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.
PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE BRING THIS SHOW BACK!!!
Please bring New Adventures of Old Christine Back!! I want to see Christine and Max and Matthew live happily ever after. 🙂 I Love the Old Christine character, and could hilariously relate! 😉 I think it brought alot of humor back into less than “traditional” homes, as well as traditional and should given a second chance at Success!! Have stopped watching CBS sitcoms because of its cancellation. There are quite a few people I know that realy loved the show as well and feel very betrayed by a network that would turn on it’s viewers and it’s show, with it’s… Read more »
When you base an entire show around nothing but how sexy your main character is, eventually the joke will run its course. We get it Julia, you have a big chest. That isn’t enough to form a whole sitcom around. The other problem with The New Adventures of Old Christine is that it only drew a younger make audience. Women don’t want to tune in to watch Julia Louis-Dreyfus shake her big booty and bounce her breasts around. The show lacked substance, that is why it is gone.
They’re crazy! So funny..at least it’s in reruns when I’m on the treadmill..
love this show… watching re-runs…. how can viewers get the networks to reconsider?
My husband and I love this show. I had started watching only a few months ago, but now I try to watch the reruns almost every day. My husband and I usually don’t have the same taste in TV shows, but it is the one show we always watch together. We loved Julia in Seinfield, but she is so much better in this show. All the characters work so well together.
Please bring the show back. We really want to see what happens after the baby is born.
These Networks are crazy!! This show was great and should not have been cancelled!! I have to admit I was a skeptic at first with Julia on her own after Senfield, but this show ROCKS and she is absolutely fabulous in it!! Along with the rest of the cast!!!
My husband and I love this show. He hates most TV shows that are currently on except for 3 and this one was on the list. The entire cast worked so well together unlike most shows where I only care for one or two of the cast so I watch only for there performances. This show, Modern Family and The Middle are the best shows. They should have picked this up and placed it in the slot between The Middle and Modern Family. I could do without the current show in that place.
I just love this show and I think it is a big mistake u all had dropped the God willing somebody will pick the show up.
I LOVE the show and so upset that it was canceled..I watch all the reruns on wgn network..It is truly a funny show and is alot better than some of the other sitcoms on air now…..
BRING IT BACK — EXCELLENT CAST AND SHOW, SO ANGRY WITH BOTH NETWORKS! BRING IT BACK!!!!!
This show is hilarious! Everyone is so talented and funny. There are plenty of other shows that should have been canceled instead.
Please bring it back. Loved the show!!!
I absolutly love the show. Even as a new 23 year old mother i find my self relating to the show. I watch reruns and still laugh, i really hope someone picks up the show America needs it! Good clean comedy with a taste of real life drama!
I love this show – I am so disappointed that we won’t see what happens after New Christine’s baby is born
The chemistry of all the performers was excellent. This was truly funny. Bring it back.