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.
I’ve read so many comments and have not found one negative thing that was said about this show. It’s obvious that it needs to be picked back up. It is hilarious, and is the only show that can actually make me laugh out loud! ABC needs to wake up and see what a success this show is, and realize they would be smart to pick it up. PLEASE BRING IT BACK SOMEBODY!!!!!!!!
I am so disappointed that this sitcom was not picked up — it was one of the funniest on the airwaves, along with 2 1/ Men. What is wrong with this cable networks – putting those crappy reality shows on when the great sitcoms are there for the asking! I am so sick of all those reality shows, dumb housewives, etc. Bring back Old Christine!
This show is one of my favs along with 2 & a half men. It should not be cancelled!
What a joke. as usual we as consumers get left out in the cold. The show was funny and entertaining especially compared to the garbage of so called “Realty Shows” polluting the airwaves. How they call them “Realty” is beyond me. Any sitcom is more in tune with the “Realty” of every day life. I’ll miss the “New Adventure of Old Christine”.
I love this show and can’t stand that no one has picked it up!
MANY people that have been living life and unable to relax w TV don’t know this and are thinking it’s a spring renewal. This has been one of my go to shows through the past couple of difficult years. boo. I’m dissapointed. We feel that the emsemble is one of the best. Ty Burell, Modern Family, is the same tap as Clark Gregg. That tap is the key to shows at this time.
I think it is a shame that the rare, CLEVER sitcom is dropped before trying it long enough in a new time slot. Once I started watching it I had trouble finding it due to poor promotion. Julia Louis-Dryfus should produce and pitch it to another network herself!!!!
its very sad that the show has ended, it is extremly funny, i really hope that someone gives the show another chance
I think it’s such a shame that “Old Christine” was cancelled! We have decided unanamously to cancel our cable in agreement that Most of the shows on television now are “Crap”. This just sealed the deal!
Instead we will by Seasons on DVD or use Net Flix. I believe that in the not to far future we will see the end of “TV” and the begining of ordering the show of your choice on your PC. So long Christine , thanks for the laughs. Good help those who enjoy reality “vicarious” TV.
I wish we could get a heads up when a series has been canceled. I kept thinking Christine would start back in january or something. I keep losing all my favorite shows!
Terrible job by both networks that between the 2 of them neither one had the sense to pick up one of the view good sitcoms left out there. And CBS did a terrible job by not at least picking up an abbreviated season to wrap the show up. When a show is on for that many seasons the network owes it to its viewers to give the show a true ending. Awful job all the way around and very foolish.
I am vert disappointed, I think ABC would have been smart to pick it up! Maybe promote better and keep a time slot. Very funny show & cast!!!! will be missed
I am late in posting my disappointment in the cancellation of the New Adv. of Old Christine. Very disappointed!
I am very upset that The New Adventures of old Christine was canceled. The cast was crazy funny. I am aslo sick of TV reality shows, especially when the great shows get axed and leave the so-called reality shows. When do we get to vote for our favorite shows? I am loosing interest in watching ABC or NBC. I just want to be entertained and laugh…Ya..Bring Christine back!
PLEASE! PLEASE! PLEASE!!! SOMEBODY PICK THIS SHOW UP!!! IT’S WAYYYYYY TOO FUNNY NOT TOO!!!!!!