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.
We’ve been waiting for a late season premier only to find out that one of our favorite shows has been cancelled. This is the reason why we stopped watching NEW programming from the big 3 networks. They have the attention span of a gnat. Why get into a series when very few ever last?
I am late jumping on the band wagon on this one. I JUST started watching the show this season and it is the only show on tv that can make me laugh out loud. I like to sip a glass of wine and let the worries of the day fade away…Please don’t go….
i hate this was cancelled. this was one of the funniest shows on tv. ABC doesn’t know what they missed out on.
I am so upset that they cancelled the New Adventures of Old Christine, I absolutely loved that show. Julia Louis Dreyfuss was hilarious and the mix of cast was amazing. It was very well scripted and you laughed the whole show. They truly get rid of the great shows, such a shame! As for Ghost Whisperer I lost interest when she gave birth and her son was like 8 years old and looked nothing like them. I was so excited when she got pregnant and they jumped into something so unrealistic. They took away so much from the viewer having… Read more »
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I’m really upset about this show being cancelled. It was one of our favorite shows. We also liked Gary Unmarried and that one is gone too. It was a very funny show. Why do the networks always take away the GOOD shows and leave the stupid reality shows on?????
I’ve been hoping that new episodes of Old Christine would start mid season, but now I hear this and I’m crushed! This show is brilliant.
I was very disappointed that this show wasw cancelled by both CBS andABC shame on both networks this was a good sitcom,my family and I enjoyed it immenselywho ever makes these decisions maybe you should reconsider this poor choice and lookat some of the other sitcoms you are pushing off on us as entertaining
It was a favorite and full of laughs. Bring it back, please!!
I have been waiting for the new season to start and was just watching rerun and came online to find out it was cancelled. Are you freakin’ kidding me? I love that show! It really made me laugh. They cancelled it and they kept other ridiculous junk. ABC NEEDS to pick this up. It was incredibly funny sitcom and CBS has been making terrible decisions on their network. Didn’t they learn from the mistakes of NBC?
There are so many shows not worth watching. This was one of my favorites! I miss quirky Christine and her dysfunctional family!! Somebody needs to bring her back! Please!!!
I LOVED THIS SHOW!!!! NETWORKS ARE IDIOTS! GET RID OF SOME BORING REALITY JUNK AND BRING CHRISTINE BACK!
AGREE AGREE AGREE! Christine & her brother are a rare combination that brings laughs back .. in my living room at least. Reality tv is so phony that I stopped watching it looooooooong time ago. Now I’ll just have to watch re-runs of Christine and then watch the episodes again and again on the dvd sets I already have.
So, so, so upset New Adventures With Old Christine has been cancelled. What are these networks thinking??? It is soooooo rare that a sitcom will actually make me laught out loud and this show could do it like no other. I am crushed!
I am very upset the The New Adventures of Old Christine was cancelled.
It was a very funny show that I enjoyed watching and laughing hysterically with my daughter. I think it was a big mistake and was by far my favorite sitcom on TV.
There are so many ridiculous shows on TV and this was pure genious comedy !!
Bring it back……please….
I am so upset this was cancelled. We kept waiting for the new season to start then just read it has been cancelled. ABC should still pick up the series.
I was waiting for it to start too, wondering what was going on…so sad!