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?
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Bring back the New Adventures of old Christine! I love this show I can’t stop laughing! She’s so funny and sexy too! It’s on so late at night but still love it and on the weekend also. Bring it back.
Please bring Old Christine back. It had wonderful writing and the actors were so fit to the part especially Julia.
I loved the show….still watch it every weekend. It’s too bad it ended, it is a great sitcom; good cast chemistry, likeable characters, etc.
One of the funniest shows I have ever seen. I tape of whenever it is on and am completely hooked. This show should have been picked up by ABC, huge mistake. It just needed the right network and platform to really gain popularity. It has the same qualities as Friends and Will and Grace. Hilarious show and a perfect cast!
please bring The New Adventures of old Christine back my mom and i are so upset that they CANCELED it. It was our favorite tv show why do you always cancel the good shows and leave all this Reality shows we are so disappointed…
I just recently discovered ‘ New adventures of Old Christine’ and was so disappointed to hear it was canceled. Truly one of the best laugh out loud comedy’s on TV today. I hope the network rethinks their decision and brings it back.Perhaps a different time slot would get better ratings?
This was the funniest show ever made, how can they let it end? I love every person on that show and you just don’t find that kind of chemistry anymore! There are so many new shows, as well as old, that can not compare to the excellence of “Christine”, please get rid of any thing else but that!!! Help bring it back!!!!!
it is now September 2011 and I am REALLY praying that this sitcome will come back….it was SO FUNNY!!!! Please………
I am so bummed that this was cancelled! Truly one of the funniest shows I have seen in a long time! Bring this show back!!!!!!
K, so I very much wished this show wasn’t cancelled as well. I have been watching it this morning on re-runs and I just laugh and laugh. It was the one about Christine going to the 25th reunion with Daniel. Sooo funny!!! The chemistry between ALL of the actors, regulars and occassionals is amazing. So enjoyable!! Too bad when networks don’t get what is quality programming that is worth sticking with. Oh well……..
yes they should have. i will miss the show and have stayed up until 1:30 in the morning to see it. think again guys.
this is the best show ever and I wish they would bring it back – it is hilarious and has the best actors! Big mistake cancelling this one!
I love Old Christine! Please Bring It Back???!!! Please? It so much better than what’s out there now. Thank God we have reruns, but I want new episodes. It’s not like the show had run its course….it was awesome, fresh, and so funny. Julia and Hamish had such great comedic timing. All of them did, actually. All the actors had chemistry, too. And we all know how important that is for a show to work. Plus, you can’t tell how many viewers are DVR’ing shows, which won’t show up in the ratings…lots of people DVR nowadays because of work, etc.… Read more »
I think the network made a huge mistake on this one. This is the type of show that makes people wanna sit n’ watch tv, yet with all the stupid real time television shows (like survivor n’ big brother) seems the good shows such as Old Christine, go unnoticed. Well I notice it and so do a few others who watched it on a weekly basis.
BRING IT BACK, IT WAS A GREAT SHOW!!!
I love this show. I tape her shows and watch them when I need a laugh. She is so funny! I certainly hope there will be a change of mind. what a shame!