In 2019, The CW announced that it was developing a reboot of its 2006 series ‘The Game’. So, what is the current stand of the network?
One of the most popular, influential, and ground-breaking shows with a cast comprising predominantly of coloured people, ‘The Game’ became a widely successful series during its run of 9 seasons between 2006 and 2015.
Highlights:
- Sports, relationships, and drama – Welcome to ‘The Game’
- The reboot helmed by The CW
- So, what is next in store for ‘The Game’?
Created by screenwriter and television producer Mara Brock Akil, the series was a comedy-drama that was telecasted on The CW for the first 3 seasons and was then picked up by BET for the remaining 6 seasons.
Its season 4 premiere on BET was historic as it attracted 7.7 million viewers, becoming the most-watched season premiere on cable television. Over the years, ‘The Game’ achieved the stature of a cult classic and still has fans hoping for its revival. Understanding the show’s potential, The CW began developing a reboot of series. So, how is the reboot coming along?
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Sports, relationships, and drama – Welcome to ‘The Game’
Actually a spin-off to the 2000 sitcom ‘Girlfriends’, ‘The Game’ features Tia Mowry as Melanie Barnett, a medical student who gave up her chance of joining the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine to move to San Diego, to support her boyfriend, Derwin Davis (Pooch Hall), a professional football player, against the wishes of her parents.
The series followed the lives of WAGS, focusing on relationships and friendships that the characters formed as the series progressed.
The series starred a line-up of good-looking actors including Tia Mowry, Pooch Hall, Brittany Daniel, Coby Bell, Hosea Chanchez, Wendy Raquel Robinson, Brandy Norwood, Lauren London, and Jay Ellis, who majorly contributed to the popularity of the series.
The series remained a fan favourite during its 9-year long run due to its engagingly dramatic take on all things sports and romance.
Following the footsteps of its parent series, the show focused on providing quality entertainment for all its viewers and found mainstream success for its creative content.
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The reboot helmed by The CW
On December 17, 2019, an article in “Deadline” announced that the series was returning with a reboot written by the original showrunner, Mara and ‘American Soul’ co-creator Devon Greggory. It was being produced by The CW and was slated to have 1-hour long episodes.
According to the executives at the network, the reboot was set in the East Coast and was to have some of the original cast members returning to help a new batch of youngsters navigate the game of football, not just on-field but also off-field.
However, in 2020, The CW decided not to go ahead with developing the reboot. The decision was made based on the pilot script written by Mara and Devon who apparently refused to make the changes the network asked of them in their script. It is being said that both the writers had a clear idea of how they wanted the revival to look and could not come to terms with The CW regarding the same.
Tia Mowry confirmed on a talk show that the reboot wasn’t happening anymore, saying, “And then also we even tried to reboot ‘The Game’ and that’s now not happening. I’m sorry I just think that reboots are just not in my …”
So, what is next in store for ‘The Game’?
August 15th onwards, ‘The Game’ will be available for streaming to everyone in America on Netflix. This is a part of Netflix’s ‘Strong Black Leads’ initiative as the OTT platform is bringing back 7 classic black shows by October 2020.
‘The Game’ is one of the most popular shows ever to have been made in black entertainment history and Netflix is bringing it back so that an entirely new generation of viewers can watch and appreciate this iconic series.
Netflix is no stranger to reviving shows based on the response of viewers to the original series. It did so with ‘Gilmore Girls’ after realizing the popularity of the series and gave it a reboot. So, not all hope is lost. Based on the audience response, Netflix may save the day for ‘The Game’ as well. Also, considering that the pilot script for a reboot is already complete, Mara and Devon may take the script to another network to revive the series.
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