a great move for him to bring back some of the shows that were taken off due to “low ratings”…..think about it….All of Us, One on One, Girlfriends, Half and Half, and even Eve’s old tv show. I know it might not happen but what if????? If he could pull that off it would be amazing!!!!
We need our shows also. We shouldnt be forced to watch all white shows with the token black person in it. I want to watch tv shows that relate to the black homes. Not some lilly white family on every station. I am not a racist but it does seem kinda funny that all of our shows are being cancelled because of “low rating”. I honestly think its a bunch of bs but what can we do. I don’t know exactly when P Miller’s tv station will be aired but I really do have high hopes for it. I for one will not be watching any of these silly white sitcoms.
August 24th, 2008 at 3:58 pm
I hated to hear that Girlfriends is not returning in the fall. It really is a shame that they could not finish the eighth season. Why not do a Girlfriends television movie that would show what happened to everybody. The tremendous success of the show deserves to end on a better note. This would have never happened to Sex and the City!! I hope it’s not because it was a black show.
August 16th, 2008 at 11:12 am
This is such BS..HOw coniencedental is it that the show that has continuous reruns that people watch…and its one of the only shows that African American women can even try to relate to…Tv keep producing all these bugglegum White america teen shows that no minority can relate to and stations are putting in huge money to make these crappy shows happen…Of course no one3 in production cares that we have lost another Black show…and couldnt have the deciency to give us a series Finale,,,Give me a break….
August 14th, 2008 at 9:33 am
This was done on purpose by the networks. First, they never should have moved the show to another night (probably knowing that this change would affect ratings). I wish that Jill had not left. She was the one leg that kept the table stable. What’s happening to all of our good black sitcoms? After Cosby and a Different World, every black show has struggled to remain on the networks. What’s going on?
August 10th, 2008 at 10:03 pm
It is sad that the network will not honor a last season and finale. I have followed the show since the very beginning and I’m sad it is over. Hopefully the network and writers can cometogether with some type of agreement and send the show off on a good note! There are too many loose ends, what is going to happen with Darnell and Mya, is Lynn going to get the attention she needs in order to have a successful albumn, I want to see Monica and William bring in their baby, and PLEASE let us see Joan FINALLY get married!!! It would even be nice to see Toni make a guest appearance. I need closure!!!
July 30th, 2008 at 4:29 am
I agree w/Felisha! WE NEED TO PROTEST….PETITION, LETTER CAMPAIGN, EMAIL CAMPAIGN…SOMETHING!!!!! Girlfriends is our equivalent to S*x and The City!! We could at least show the same respect w/giving a last season and proper finale….is their a movie in the works?!?!
How to begin?
July 27th, 2008 at 10:01 pm
OMG, no wedding for Joan!!! This is not fair, plus they moved The Game, I don’t even know when it comes on anymore. Can we get the show moved to different network. PLEASE!!!!!!
July 24th, 2008 at 6:04 pm
WAT? nah pipl we need to protest, do wat eva we can to win votes, because the fact is individual interests always outdo public interests n thats a fact…if we all stand together, they wont win..this is so unfair, wat have we done to dserve this? i mean eve, my wife and kids, kevin hill, half and half, all of us have all been cancelled..n y is this? it feels lyk we blak folk r not being treated eually, they r keepin all the s***ty shoes lyk gilmore girls instead og girlfriends, it wont make as much money as girlfriends did. aaaaaaaaaaarrrrrrrrgggggg i’m so angry and furious. that show needed Toni fo it to be as it was b4…n i learntdat Jill Marie Jones who plays Toni Childs was coming bak fo the 9th and final series..nw we’l neva knw if they made up, if Aaron came bak safe, if maya adopted, damn!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
July 24th, 2008 at 5:56 pm
i am very furious with CW. I cannot believe this, the only show that we black folks could relate to, after all the other sows had been cancelled, this is just unfair, a miscarriage of justice. People should do more like protest and complain because is racist, what can we watch now that every BLACK show exept everybody hates chris has now been canelled? At least produce the final episods were Toni returns by her girl to watch her get married..or sumthn i mean cumon this is crap…somethin needs to be done about this..soon The Game will be cancelled too…the network is bull s****
July 24th, 2008 at 3:25 pm
OH HEEEEEELL NO!!! WE WANT GIRLFRIENDS BACK!!!
