By: Amanda Anderson-Niles
BET made fans happy and a little nervous when it confirmed that it would be reviving the cancelled CW show The Game. However, with a new network came new changes, yet the fans continued to support the show through most of its changes. The show’s future began to look bleak when it was confirmed that the stars of the show Tia Mowry and Pooch Hall would not be returning to the show in its sixth season, and viewership has surely suffered as a result of the drastic change. BET attempted to make up for the huge loss by bringing in Lauren London, but fans of the show are having a hard time adjusting to the lack of Tia and Pooch. Not only are fans boycotting the show and signing a petition to get the two original stars back to the series, but ratings have dropped drastically since last season. Frankly put, the numbers for the season six premiere just don’t look as strong as they did for the season five premiere. And now according to reports, the ratings continue to get even worse post the season premiere. Here’s the report from Rhymes With Snitch:
BET’s The Game may have been renewed for another season. but viewers are tuning out in droves…
Former fan favorite The Game pulled in 2.5 million viewers for the season six premier last week but only manged to get 1.1 million viewers for the second episode.
Interestingly enough, BET has already renewed The Game for season seven, and doesn’t seem to be too concerned with the complaints from the show’s fans.
I haven’t watched an episode yet.
Getting rid of Pooch and Tia is the death of this show.
Wow… I watch the show and think it started a lil rough bit it’s now getting good.
Lil weezy’s Baby Momma done killed the show. LOL
I never liked the game on BET. I knew they were gonna jack it up!
I knew this would happen. I watched the premiere and was not impressed and haven’t watched it since then and apparently I’m not the only one. Another good show bites the dust. SMH
Thanks BET for ruining such a great show!!!
This is what happens when you put a good show on BET and they want to keep costs low. LOL.
I used to LOVE The Game in its CW days, but it has severely fallen off since going to BET, in my opinion. They tried to make it all dramatic, the writing was different, it just wasn’t as good to me. And I had been one of the supporters trying to get it back on television, signing petitions and leaving posts on message boards, and was so excited when it was brought back. But that excitement dissipated after one or two episodes. After a while, I just stopped watching it altogether. I did watch the season six premier, and I’ll admit it has improved, but it’s still not as good as it used to be, ESPECIALLY now that Derwin and Melanie are gone.
I haven’t watched one episode this time either. You can’t just replace the main characters and expect the show to be good. It won’t survive.
I think it’s bomb! I like the format and I like the new characters. Pooch Hall and Tia Mowry was ok but they didn’t make up the show, I think they should get a team of writers and just go in and do the damn thing, there is hope still for this show, if people will give it a chance.
BET dropped the ball they should’ve never replace Tia and Pooch I understand that they had to replace Brittany because of her medical issue love Brandy character but them other two storyline makes no sense so every time their part is on I flip the channel. Bring Pooch and Tia back and make sure their storyline makes sense.
This was or is, arguably, to me at least, the worse black casted show on TV. The writing is horrible, and so is the acting. Lauren London’s acting skills are mediocre at best. The roles were super cliché and dumb. So many professional athletes do not act like that. It just did not flow. I’m really shocked they kept it on this long. Get rid of this crap already!!!