At the recent upfronts, it was announced that CBS was cancelling The New Adventures of Old Christine after five years on the air.
Starring Julia Louis-Dreyfus, the sitcom has been in danger of being cancelled each year and, on a few occasions, ABC expressed interest in taking it over. Though it’s looking doubtful that the alphabet network will indeed save it, discussions are still ongoing.
Kari Lizer, Old Chrisine’s creator, says that the cancellation didn’t surprise her, especially considering the fact that the show was taken out of the Monday night block of sitcoms and has been put on hiatus many times during its run.
She recently told TV Guide, “As far as what happened at CBS, we’ve suffered from a serious lack of support from them since the beginning… I hate to say it, but I’m afraid they don’t care much for the female-of-a-certain-age point of view over there. How else do you explain them squandering the talents of Julia [Louis-Dreyfus] and Wanda [Sykes]?”
The cancellation news came at a particularly bad time for Sykes. Her Saturday night talk series, The Wanda Sykes Show, was also cancelled by FOX. Lizer expects Sykes to bounce back though, noting, “She’s never funnier than when she’s pissed off.”
What do you think? Is CBS’ treatment of Old Christine some kind of sexism or just due to poor ratings?
Image courtesy CBS.
this show was funny. i will miss it. P.S. CBS BRING BACK COLD CASE!!!!!!
whats with the 2 and a half men bashing??? that show has done well and it has done what old christine couldnt…. get viewers, it dont matter if you dont like it it looks like everyone else does, i dont see sexism, old christine got pretty boring it was funny at first but now unlike 2 and a half men they are not able to re use old story lines and make em funny, thats how a show last! ohs well!! 🙂
Old Christine was the funniest female lead show followed by Cougar Town. Both are MUST SEE television in my book and I can’t believe Old Christine is gone. Who in the world is still watching Two and a Half Men is beyond me because that show stopped being funny three seasons ago and has only gotten worst. Two and a Half Men is the #1 comedy on CBS yet it continues to recycle the same lame storylines season after season and its star Charlie Sheen is one of the biggest losers in Hollywood. And instead of CBS finally canceling the… Read more »
sucks, this was a good show! hopefully some network can bring it back! as for sykes, i dont feel sorry for her losing her show on fox, it wasnt funny! she is super funny but for some reason her show wasnt!
I am very upset this show was cancelled it was very funny! It cheered me up and I enjoyed watching it. Stupid CBS. This show was great.
Oh for the love of God, canceled because of SEXISM?! Really? The producer just cant handle that her show isnt getting wnough of an audience…
Canceled because of sexism… Kari Lizer, get a life and grow a pair!
Hey if I had 34-D breasts like Julia, I’d probably want to show ’em off too. If that’s what gets ratings, then who cares?
ummm, i’m really not sure who you are talking about. i think it’s comical if people think she is a “D” cup. it is truly amazing what a push-up bra will do but come on now people.
also, if a high school boy has posters of her, i think he needs to be brought to a shrink.
Jim, I’m guessing you don’t know a whole lot about bras, breasts or high schoolers.
I fully agree with Chitowngirl that 2.5 men should have been cancelled long ago – say when Charlie first got engaged. That’s when it jumped the shark and was no longer about Charlie being a single, womanizer. Not to mention that Jake is no longer “half a man”, he is almost a full 0ne! Christine isn’t funny. It’s icky when they infer incest between Old Christine and her brother Matthew and between Matthew and his mother. And they made a mockery of lesbian love with that whole fake marriage between Old Christine and Barb. I’m surprised Wanda Sykes went for… Read more »
Sexism? No. Lousy ratings because it wasn’t very funny? Yep.
Hey, don’t be hatin’ on Julia just because she has nice curves. A lot of women get cast on shows simply because they have a large breast size, ever hear of “Stacked”??
It’s not sexism. It was cancelled because it was a bad show. Think about Designing Woman, The Golden Girls, The Good Wife, Sex in the City…there are TONS of shows that center around women. They are just trying to find something to blame their sucky show on. I watched the Christine in the beginning, but I stopped after the first year or two because it just wasn’t funny.
Couldn’t stand the show, should have been canceled years ago. Considering both shows Skyes was involved in got canceled says that she wasn’t that good or funny. Also think they should have canceled two and a half men. Suffers from the same problems. The show has gotten old, stupid, and just not funny.
The majority of the viewers tuning in to “Old Christine” were disgusting young men who were just lusting over Julia Louis-Dreyfus. Thats why they tailored many scenes get her to show off her big chest and rear. I wish we could just focus on comedy, but we live in a ratings based world sadly.
Lisa you are so right! All the guys in my class are always talking about how she is the number one “MILF”. I think it’s weird when guys prefer older women like Julia to the girls in our school.
Bethany, are you in high school? My son is probably about your age and he has a big poster of Julia in his room. I think it’s just a phase boys go through. But Lisa is right, the producers shouldn’t have to resort to Julia flaunting her body just to get ratings.
I used to like this show – Old Christine but lately it is pathetic. Why does Old Christine have to be so stupid? It is disguisting how dumb she is.
Purely a sexist decision! Loved this show and recorded it if I wasn’t home to see it live. Will really miss the great writing & acting. The team had some of the best timing out there!!