July 22nd, 2008 at 12:44 pm
I watched Girlfriends since airing of the very first episode and i fell attached to the story. I faithfully watched every episode of every season and when the last season aired it seemed like there may have been a dark cloud hovering over the girlfriends. You can tell that the writing changed but my loyalty to the show hadn’t changed. Even though it is disappointing that the show is canceled, it would have been nice to have an actual scripted ending for them. Joan finally keeps a man and marries him only for them to have him shipped off to iraq…now what? is he coming back safe and sound? is all well with the girlfriends? i guess we’ll never know. =/
July 20th, 2008 at 9:06 am
Why the HELL you are cancelling Girlfriends INSTEAD OF WRESTLING. WESTLING IS NOTHING BUT MURDER! We the fans of the show deserve the season finale and more episodes. CASE CLOSED
June 26th, 2008 at 11:04 am
I’m not surprised they won’t do a finale. Like all America they get up on the backs of Black folks and then push us aside for the white ones. They did it with Cosby, Different World, Living Single, My Wife and Kids, the list goes on.
June 8th, 2008 at 11:57 am
This situation was typical. I figured this decision was in the making when the network changed the airing time of Girlfriends to Monday nights at eight. Coincidence that it’s set at the same time as Monday night football. I feel that decision was made to decrease ratings, which in turn would cover the reasons for cancellations. They should have left Girlfriends on Thursdays. Then in the end denied a respectible and conclusive series finale.
June 7th, 2008 at 7:43 pm
I’m very upsest that the series Girlfriends is comming towards a close. Through out the past eight years I Have enjoyed te series sense I was 9 years old, yes nine. I wish many blessings for the cast and crew because I feel like the series have changed my life. I will have a hard time trying to find another telivision show just as funny, exciting, and spectacular as Girlfriends.
May 28th, 2008 at 7:45 am
I think it’s very sad this show has been on for 8 years and they could not it a proper ending 2 leave the fans hangin like that did joan get married? how did william and monica handle beingn parents. Did mya get her baby girl how did len singing career do. they need to finsh these storyies that we have followed all these years.
May 26th, 2008 at 5:21 am
It’s a shame that a show that was successful for the network for 8 years does not get a proper send off. i have seen show after show do a season finale and some had been on the air less than 8 years. I know African-American shows have to struggle to gain a audience and UPN/WB and now the CW billed itself on being the network for African-Americans. Now it totally disregards those viewers by not giving one of our most beloved shows the proper send off that many other “main stream” shows receive. CW for once think about the your viewing audience. You did not give kevin hill a second season due to struggling viewship but for the “main stream” Veronica Mars you moved it around to capture an audience. Can a TV Network for once show some appreciation for the African American television viewer.
May 22nd, 2008 at 8:51 pm
happy this show is over because they should have worked together and helped my girl jill, what goes around always come back and bite you bye
May 22nd, 2008 at 4:06 pm
Why not boycott the CW advertisers and start a letter writing campaign to the network and the advertisers? It is typical that the CW has no value for African American viewers. Although the show was questionably the same quality as it was when Jill Marie Jones portrayed Toni, it was certainly as memorable and entertaining as the dullard show, “Friends”. So, why not a boycott of the CW advertisers with letters of protest to the network and advertisers?
May 22nd, 2008 at 2:46 pm
I’m devasted that Girlfriends is not returning. I was wondering why there were only showing re-runs. Girlfriends was the one show that I would never miss. A show that showed positive, successful black people. As a black woman I identified with all the women on the show. It is a slap in the face that they are not even closing the show with a proper finale. 8 years and you don’t do a finale! I’m so tired of the networks cancelling shows that show positive black people. The only thing that the networks want to put on tv is trash. I just hope The Game will last a while.
