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 cancellation of “The Game” is unfortunate. This was one of the few shows that still had promise for a multiculture audience. The plots were will written and realistic in nature. The characters were well casted and deserves more seasons. If BET decides to pick up the sitcom, this could help boost their ratings considering the drop off of people in my age group (30 to 45).
i love this show and i hope BET will come out with a season 4 because i need to see what happens with tasha and rick fox, jason and kelly, and mell and derwin. i want to know does mell and derwin end up with a great relationship even though derwin has a baby by another girl; and i want to know does kelly tell jason how she feels about him and if they get back together. and finally, i need to find out if tasha and rick fox end up getting married. see theres a lot of unanswered questions… Read more »
that’s some ******** that show was the best one yet !!!!!!!!!!!! damn
This is a very entertaining show – I don’t get it? Why remove something that is so unique and which speaks to a broad audience? This past season was hit or miss at best when trying to find the show and there is no real advertising for it – so what did you expect? Stop trying to force feed us with cookie cutter rhetoric from other CW shows and give us something entertaining like “The Game” with great actors and a funny story-line.
this show was cool.i hope it gets picked up by another station.its a good show w/ good believable actors…
I really like “The Game”. I watched the 1st 2 seasons and missed some of the last because of a schedule change and it was changed from Monday to Friday. I would love to see what happens with Derwin and Melanie. I would also like to see if Jason and Kelly make a mends. I watch it now on my lunch break at work and so many of my co workers are getting into it. I hope they at least get a 4th season.
look you shouldn’t have cancel cause it a better show to watch and its what alot of people who loves to watch this show the last show when the two couple got merried and when the they the baby that then you should keep the show going cause when people come home its time for the game on and come to find out its cancel people get mad it a wonderful show that u can relate to . its funny and people can enjoy watching it with there family
Please please pleasse!!!! BET if you pick up any sitcoms or anything worth watching please let it be “The Game”. I am really looking forward for this sitcom and finding out what happens to “Derwin” and “Mel”. I am a true advocate of this show and it is truely worth watching.
I really liked this show mainly bc it was DIFFERENT!!!! It didn’t seem to follow the same cookie cutter image and fit in the same box of all the other shows. I always enjoy some variety and in my opinion most of the shows target the SAME audience.
damn i love this show so much i wish they bring it back
and hell no i aint happy with the way things ended well yeah im glad for Melanie and Derwin but dang whats the deal with jason!?!?!i hope kelly and him get back togeather!
haha i also cried on the ending of season 3
Please don’t cancel the game! It’s such a great show and every time someone new watches it with me, they’re always hooked too!!!
OMG!! why would the cw cancel “the game’!! i absoloutely loved that show, it was honestly my favorite, ive been waitin 2 hear anythin bout the season 4 on tv but i still havent heard nothin :(…. the cast was sooo funny and the way season 3 ended had me in tears 2, im so happy mel n derwin got married, im dyin 2 c what happens next with them, jason n his new grl, and tasha and kelly!!! ugh i hate cw 4 cancellin it
Please dont Cancel the show it is a very very funny and amazing show i just started watching it and i would love to see more soo pleaseeee dont cancel The Game.
I really cant belive that you all are concerening cancelling the sitcom.It is a really good show and you have to0 keep it on. It is very intertaing.The crew you have on its like they all good for the show dont change any one if it do happen to stay on which I really hope for. It seems like everytime a good black show comes on and every body get into it you all want to take it off the air what about the stupit other shows you have on the air take some of them off the air and… Read more »
No, I am not satisfied with the way the season ended. There are more story lines than just that of the characters derwin and melanie, what’s going to happen next since Kelly clocked Tasha, and will Jason continue to be with camile, and Rick Fox reappears and will he and Tasha get back together, and has malik finally met his match in the relationship department. There are alot of loose ends to tye up but of course with a series they want you to stay tuned to the next episode so with all this that is yet to happen on… Read more »