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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OMG i really hope BET get this show! i record every episode i never knew it was on! please BET get this show!!!! you dont have any good shows like this… this would be great for you and all the fans that are watching all the re-runs, i ve beeb ontop of this whole “bring back the show” thing and so many people are watching the re-runs, imagine the new episodes…. PLEASE FIGHT G|FOR IT!!!!!!!
i love the game is funny and sad. and is good televison so bring the game back Please
PLEASE BRING BACK THE GAME……I WISH SOMEONE WOULD PICK IT UP AND MAKE IT AN HOUR LONG SERIES! I JUST REALLY LOVE THAT SHOW, I CAN RELATE ON SO MANY LEVELS.
i want the game back on the air with new shows that show is great. i say we start a petition to get it back
THE GAME IS A WONDERFUL SITCOM I DONT KNOW WHY THEY CANCELLED IT.IT SUCKS ,I HAVE BEEN CHECKING MY TV GUIDE FOR MONTHS TO FIND OUT WHEN IT’S COMING BACK.PLEASE HURRY AND SEND IT BACK I MISS ALL THE CHARACTERS.I WOULD REALLY LIKE TO KNOW WHAT HAPPENED TO TASHA’S AND KELLY’S FRIENDSHIP,KELLY’S MARRIAGE WHITH JASON,DERWINS BABY EVRYTHING
I am sooooooooo upset that “The Game” got canceled. So many people liked that show. I think it was a stupid discussion to cancel it. I hope they bring it back!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
CONTINUE THE SHOW!!!!!!!!! PLEASEEEEEEE!!! I WANT TO SEE MORE OF WHAT HAPPENS!
I think the game should *** back it a good show it’s funny ,sad,and it’s good televison so bring the game back I want to see more …..k
Please bring back The Game!!!!!!
Absolutely addicted to this show… I used to wait for new episodes every week. Been hoping for past several months that CW would reconsider =(
please bring the game back it is so funnny and i enjoy watching it. this was the best thing yall ever did
PLEASE BRING BACK THE GAME, I WANT TO SEE WHAT HAPPEN TO KELLY AND JASON, AND I LUV THE FACT THT THEY FINALLY DID GET MARRIED, WANT TO SEE THAT TOO.
no i want more……this show is funny and it can make you cry so i love it… black people are usully typed casted and this show shows the many faces to us so big ups to the game i hope it catches on and people love it as much as i
YEA THEY NEED TO PUT NEW EPISODES EITHER ON HERE OR ON BET BECAUSE IM TIRED OF WATCHING TH ESAME EPISODES OVER AND OVER.
This would be a shame if once again another mainly minority sitcom is prematurely ended. I myself had become very intruged with the number of storylines and drama of the show. The wedding episode was only a teaser of what could come next for the show!! are Jason and Kelly really done, how do Derwin and Melanie cope with the struggles of marriage, also this may come as a shocker..but I myself would look forward to the comic relief of TT. So even as we all know this is probably a dead series, I think something needs to be said… Read more »