Brian Damage
01-12-2011, 05:24 PM
The CW may be having second thoughts about canceling The Game and getting out of the comedy business. The return of The Game on BET, which resurrected Mara Brock Akil's series months after the CW axed it, drew a massive audience of 7.7 million viewers last night for the sitcom's fourth season premiere. That is the most watched series telecast on the network, and No. 2 overall, behind the 2009 BET Awards, which drew 10.2 million viewers days after the death of Michael Jackson. BET's other new scripted comedy, Let's Stay Together, did solid business too, attracting 4.4 million.
http://www.deadline.com/hollywood/
ThomasE
01-13-2011, 10:20 PM
That's what I've been hearing on Facebook. It did extremely well. I am trying to get a copy of the two episodes. I think it was thanks to advertising. CW, eat your heart out! LOL. I think maybe CW did it a favor by doing that.
http://www.breitbart.com/blog/2013/02/26/how-bet-destroyed-the-game/
by Sonnie Johnson26 Feb 20135
Originally created and directed by Kelsey Grammer, “The Game” used to be one of my favorite shows. It was the only sitcom, to my knowledge, that had three right leaning black leads.
Malik is the Libertarian; a “Do You” attitude and he celebrated his success everyday.
Derwin is the Social Conservative; God fearing and humble to a fault.
Jason is the Fiscal Conservative; to Jason, a budget isn’t balanced if there isn’t a surplus.
They were all hard working, dedicated, flawed, but strong black men.
ENTER BET
Malik becomes a drug addict (can’t give people too much freedom), bankrupt (he spent his money on himself and his family, not charity), and in rehab (he needs a little social awareness and re-education).
Derwin gets a barren marriage (you believed in God but your wife had abortion and is now sterile HAHA), disrespected (you used to be humble, let’s make that prideful and arrogant instead), and on the verge of a divorce (you want to be head of your household? Let’s give you an independent woman that cares more about her career than you).
Jason gets divorced (okay, maybe he deserved that), remarried quickly (we have to remove the one white character from the show), and thrown into a racial pot (you married a white girl? Let’s bring in Brandy and show them how a black girl does it).
BET took a popular sitcom and turned it into trash. The characters suck, the storylines suck and BET has no one to blame but itself.
irehtman
12-26-2014, 08:29 AM
I cannot even stand Tasha at all, so I'm glad this show needs to end right away.
cleverfun3000
12-27-2014, 09:27 PM
I cannot even stand Tasha at all, so I'm glad this show needs to end right away.
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ThomasE
01-02-2015, 02:28 AM
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Actually, this will be season number eight then nine...but will be the last two.