To very little surprise, the CW has cancelled one of its few remaining sitcoms, The Game. Is this the end for the series or could it still return?
Created by Mara Brock Akil, The Game began as a spin-off of Akil’s long-running comedy, Girlfriends. The series centers around a first year medical student (Tia Mowry) who chooses to follow her pro-football boyfriend (Pooch Hall) to San Diego. Others in the cast include Brittany Daniel, Coby Bell, Hosea Chanchez and Wendy Raquel Robinson.
The first sitcom to debut on the CW network, The Game averaged 2.3 million viewers in season one. For season two, the ratings dropped to 2.07 million and a .96 rating in the 18-49 demographic. This season, it’s fallen to an average of 1.68 million viewers and a tiny 0.7 rating in the demo, in part because it was given a Friday night timeslot.
The CW is essentially getting out of the sitcom business and has cancelled The Game after 64 episodes. There had been talks about changing the show’s format to an hour-long dramady, to make it more compatible with the network’s other programming. That was seen as a long-shot at best and actually would have created its own set of challenges for syndication.
Though The Game only has 64 episodes, BET recently signed a syndication deal to air the first two seasons and season three will be added this Fall. To increase the show’s number of episodes, there have been discussions between the cable channel and CBS (the show’s studio) about co-funding original episodes. The deal would likely come with some cost-cutting measures.
There’s been no further word on the potential deal with BET so, as of right now, “The Wedding Episode” is the series’ last.
If The Game isn’t rescued from cancellation, are you satisfied with the way the sitcom ended — with Melanie and Derwin finally getting married?
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The was the best show i’ve ever seen. I am verrryyy upset that there is even talk of canceling it…….I would really like to see Jason and Kelly get back together
HOW COULD THIS SHOW GET CANCELLED? I WATCH THE RE-RUNS OVER AND OVER. PEOPLE JUST CAN NOT GET ENOUGH OF THIS SHOW. I LOVE IT AND I HOPE IT RETURNS AND GIVE ME SOME MORE LAUGHTER. THIS WAS THE BEST SITCOM BY FAR!!!!!!
I hate shows that end like that. I would like to see what happens next. Shows like this makes me wish I never started watching in the first place.
I am very upset with the last episode….the audio was horrible and for a true fan I was very disappointed for the show to end that way!
Of course I was glad that Derwin and Melanie were married, but I want to see the aftermath!
I hope BET picks it up and continues the story of the whole cast…I love all the characters! Especially Tasha Mack!!! LoL!
I just started watching the show and can’t get enough of it! What will happen with Kelly and Jason & Tasha and Rick? I need to know! I hope a station will pick up the show and continue with season 4!
I love The GAME!!! I watch the repeats like I never seen them before. CWTV is idioidic to cancel THE Game. CWTV is a racist company. I have told as many people that I could (friends, family, co-workers, and neighbors) about how they are and majority will support me in not watching any of the other shows (90210 or Gossip Girls). Bring back The GAME!!! or someone else should pick it up !
THE CW IS RACIST. they cancel every show with a black cast.
clearly this show is amazing and millions of people watch it, just look at the message boards all over the web. **** cw, never watching another show on that network.
Cw need to get rid of 90210 it not good all those sad ass white people not good cw hates black shows I think we as blacks should not look at anything on cw boycott it cuz think there r no all blacks cast shows on there they even took the black do off one tree hill cw hates blacks!!!!
I love the game I can really related to my girl malein and derwen everthing in that storyline has happend to me expected marry,and like the fact that it make black more then just durg dealers it sucks . Makes me think cw is racesest
I really am upset by the decision that CW has made. I really like The Game, it’s a show i can relate too. The Game has became a part of my life and for it to end like that upsets me! I would LOVE for it to come back!
I would love for the show to air another season. I’m sure that everyone who loves the show wants to see Melanie and Derwin buy a house together, have a baby take a blood test to see if the baby by Janay is really his, will Kelly and her cheap husband get back together will Tasha marry her boyfriend does Malik finally grow up. There is so many things that the show has left up in the air. I HOPE THEY RECONSIDER AND DO AT LEAST ONE MORE SEASON.
The Game is a great show . The CW purposely took The Game and and Everybody Hates Chris and put it on Friday Nights so it could not get ratings and they would have an excuse to take it off the air. They advertise Gossip Girl and 90210 all the time but you never seen them advertise The Game or Everybody Hates Chris people barely knew what time it came on. If you take The Game advertise it and but it on a good time slot and have another black shows lol night like UPN used to have on Monday… Read more »
The Game is a great show . The CW purposely took The Game and and Everybody Hates Chris and put it on Friday Nights so it could not get ratings and they would have an excuse to take it off the air. They advertise Gossip Girl and 90210 all the time but you never seen them advertise The Game or Everybody Hates Chris people barely new what time it came on. If you take The Game advertise it and but it on a good time slot and have another black shows lol night like UPN used to have on Monday… Read more »
I inadvertently caught a couple of episodes while my 19 year old daughter was watching, and I became hooked. The “Game” is well written and addresses real issues. The storylines are always interesting and unpredictable. I hope that things can be worked out and the show returns soon. I am intersted in how things turn out for your principal characters.
cancellation should not be an option due to ratings since CW moved it to a night when no one is home. We still want to see what happens with kelly and if the baby really is derwins