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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PERSONALLY I THINK THE WHOLE FRIENDS ALONG WITH THE GAME WAS A PRETTY GUD COMBO…. PPL LOVED BOTH OF THE SHOWS EQUALLY, BUT WHEN FRIENDS LEFT THE NET WORK AND THEY PUT THE GAME TO A FRIDAY NITE KNOWING PPL LOVE TO HANG OUT FRIDAY NITES…..THE NET WORK HAD TO KNOW THAT RATING WOULD GO DOWN!!!! NOT TO MENTION THERE IS NO BLACK SHOWS AT THE MOMENT SHOWING ON THE CW…BUT I LOVED THE SHOW AND I REALLY WISH ANOTHER NETWORK WOULD PICK THEM UP AND ALSO ADD ANOTHER GOOD BLACK SHOW TO SUPPORT THE GAME, SO WE CAN HAVE… Read more »
This is one of the best shows since Girlfriends. I love the show, it takes real life situations in the life of athelets and teir families and puts a spin on it. – hate how the show ended with such a cliff hanger, I am hoping that there is a season 4,5,6, and more. I hope you al truely consider picking up where you all left off and keep the episods going. “Love the cast”, ya’ll keep doing what ya’ll do!!!!!!
im freakin’ mad as crap i really liked tht show…gosh i wish they never cancelled it….wht the french toast!!!!!!!!! ughhhh (ANGRY FACE)!!!!!
NO I DON’T LIKE THE WAY IT ENDED AND I WANT TO C THE 4th SEASON TO C WAT IS GOING TO HAPPEN NEXT. CW SHOULDN’T LET IT END LIKE THAT. BUT IF THEY DO I HOPE THE GAME WILL MAKE A MOVIE SO THE FANS CAN C WAT HAPPENED.
Please bring back the game. It was one of my favorite shows and it was very unfinished. I am not staified with the wedding being the last episode. At the veryt least it should be finished for the 1.68 million viewers watching. This show was real and relatable. It was not like the other sitcoms on TV and they were not afraid to go there!!! Please bring it back!!!!
I have watch The Game every since they been on tv. The show is GREAT and so REAL. We already have a shortage of TV shows with a majority Black cast. Each character complements each other so well. PLEASE bring THE GAME BACKKKKKKKKKKKKK
i dont see why you would get rid of the game,,,the show is the best sitcom in a long time and im completely not satisfied with the ending it left me on edge wanting more..please another season has to be in the making!
I love this show PLEASE BRING IT BACK !!!!!
well i LOVE THIS SHOW!! since the first time i saw it on BET i knew it was going to be a great show, and i wasn`t wrong. i just can`t stop laughing to it. and the characters are so real. one can actually relate to them. i`ve seen it all the way up to the wedding of ding dong and mel, and they haven`t showed any episodes of the next season. so i`m just hoping they decide to keep the show, and to make some new seasons cause this show is the best show i`ve seen yet!!!
I think that alot of people stop watching the show because on CW in my city I could never see the show without the sound going out and I did not know what time it came on. I am a huge fan and could watch it over and over. I love the entire cast. Tasha Mack is so hilarious!!!!!!!! I could be feeling depressed and watch this show and forgot what I was upset about.
Please bring he Game back! Just because there aren’t millions of pople watching doesn’t mean you get rid of it. There is still that good amount of people who want to see the show continue. How rude is it that you would cancel the show when it is gettig to its peak@ That is unbelievable that the CW would do that. None of their shows on the station are even viewed so getting rid of that really killed their ratings. Thank you and bring the show back. PLEASE!
I would like to say that the Game is one of the shows that i ran home to watch and cannot understand what would be the rhyme or reason for taking them off. I am one of the people who watched the game from the first to the last episode and loved every minute of it.The show was doing fine when it was on monday nights and then on sunday nights also, but who is actually going to come home on a friday night to watch tv. It seems like the show was set up to fail anyway with the… Read more »
I really like this show and did not see the last season because i did not know which day it was on. But i have since seen the re-runs on BET and U-Tube. Give the viewers a season 4 and run it on another day besides Friday and Saturday. I think it lost viewers because of this schedule.
i know they better bring back the game that was the best sho on c.w next to everybody hates chris . but PLEASEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE bring back the game i look foward to the new season
I have been watching re-runs of the game for sometime, waiting for the a new season. It’s sad a good show like THE GAME is/or has been cancled. How do you appeal to the networks to let them know we “the viewers” want more postive shows, that put all races in a good light. What was the reason the show was cancled, I read about the show lost viewer, My wife and I still watch the re-runs, so I am sure that are a great many of people are wishing this show would continue, like my wife and I. I… Read more »