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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HOW THE HELL DO THEY END IT ON A BAD NOTE LIKE THAT
I WANT TO SEE WHAT HAPPENS TO MELANIE AND DERWIN AND ALSO HOW TASHA AND KELLY END UP AND JASON AND HIS GF HOW WILL THEY TURN OUT!
I SERIOUSLY HAT CW FOR TAKING IT OFF I WILL NEVER WATCH THAT CHANNEL UNTILL THIS SHOW MIS BACK ON
Awwwwwwww
dnt cancel the game please please please no no no!!!!
omg the game has to stay season 3 ending was crazy!! you cant leave us like this we need more! love this show!!!
I really really liked the show and hope that the rumors of it being werent true… i would like to see it come back and pick up right where they left off… it would be nice if the baby wasnt Derwin’s and that him and Melanie can finally move forward and she can have his baby herself…. Jasan and Kelly need to get back together and Rick and Tasha should too…. i had high hopes for this show!! I hate that they cancelled another black show to air another corny white reality tv series!!!
It’s was a really good show! So sad to hear that the show was cancelled.
I am so upset by this. It’s Friday, so I checked the listings to see if it was coming on tonight…to no avail I realize it has been cancelled. This is SUCKS!! I too just started watching it and am mad that I slept on it. It’s a really great show!! DANG!!!
i love this show dont cancel it its one of my favorites i need to know whats going to happen
Bet needs to take “Tiny and Toya” and “Neffe and Frankie” off and put the fourth season of “THE GAME” on. I mean come on which one do you think is more inspiring? THE GAME deals with relationship, friendship and family. It doesnt degrade blk people like them other shows Debra Lee wasted B.E.T. money on. Shame on you Debra.
Noo I Loveee Thee Gamee Pleasee Dontt NoOOOOO
Don’t cancel The Game. It was fun and entertaining to watch. I really enjoyed all the characters. The show made me laugh and cry. There are few shows I like and this was one of them.
It seems that the CW has a problem with minority shows. You’ve cancelled all of them except for America’s Next Top Model, which is getting tired in my opinion.
If you cancel The Game , I will have no reason to watch the CW anymore.
Please keep it on.
I love the game soo much. I am upset that it has cancelled. I watch the reruns all the time on BET. My friends and I really relate to this show. It seems so real every episodes stirss an emotion for its just that serious of a show. Please bring it back!!!!
I love this show!!! I want to see a season Four…. I’m glad that melanie and derwin finally got married… BUT I NEED MORE…. I want to see what happens with Kelly and Jason. Please bring it back…………………
PLEASEEEE DON’T CANCEL THE GAME!!!
I love this show i was so happy that med school and ding dong finally got married but im not satisfied with the show just ending like that i want to watch more the show must go on………
please don’t cancel the i just discovered it and i fell in love with it . if you all cancel it i may cry. pleaseeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee! do not cancel the game
Please dont cancel “The Game”