May 18th, 2008 at 7:11 pm
I’M PISSED! I loved all of the characters! Joan’s character in particular encouraged my friends and I to become successful black women. The three of us are under 25 and are working on our Master’s Degrees. We envisioned working a 9 to 5 and then meeting at the bar for drinks on the weekend. There will probably never be another show that has beautiful black suceccessful African American women!
May 13th, 2008 at 7:42 pm
That sh#% ain’t right! I’m upset! Girlfriends is the show. Why CW is cancelling all the good shows that was from upn. One on One, Half and Half, Cuts, All of Us, and now Girlfriends. Whats up with everybody hates chris did they cancel that too. Hopefully they won’t cancel the game. Why they cancel the african american shows?
May 13th, 2008 at 8:19 am
I didn’t want to believe that the show was cancelled. I just stopped watching this Monday when they ran the episode where Lynn is performing at the park. I am a young African American woman and this is the only show that gave me positive black women to look forward to seeing on TV. If they can give Sex In The City a movie, I know they can give our Girlfriends a movie if not some special on cable or DVD. It was not right how they brought us so close to Joan getting married, Lynn’s music career taking off, Mya and Darnell considering pregnancy again and the birth/parenthood of William and Monica’s new baby just to leave everyone of the end of there seats. If the network had any integreity they would do the right thing and give the show the well deserved finale.
May 6th, 2008 at 7:24 pm
ITS NOT RIGHT ITS BULL SH–…………….
May 4th, 2008 at 7:17 pm
I am more than a little upset that Girlfriends has been cancelled. What makes me more than a little upset is that some of the only quality black shows on tv are reruns of older shows. I don’t do reruns unless I have to and I don’t like having to. I think it is time for BET and TVone to step up and give us some quality shows that aren’t reruns. I’m sick of hoping that the other networks will do it. As history has shown us if they do it will only be short lived. Yes I think 8 years is short lived. Y&R and wrestling have been on for ages, hell before I was born I think. BET and TV One I’m calling you out. Give me something other than reruns, college hill, stupid ass hell date and constant repeated videos. 106 & Park can go if you ask me; you don’t get to see all of the videos on that show anyway.
April 30th, 2008 at 1:01 pm
Totally upset,
Well I am quiet disappointed by the cancellation of Girlfriends. I have waited ever so paciently to see a final, and nothing. It seems as if every show that I watched is cancelled for some reason or another. First things first they always cancel without some final episode. There isn’t enough black shows to begin with. Than this, how unfair. I wanted Joan to get married, have a baby, and her relationship with Tony to be restored. I wanted Lynn to find happiness and have her singing career take off. Also for Myia and Darnell to conceive or adopt and Jabaree go off to college. As for William and Monica, I see them to have their baby and the drama of being a parent. Then I wanted Tony to return for good or come back to repair her friendship with Joan and the girls. I also wanted her and Todd back together and for her to be happy even if she didn’t move back to LA. So if they don’t air a final episode make a DVD or something but I need to watch some type of ending!!!! Please!
April 17th, 2008 at 5:28 pm
Just like everyone else I was watching the reruns. I was checking on Sunday and Monday, eagerly waiting for the new shows to air. I just happened to read CANCELLED Girlfriends while I was looking for yet another show I enjoy. It is truly sad to turn on the television and not be able to find a show that I can identify with. As a black woman, strong, smart, funny,sad, angry,scared,in love, out of love. The rainbow of emotions I feel , good and bad relationships, family drama, friendship drama. My Girlfriends reflected that. I loved that show, those women ( and William ) became family. I felt their pain, their joy, and now they are gone. It isn’t fair! With all the shows that are aired and created where are “our” showes, “our” faces “our” voices? It just isn’t right and I fear this is how it will always be.
April 15th, 2008 at 7:13 pm
Girlfriends should have a proper close. How about straight to DVD for fans of the show. After eight years of the show, there should be closure!
April 13th, 2008 at 6:58 pm
I just thought about something. BET should step up to the plate. They already run the old Girlfriends episodes so they should be more than willing to air new shows. And maybe then BET will actually air something that doesn’t stereotype and pigeonhold us. If they can continue to support videos with half naked women and stereotypical rappers I know that they can air Girlfriends or at least the finale.
