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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Man the game was a great show I really hope they put it on the BET. I love Mel and Derwin. I wanna know what happen to everybody. But PLEASE BRING THE GAME BACK ASAP!!!!!!!!!!!!!
please put the game back on i love it so much. its a wonderful show. so please please put it back on.
I love “The Game” like others have stated it is one of the best sitcoms on The CW and I too would be really upset if it was cancelled. Please bring the Game back…….
I am distraught that Cw would cancel “The Game”.If you ask me it was the best show they had.But I honestly think “The Game” should be on CW.BET is definitly the right place for it to be on.I bet the ratings would shoot up if it was on BET because we can relate more to the show.Overall, I don’t care what channel it’s on Please just….BRING THE GAME BACK!
No I am not happy that the show ended. I would like to see where things go, if Mel has her own baby with Derwin or if he goes back to Janay. What happens to Jason and Kelly, also if Robin and Milak stay together. It was a great show , clean and funny with every day problems of life. I hope that the show will return. (Sad face)
Im so freaking upset.. this is one of the best sitcoms in the world and i am devistated that it has been cancelled. i’ve been watchin this show since it first aired in 2006 and thats awful that its has been cancelled. plz cw reconcider… The games #1 fan, April
That sucks i love this show and i have waiting on it to start back please save it
I think the sitcom “The Game” should be continued because from watching it, it was very entertaining in my household and to my other friends. From reading the reviews I think you should not have the sitcom on Fridays because who actually stay home to watch television. So i think the show should be on Mondays or Wednesdays. To actually answer the question, the wedding scene should not be the last show because that leaves everyone with a lot of questions about the other characters and the baby situation. So please continue the show and don’t sell the show to… Read more »
I really think that the game shouldn’t be cancelled, because it was the best show out since Jamie Foxx, or Wanye Bros, and so on. I think that they should make it an hr long, and shouldn’t air it on friday. I love the Game
This was my favorite show. Please, please bring it back. It was very entertaining. That Tasha always kept me laughing.
i love the game!! please don’t leave us hanging & bring out season 4!!
I really love “The Game”, why cancel it now it was just getting good. I think BET needs to pick it up and continue to let us see where it goes with Melanie and Derwin and also Jason and Kelly. My girl Tasha Mack was on the chain. The CW really sucks when it comes to black sitcoms. I’m really hurt at this point.
I like this show, I got hooked on the show watching it on BET everyday I didn’t know it even came on the CW until I saw it one day on the network and The CW is not really an African-American network anyway so that is probably why it got cancelled. The way BET keeps showing the episodes everyday is like its getting ready to resume where it left off, they are already showing the last season on there.
I don’t watch much television but i really enjoy this show. Please don’t let it end!! Keep “The Game” alive. Is there some kind of online petition i can sign?
Please someone pick up the next season, I loved this show, and I am dying to know what happened after the last episode It would also be great to see it for a full hour.