The Game (U.S. TV series)
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| Genre | Comedy-drama |
| Created by | Mara Brock Akil |
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| Country of origin | United States |
| Original language(s) | English |
| No. of seasons | 9 |
| No. of episodes | 147 (list of episodes) |
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| Producer(s) | Dan Dugan |
| Location(s) | Atlanta, Georgia |
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| Camera setup | Single |
| Running time | 22 to 24 minutes |
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| Distributor | CBS Television Distribution |
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| Picture format | 1080i (HDTV) (2011–2015) 480i (SDTV) (2006–2009) |
| Audio format | Dolby Digital 5.1 |
| First shown in | April 17, 2006 |
| Original release | October 1, 2006 – August 5, 2015 |
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| Related shows | Girlfriends |
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The Game is an American comedy-drama television series created by Mara Brock Akil. Premiering on October 1, 2006, the series debuted as the only new comedy series chosen for The CW's primetime schedule. Along with Runaway, it was one of only two series on the new network not to be inherited from either of its predecessor networks, The WB and UPN, during the network's first season. The series is a spinoff of the long-running UPN/CW sitcom, Girlfriends.
After three seasons, the series was canceled by The CW in May 2009.BET struck a deal with The Game's parent company CBS to develop new episodes of the series, relocating taping of the show from Los Angeles to Atlanta, and announcing its renewal at the April 2010 upfronts. The Game returned to the air for a fourth season on January 11, 2011, with a record breaking 7.7 million viewers.
On April 24, 2014, BET announced the eighth season renewal of The Game. On October 6, 2014, BET announced the show that had also been renewed for a ninth, and final, season. The eighth season premiered on January 14, 2015 at 10/9c, and the final season premiered on June 3, 2015 and ended on August 5, 2015.
With the growing success of the UPN sitcom Girlfriends, that show's creator and producers decided to create a spinoff series. On April 17, 2006, a Girlfriends episode called The Game focused on a young woman who decides to put her pending career plans on hold for the rising success of her star athlete boyfriend. The character, Melanie Barnett, was introduced in the episode as the first cousin of Joan Clayton, Girlfriends' principal character.
The episode performed well and gained enough interest for The CW network to pick up The Game as a new series for its fall 2006-07 prime time line-up. Originally, actress Renee Bruce was cast for the role of Melanie but was later replaced with Tia Mowry. Before debuting on The CW, more cast changes occurred. Aldis Hodge and Jennifer Baxter, both of whom appeared in the pilot episode, were replaced by Pooch Hall and Brittany Daniel respectively. Coby Bell, Hosea Chanchez and Wendy Raquel Robinson were the remaining cast members.
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