April 13th, 2008 at 6:43 pm
I agree with the other comments. Like them I have been a dedicated fan to this show. It was the only show I looked forward to watching each week. I really enjoyed Joan’s character and could identify with her, so I always invisioned a finale with her getting married. All I want is a finale. Out all the money the creator and producers have made I cannot see how they cannot afford a show. It is really a slap in the face. You watch eight seasons, watch the characters go through ups and downs for nothing in the end. If they needed money they could have took donations or something.
April 9th, 2008 at 12:58 am
I am saddened yet again by this display of unfair treatment toward minority shows. It was sad enough that Half and Half got cancelled and replaced with a less than mediocre show like Aliens in America (which should have never even aired), but now Girlfriend’s is in the bag as well. Don’t you think that the faithful viewers of this show deserve to see a REAL SERIES FINALE? What is wrong with this picture? For the last 6 years or so, Girlfriends has been the top rated sitcom on Fox as well as the CW; and now to end it that way it simply unfair. I don’t mind that the how got cancelled; it’s just the way in which they chose to do it. For the past eight years, I have been a faithful viewer of this show. I have watched as each character matured and grew up. Finally when all the drinks had been set on the table, they decided to rip the cloth from the table. This is not, IS NOT fair to the viewers of this sitcom. Are you trying to tell us thanks for watching for the past eight years but we don’t have enough money to film a proper finale oh well thanks for watching for nothing now what? I don?t want to have to think about the what if’s, should have’s, would have’s, nor do I want to think Joan got married; nor I think Aaron died in the war, I think Tony came back, I think Monica had a girl, I think Lynn finally signed her contract, I think Mya and Darnell adopted or I think Mya and Darnell got pregnant again. This is just not right (television injustice). What do the viewers get in turn for watching this show for the past eight seasons? nothing but crapp (fecal matter, junk) from the network. I want (NEED) this show, THIS SHOW to have its proper finale. Shouldn’t the viewers get at least that? That is not a lot coming from the many viewers who have tuned in to watch this show DESERVES. I pray that the proper people receive this blog. May you be blessed in JESUS NAME AMEN & be blessed
April 3rd, 2008 at 8:30 am
what pisses me off is that if a white show is on the air for 8yrs and the ratings drop they still give a proper send off out of respect for the viewers that invested 8yrs in watching the damn show.. It’s because the Actors were black and the consumers were black so in white Hollywood it’s insignificant.. Happy Days jumped the shark 2 years before they cancelled it . Racist ass country … so far the only show that they ended properly is The Parkers .. the Hughley, One on One and All of Us were all cancelled with the same lack of respect … I say we boycot UPN until the decide that they’re black viewer count too…
April 1st, 2008 at 7:56 am
Well, another one bites the dust. It was bad enough with The Jeffersons,and they heard about theire cancellation from friends. Then Bernie Mac and My Wife and Kids, now they’ve done it to Girlfreinds. You would think that an allowance would be made for one more show to wrap things up a bit. I was left hanging with all of my favortie sitcoms just being sliced out of existence. Maybe someone, somewhere would produce a TV movie that would at least give closure to the last three. Was Bernie’s wife pregnant, did ‘Nessa go to college? Will Joan ever get her man back? I was still hoping Ms. Childs would make a guest appearance and help close that wound. These are the few shows that I bother to look at and this is one of the reasons why. Remember, Jim Belushi’s gosh awful show remained, and My Wife and Kids, clearly a much better show, was snuffed out. I agree, a word of warning would have lessend the impact and shows that don’t deserve the air time are treated with more respect. I’ll be watching a lot more old movies, it’s safer than becoming a fan and being treated so badly.
