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.
This show is one of my favorite shows. I haven’t laughed this hard at a sitcom since seifeld. This show and The Ofice are the only ones I tape. I’ve turned all my friends onto it and they’re hooked too. Finally, there’s a show with clever writing and a witty cast with chemistry! ABC’s line up is so sad. Who’s making these brilliant decisions?
I wholeheartedly AGREE!!!! This is and was a very very funny and timely and smart comedy! Ratings shouldn’t be the end all and be all…the people that are true fans are most likely to pay attention to the commercials and watch reruns….I love the show in syndication now and laugh even though I have seen it many times before!!!!!! SMART comedies don’t get old fast!!!! Bring our Christine back! What a great cast and the possibilities in the lives of these people haven’t even scratched the surface!!!!! Funniest lady on TV since Lucy….
Don’t you guys get it? If the people love it, the networks cancel it. Gary Unmarried, The Unit, New Adventures, Medium. I could go on but it’s too depressing.
Still LOVE this show…some network should pick it up!!! 😉
COME ON! THis is a Great show! Funny, creative, great writing and acting. I can Not believe this happened. Figures the company just becomes so greedy and all they think about it money. Try all these new shows that won’t make it and leave this one that was making it! Amazes me!
I really didn’t start watching the show until the reruns. Now I look forward to them only they play the same ones all the time I wish someone would pick the show back up. It is uniquely funny, moreso than many of a lot of these less than funny comedies.
This really sucks !!!!!!!!!!!! How are they going to cancle this show . Its really good CBS,AND ABC ITS YOUR LOSE AND THE PEOPLE WHO LOVE THIS SHOW!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I absolutely love the show and personally think its retarted that it was cancelled.
They should absolutely pick up the show. There hasn’t been a sitcom that has made me laugh so hard in a very long time. And it’s not fair to the viewers to not have a final episode. After five seasons…? You just leave your viewers high and dry?
I LOVE the new adventures of old christine! I can’t believe that it got canceled and no one picked it up! I love watching the reruns and can’t stop laughing.
loved the show…thought it was hysterical until the writers seemed to be writing with far left thinking/opinions…then I stopped watching
This was the BEST SHOW EVER! Please please please bring it back! I would laugh so hard my stomach would hurt!
This is such a great show. Love all of the characters. The writers really created funny lines that made each actor seem so realistic in their roles. I am extremely disappointed that it was cancelled & can’t believe that it hasn’t been picked up. You could always depend on being entertained by this show. Although I record all of the reruns, I WANT NEW EPISODES!!!!! This show needs to continue. Someone, anyone please pick up this funny show……….
Does anyone know the meaning of the phrase “Karis logo here” at the end of each show?
New Adventures …was an awesome show, it was consistently funny and I really miss it. Should not have cancelled!
I really can’t believe the show was canceled
because every night it is on some channel
or even two..
Great funny show..you guys never know what the ppl.
like..I have seen so many shows just go and you scratch your head and wonder “WHAT WERE THEY THINKING”
I watch ‘New Adventures…’ on Lifetime and still have to rewind my DVR because I was laughing too hard to catch the next line….even though I’ve seen the episode before. This was one of the best sitcoms in a very long time!! I have two young kids and have little time to sit and laugh at adult comedy. I wish CBS had tried to set it up to pull in more viewers if it wasn’t working where it was. ABC should have absolutely picked this show up (and I wish someone still would). It is such a bummer because there… Read more »
I think it is one of the all time funniest sitcoms on tv. I can’t believe that the stations take off something as enjoyable and put on these moronic reality shows. The whole ensemble works so well in this series, that watching them over and over is the norm in our house. I laugh at the same lines over and over. I really hope the stations change their minds and bring Christine back on prime time…