In 2009, both Southland and Medium were cancelled by NBC but were then saved by other networks. Three long-running shows were recently cancelled last month and it looked like each had a good shot of being saved as well.
A couple weeks later, Law & Order and Ghost Whisperer have been denied a second chance and now, The New Adventures of Old Christine has as well.
The New Adventures of Old Christine follows a neurotic single mom (Julia Louis-Dreyfus) who has a hard time juggling a relationship with responsibilities at home and work. Others in the cast include Hamish Linklater, Wanda Sykes, Trevor Gagnon, Clark Gregg, Emily Rutherfurd, Tricia O’Kelley, and Alex Kapp Horner.
The sitcom has been a moderate performer for CBS from the beginning and has ended up on the bubble each year. For the past two years, ABC has been ready to pick up the show if CBS dropped it. Those were in the days when ABC wasn’t having much luck finding successful sitcoms of their own.
When CBS cancelled Old Christine this year, the alphabet network wasn’t as interested anymore because ABC already has some successful sitcoms with several new ones waiting in the wings.
This season, Old Christine aired opposite ABC sitcoms and didn’t fare very well. As a result, the network has decided not to pick up the Julia Louis-Dreyfus sitcom for season six.
The final episode of The New Adventures of Old Christine aired on May 12th on CBS. After five seasons and 88 episodes, there won’t be a final episode to wrap up the series.
On the positive side, reruns will begin airing on Lifetime and on local stations across the country in the fall.
What do you think? Should ABC have picked up Old Christine for season six? How would you have ended the show?
Image courtesy CBS.
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OMG!!! I’ve been watching reruns and totally fell inlove with this show! I can’t believe it’s been cancelled!!!
I didn’t watch New Adv. when it aired but I’m hopelessly in love now that its in reruns …Please find a way to put it back on. It’s a great show.
I watch the reruns of Christine everyday religiously on Lifetime and yesterday I saw what was apparently the final episode seeing as immediately following was the pilot of the show. I was so bummed that the network couldn’t have at least given the audience a finale. Instead, dedicated watchers just have to be left hanging. NBC obviously doesn’t know good humor when its aired.
I really wish that they would bring back the new adventures of old christine, i miss it i watch the reruns all the time and i love it.
Why do they keep cancelling good funny shows but keep on with all this bachleor crap,,a survivor…
This was a good funny show!
I really enjoyed this show,it really stink’s that every time you find a show you like the network drop’s it,so i just watch re-run’s of all the great ones.
My husband and I just recently started watching reruns of the new adventures of old Christine and we absolutley love it. The writing was great and so were all the actors. I am sorry we didn’t watch it when it was still running but it sure would be nice if they could bring it back. I think it is funnier than modern family and the middle. Please reconsider!!!!
Love the show. Somebody needs to bring it back.
It is incredibly disappointing to see this show go under, in my personal opinion it was one of the best. Very light, very funny and easy going nature is hard to find in television, too many shows are violent or tedious. I enjoy big bang theory, two and a half men, but my all time favourite TV show by far for relaxation and pure enjoyment hands down goes to New Adventures of Old Christine. I was counting on ABC picking it up to enjoy more episodes of this fun filled and highly delightful program, but unfortunately it is my first favourite show to have gone cancelled and this article although insightful is very disheartening.. Seeing how little taste the public has for good series. If anyone from ABC (which I highly doubt but am hopeful for) see’s this comment, please pick this up and keep airing! It has a lot more fans than i’m sure you are aware of and it is just an all around great show to watch.
I absolutely agree with everything Anna said!
This was a creative, entertaining show and is a great loss.
I absolutely love this show. Haven’t seen a good sitcom since FRIENDS. Please bring it back. It’s hard to find good shows these days.
I love “THE NEW ADVENTURES OF OLD CHRISTINE” she reminds me of myself and we are funny! I really wish someone would pick her back up!
Too many witty sitcoms disappear. Too many aim to the lowest common denominator, and survive. Too bad. I miss Christine.
Our family really misses the “New Adventures of Old Christine”. I think CBS made a huge mistake cancelling this series and ABC were fools for not grabbing a opportunity when it was right under their noses!
I love this show I am very disappointed. I wish ABC picked it up
I miss the Christine show. I watched the reruns after the Seinfeld reruns and loved all the characters. Wanda Sykes was great and so were Matthew and Richard and New Christine. It was SO much better than junk like Excused which is awful.
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