March 31st, 2008 at 4:24 pm
THIS HAS BEEN MY FAVORITE TV SHOW FOR TH PAST FEW YEARS! I AM COMPLETELY DISSAPOINTED THAT I WILL NO LONGER GET TO WATCH THIS MONDAY NIGHTS..SINCE DAY 1 I HAVE BEEN ENTERTAINED AND BECOME PART OF THIS FANTASTIC SITCOM WITH THOSE INSPIRING BEAUTIFUL INTELLIGIANT AND SUCCESSFUL WOMEN. TELEVISION NEEDS MORE SHOWS WITH INSPIRING STRONG MINORITY WOMEN WHO WE CAN LOOK UP TO AND TO TAKE IT OFF THE AIR IS SIMPLY ABSURD. THROUGHOUT EACH SEASON WE HAVE ALL WATCHED JOAN TRY RO FULLFILL HER DREAM OF MARRIAGE AND ITS DISSAPOINTING THAT DEVOTED VIEWERS WILL NOT GET THAT CHANCE. THERE ARE SO MANY THINGS THE SHOW HAS BUILT UP FOR EACH CHARACTER AND SADLY WE WILL NOT BE ABLE TO WATCH THOSE ENDINGS AND SCENARIOS TAKE PLACE. BRING GIRLFRIENDS BACK!
March 31st, 2008 at 11:48 am
i am very upset with this decision. I among a whole lot of people faithfully watched this show. Every Monday night this is what we looked forward to. For them to say that this is due to ratings… I think is so wrong. I have been reading lots of blogs, and information about this and lots of people are highly upset. Please give us the pleasure to at least see Joan get her dream wedding (which she has been planning since the day she was born) and Toni come back for the wedding, and William and MOnica have the baby, and Maya and Darnell have a sucessfull business that is what they were all working for, and they deserve to have it… We have learned to love these characters and would love to see that.
March 24th, 2008 at 4:39 pm
It is completely insane! I have been hearing rumors for weeks. Until I finally got tired of seeing the reruns and wondering “where are the new episodes”, and decided to research the information I’ve heard. I am truly disappointed and sadden by this sudden cancellation (at least to the public). Where is the respect to the fans for the support of this show and network to just take the show off air without any formal announcement or series finale. If they don’t do Girlfriends justification and make an already difficult lost less painful to viewers, I will surely not be watching this network’s up and coming shows!
March 10th, 2008 at 2:41 pm
THIS IS ONE OF THE BEST AFRICAN AMERICAN SHOWS THAT HAS TOUCHED WHITES BLACKS ,HISPANICS, ASIANS, YOUNG ,OLD ,CLASSY AND ASHY AND TO BE CUT OFF AS IF THEY NEVER EXISTED OR MAKE THEIR MARK ON PRIME TIME T.V IS INSANE WHATS NEXT IF WE DON’T STAND FOR SOMETHING NOW WE MUST QUESTION THE INTEGRITY OF PROD CASTING AND WHY THEY MAKE THE DECISION THAT THEY MAKE WHEN IT COMES DOWN TO AFRICAN AMERICAN SHOWS THAT HAD THE HIGHEST RATINGS SINCE THE COSBY . WE NEED TO PAY VERY CLOSE ATTENTION TO THIS
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March 5th, 2008 at 1:12 pm
I had a feeling the show was coming to an end, perhaps that is why I started buying the seasons on DVD. This is my favorite TV show and has been for a long time. I am so tired of good television shows going off the air, and those being replaced by trash. An annoucement to the ending of the series would have been respectful to the fans that have watched for all these years. It is truly disrespectful for a series to be cut off in the middle like it was not watched for all those years even as the days and times of the show changed randomly. Can you imagine other shows like “Friends” being cut off in the middle without outrage from their fans? Probably not, and neither shoud “Girlfriends” be treated as if it was not worthy of a proper closing.
March 5th, 2008 at 10:00 am
I liked Girlfriends and though the show is not as good as it had been in the past, it deserves a proper send-off. The fans deserve closure. I think the CW needs to be reminded who supoorts its shows. Send your comments about their insensitive, greed-oriented reasons for refsuing to do a series finale to : feedback@CWTV.com. I got the email address from the CW’s website. Let them hear from us!
