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.
Now there really will be NOTHING ON TV!
I can’t believe CBS cancelled this and made S&*% My Dad Says. That show is just awful and this one was amazing.
I loved teh New Adventures of Old Christine. I want it back!!
I was looking forward to another season of New Adventures of Old Christine but hadn’t heard or seen anything about when it was starting again, so I went online and found this. WTH! This show is awesome! There are so many other shows that could have been canceled instead of this one. Please bring it back.
I got online to see when the new season was starting for Old advenrentures of new Christine was set to air. After some investigation I found it has been cancelled! Could I have been the only one watching it and the only one who had it in my top 3 favorite shows?! Julia has great timing and was never afraid to embarass herself for a laugh. I dont understand how shows like bad girls and the Kardashians stay on the air ( I have never watched a full episode of either) the commercials promoting them are enough to make me… Read more »
What the frack?!! I just now found out that it was cancelled. Julia is one of the most entertaining and talented actors on tv. The people who cancelled it probably never even watched the show….they probably just added up some numbers on a “more money in our pocket” list and forgot to carry the one.
CANCELLED?! Why? Is the network trying to lose good shows? This show was hilarious.
I want The new Adventures of the old Christine Back!! It rocked
Please bring back this show……what are the tv exe’s on? CRACK???
The one good comedy on tv and you cancel it??????????????????????????????
You ALL should be ashamed of yourselves!!!!
I am a huge fan of Christine and have been watching the re-runs; such awesome- quick- smart comedy! I too love the dysfunction – so authentic – I know those mean PTA moms!!! I drink too much wine!! I can relate to this show and am so disapointed that no one will pick it up. Love the characters. What a shame – what a loss.
New Adventures of Old Christine was hilarious, an excellent show. I cant believe that it is not being picked up, but these obnoxious reality shows cant die a natural death. What the heck is wrong with everyone when a quality sit-com cant continue???
I love this show & was very disappointed to hear it was cancelled by CBS & even more disappointed that ABC wasnt smart enough to take a chance on a really funny comedy. I am amazed that this show was not a hit as I find all the dysfunctional characters to be hysterical & make it a laugh outlaw comedy that the network did not adequately advertise & didn’t give it a time slot that had a chance. Both networks hav let go of a jewel in the rough.
Its crazy that all the good shows are being replaced with stupid ones. I only watch shows that keep me interested and old christine was definitely one of them. Ghost whiperer was totally unrealistic and uninteresting. Medium is the same way. Those 2 shows are fake and the acting was fake. There are people who are as funny as christine and lead similar lives. It was a funny show and its tragic that no one would pick it up!
What a shame. Not too many funny shows on TV but this was hilarious. Julia Louis-Dreyfus was great in this role. I will truly miss new episodes. My husband is equally as dissapointed.
They let reality shows on TV like survivor and cancell something really entertaining. I hate reality show. Please bring back entertainment.
Please bring this show back. I could not believe it when I heard it was cancelled. It was definitely one of the best. I don’t watch a huge amount of tv, but I always looked forward to this one.