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 liked this program and was quite surprised to see it cancelled. I loved the “Mean Mommies” and how when Barb got angry, everyone got scared… 🙂 Plus, it’s nice to see a TV mother who isn’t always perfectly put together, married to an enormous blob of a man (the “esthetic imbalance”) and is kid of, well, neurotic!
BRING IT BACK! I LOVE THIS SHOW! I too recently started watching it.
I am so upset that this show has been cancelled! It is truly hilarious and CBS screwed up when it dropped this show! Please if ABC or any other network can get it PLEASE DO! It clearly didn’t get enough publicity since so many people ar just finding out about it. BRING IT BACK!
I am so disappointed that this show is canceled. Great stars, great situations, great writers for the show-please bring this show back!
Please bring it back! I’ve already watched all the re-runs, thinking it would be resuming Spring 2011. This was the one and ONLY show I enjoyed! THIS WAS THE ONLY SHOW ON TV THAT’S TRULY FUNNY, everything else sucks! I started recording it on my DVR because it made me laugh out loud! Something that every other show has completely failed to do. Now I find out that it’s been cancelled??!!! I’ve seen all the episodes now; and there weren’t that many. Please, please, PLEASE bring it back, I’m begging you!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! TV is one big disappointment without it!!
I love this show!!! It is the only show that makes me laugh out loud. I will; bet the cancellation had something to do with racism and or sexism. The characters were wondeful. Can’t some one bring this show back for more episodes!!!
This show is very funny. Give it a good time slot on ABC and it will be a hit. The acting and writing are both excellent.
my husband and i have also started watching it on lifetime and were so into show we looked for dvds to catch up we had no idea it had been on for years. bring it back.
This always happens to me.I find a great show and I look forward to more and the stupid networks cancel them for greed!!!! To show some reality crap. This show was hilarious and a relief from all the other shows that networks are all copying each others shows. So sad!!
Very dissapointed that New Adve… got cancelled. It is the best show on TV in comedy series. Julia and rest of the cast are so funny, my daughters and I watch this show every night it doesn’t matter that those are rerands. We record it on DVR and hope that it will get picked up by any network. I got my friends watch the show and we have a lot of lughs. Love the show. Great writers and actors are outstanding.
The New Adventures of Old Christine is one of the funniest sitcoms ever! I record every re-run and hope that another network will pick it up soon! Please!! It is hysterical!
I love this show, I can’t believe they cancelled it!!
I’m really surprised and upset that this show has been cancelled! I’ve been a fan for several years and thinks the show is hilarious. I’m really upset that once again the networks don’t seem to care much about their viewers when they cancel shows abruptly and don’t allow for finales to occur.
Just like others, I too just started watching this show on lifetime. It is really funny and I didn;t realize this show had so many seasons. I believe if a network were to pick up this show for a new season they would not regret it. More people have started watching this show and will now watch the new seasons. It really is a great show. from LasVegas, NV
OMG I only just started watchign this show only to find out it has been cancelled. I love it and am surprised its been on since 07! Why did I never see this! Just when I find something good to watch it’s gone. Bring it back!! Please!!!!!!
I can’t believe this show has been cancelled … it was
hilarious! So funny, Julia Louis Dreyfus and the whole cast are
awesome. Too bad more people didn’t “get” it. Please
reconsider!!!!!!!!!!