March 4th, 2008 at 1:14 pm
If its money we the “REAL” fans could do a fund raiser for a 30 min fair-well show.If we pool our money together and they(CW) come up with some themselves,it can happen! To just leave us hanging is an insult to me.I knew it had to end someday but not like this.My family knew Mondays and even the few Sundays it aired was leave me alone time. Flood their phones,website,and e-mail whatever it takes.If promoted correctly, it can happen people!
March 2nd, 2008 at 7:28 pm
It is truly sad when we have positive shows that cast a relationship among black women in diverse levels of there adulthood get cancelled in the middle of a season without a finale. Even though Joan was not going to get married because her fiance was going to get killed in Iraq, they could have finished the season out with a reunion between her and Toni. Besides The Game and Tyler Perry’s House of Payne, what do we as black americans have as a good tv anymore. It is always money and not a black thing, right???
February 25th, 2008 at 9:43 am
I know all about economics. But what happened to loyalty? CW owes it to the loyal viewers like myself who have hung in there with “Girlfriends”. Some, like myself, hung in there even after Jill Marie Jones left the show. It wasn’t the same. I didn’t like it as much but I hung in there. Since the very first episode, “Toe-Sucking” pilot, “Joan” wanted a husband and a family and now eight years later you are telling us that we won’t see it happen. How dare you treat fan this way. Give us the wedding. Let us hear Joan find out that she’s pregnant. Let us see Toni and Joan finally make peace with each other. YOU OWE US THAT!
February 24th, 2008 at 4:26 pm
Why is it positive shows that respects us, never gets a fair deal? If it were a negative show it would still be on.
February 24th, 2008 at 3:42 pm
iI am recovering from a strock, Girlfriends was one of the shows that has brought me some joy. I don’t have much to look forward to but I had Girlfriends. If you can bring it back.
February 23rd, 2008 at 7:30 pm
Wow, I am outraged at this decision. I have always wanted to write for this show. Now, we have no major black cast on a major network…figures. Well, lets see what the futures hold for us now. They still should do a season finale spend a little extra cash and I am sure if they advertise/promote right they will regret making that the final episode
February 23rd, 2008 at 5:04 pm
Girlfriends has been cancelled. Only 13 episodes have been shot and they have all been aired. Even though the writers strike is over, The CW will not put Girlfriends back on for the remaining 9 episodes and they will not give Girlfriends a Series finale. The creator of Girlfriends is trying to get something done for Girlfriends but has no luck yet. I urge all fans of Girlfriends to call the following numbers to complain about the cancellation: 1-818-977-2525 (Dawn Ostroff, President of Entertainment (CW); 1-818-977-2537 (Traci Blackwell, Director of Current Entertainment (CW); 1-323-575-2380 (Nancy Tellem, President of CBS Paramount Network) or email Nancy Tellem at nancy.tellem@tvc.cbs.com Please no matter what don’t give up on Girlfriends. We fans have to do all we can to try to get Girlfriends back. The fans of Jericho got the network to bring it back so I think the fans of Girlfriends will be able to get our show back. Girlfriends is not the lowest rated show on the CW yet they are cancelling it. So, let us fans stick together and get Joan, Maya, Lynn, Monica, and William another chance because I’ve heard that the creator was gonna try to bring Toni back and I know everyone wants to see that. So, please call in and email and don’t stop til we get something moving. Much love
February 22nd, 2008 at 4:41 pm
You have to do a series finale of Girlfriends after watching this show season after season waiting for Joan to finally have her man and get married. These women have put their heart and soul into this show and as for the people behind the scenes who work their butts off putting a show together week after week. It already is bad that I have gotten into so many shows and then they get cancelled without a proper good-bye. Expensive? Yeah right ! Come on and please finish the show the right way we all deserve to at least have the show be complete. Or if not we will be sitting somewhere and wonder how the show would end. I have always wonder how some shows from the past would end like Moesha, Missing, Eve, All Of Us, One On One, Half & Half, and etc. Please let at least this show get a proper send-off since I cannot get finales from other shows I have watched in the past.
February 20th, 2008 at 2:45 pm
To expensive?? Give me a break, these people are making gazillions!!!! It goes to show that Hollywood doesn’t give a fluck about the African American community.
February 19th, 2008 at 2:18 pm
[...] Figures. *unsheathes sword* [...]
February 19th, 2008 at 10:42 am
I had a feeling the show was ending when Toni left and I’m glad it hung around long enough for Joan to get a man but to end it like they did was a slap in the face of all the fans! The letter about Aaron coming home was a beautiful touch but what would be more special is the actual reunion of Joan and Aaron and end the series with their wedding. And as big as Monica was in that last episode, she could possibly go into labor just as Joan is about to say “I do”. Just a thought.
Let’s pray that the bigger networks will come up with more ethnic shows for us to watch. I still have Shemar Moore on CRIMINAL MINDS and Lucy Liu on CASHMERE MAFIA. The cast doesn’t have to be predominantly African American, Hispanic or Asian not to mention the many other minorities under-represented on television. And when they do come up with the shows, let’s pray they aren’t stereotyped as they have been in the past because believe it or not, we’ve all evolved and television needs to reflect that!
February 19th, 2008 at 6:12 am
I am so disappointed!! I faithfully watch Girlfriends every Monday night. Actually, this is the only show on tv that I schedule throughout the week to watch. Everythin else is hit or miss, but I didn’t miss Girlfriends. Friends and family knew to not call me Monday nights at nine :). I know all good things must come to an end, but I hate to see my girls go from tv. Thanks for the memories. Maybe another network can pick it up?!?!
February 19th, 2008 at 12:23 am
I am disappointed that a show featuring women of color has been cancelled. I was not happy however as to the way Lesbians were portrayed (The Lynn episode) it was particularly insulting to me as a ******* of color. Then when I find a reasonable character in Alicia Lawson (played by Lourdes Benedicto) on Cashmere Mafia THAT story arc is torpedoed.
I’m gonna stop watching television.
February 18th, 2008 at 6:47 pm
It’s true that there are not enough shows where minorities can relate to. I have seen a lot of good shows come and go, and my weeknights at home are becoming more disappointing. I hope that another network picks up Girlfriends and bring back Toni Childs. I guess the only shows we have left are Everybody Hates Chris and The Game. When they’re gone what’s left.
February 17th, 2008 at 2:36 pm
After 8 seasons, Girlfriends has earned a series finale. Please give the fans something! We’re talking about a show that has survived for 8 years, just one year shy of The Cosby Show’s record seasons. If a 1-hour finale can’t be produced, can we at least get a 30-minute finale for closure?
February 16th, 2008 at 1:12 pm
A proper ending is too expensive? C’mon now!! I enjoy this show for 8 years, and I would like to see a better ending of the series. Give us a proper series ending PLEASE!!!!!!!
February 15th, 2008 at 10:57 pm
It really is messed up. I feel like Maya feel when Monique appeared on the show as herself saying ” I spented five years watching The Parkers she can give me five mins of here time to talk and come to Joans restaurant”. Well I spent 8 years of my life watchin Girlfriends started watching it since I was 12 years old with my mom. If there was still a UPN it probably would have got a series finale because I believe that show made it the network it was. But The CW don’t care its just two lame networks put together to make one lame network. They say that it is to much money for a series finale The CW network produced at least 30+ episodes and UPN produced at least 130+ episodes and you telling me that it can a few more dollars on two more episodes. Well black people correct me if I’m wrong so that gives us 2 black shows thats left on a major network. Maybe, just maybe another network will pick it up perhaps FOX but I doubt it. I just said to myself not to long ago that I couldn’t believe that the show has been on for 8 years it might make it to 10 years, well I was wrong. CW please give Girlfriends a series finale or at least a hour long look back at the past 8 years with the cast and creator.
February 15th, 2008 at 8:55 pm
This is so messed up! I know the show was ending but the fans don’t even get a proper series finale. WOW, that’s is too unfair. I’m going to miss the Girlfriends especially Maya! We should get some kind of 30 min finale or something.
February 15th, 2008 at 10:05 am
It is not always about the money. It is always about greed. This was a great show. I am sadden that I have seen the last of the show Girlfriends. It ended before it really got started for 2008. Shame on you!! Please give a respectable ending or endings to this series.