The Game

Name: The Game
Genre: Sports, Comedy, Drama, Sports
Released: October 1, 2006
Rating: 31

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The CW | BET | BET - Black Entertainment Television | CW | Release Date: October 1, 2006

Summary: THE GAME stars Tia Mowry as Melanie Barnett, a young, intelligent medical student, who is also the girlfriend of an eager rookie football player, Derwin Davis (Pooch Hall). Melanie decides to pass on her chance at attending Johns Hopkins Medical School to be with Derwin after he is recently chosen to play for the San Diego Sabres as the newTHE GAME stars Tia Mowry as Melanie Barnett, a young, intelligent medical student, who is also the girlfriend of an eager rookie football player, Derwin Davis (Pooch Hall). Melanie decides to pass on her chance at attending Johns Hopkins Medical School to be with Derwin after he is recently chosen to play for the San Diego Sabres as the new third-string wide receiver.
As Melanie tries to adjust to her new lifestyle, she meets Tasha Mack (Wendy Raquel Robinson), single mother and manager of Malik Wright (Hosea Chanzes) who is a charming star quarterback for the San Diego Sabres and Kelly Pitts (Brittany Daniel), the satisfying wife of Jason Pitts (Coby Bell) who is a thrifty star player for the San Diego Sabres. With the help of Tasha and Kelly, Melanie learns how the game is played amongst the women behind the athletes.… Expand

Creator: Mara Brock Akil

Genre(s): Sports, Comedy, Drama, Sports

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Tom Gliatto

Feb 17, 2011

Season 4 Review: I like how the show shifts from sitcom laughs to soap opera tremors. [21 Feb 2011, p.45]

Sara Vilkomerson

Jan 10, 2011

Season 4 Review: There isn't much football action for the fictional San Diego Sabers, but The Game's good stuff usually takes place on the sidelines anyway. Read full review

David Hinckley

Season 1 Review: Where "The Game" botches its "Game" plan, though, is in writing punch lines that are much too broad, and in casting men who are more convincing in their roles and relationships than the women. Read full review

Jonathan Storm

Season 1 Review: The network may have a new name, but it's presenting the same old desperate, low-budget foolishness. Read full review

Brian Lowry

Season 1 Review: "The Game" feels pretty artificial. Read full review

Tim Goodman

Season 1 Review: "The Game" commits all the sins you can imagine in a poorly conceived sitcom. It goes for laughs and sap, the world's most dangerous and noxious combination. It's also not funny, believable, interesting or... inspired. Read full review

Glenn Garvin

Season 1 Review: A hollow imitation of a sitcom. Read full review

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Seasons & Episodes

31

Series Overview
Season 9

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- Season 9 Overview
  Air Date: June 3, 2015
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  S9:E13. 05-06-2019
  Air Date: May 6, 2019
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  S9:E11. Pow Pow Pow! Part 2
  Air Date: August 5, 2015
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  S9:E10. Pow Pow Pow!
  Air Date: August 5, 2015
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  S9:E10. Pow Pow Pow! Part 1
  Air Date: August 5, 2015
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  S9:E9. What More Can I Say?
  Air Date: July 29, 2015
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  S9:E8. The Crying Game
  Air Date: July 22, 2015
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  S9:E7. Clip It... Clip It Good
  Air Date: July 15, 2015
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  S9:E6. Get Up, Stand Up
  Air Date: July 8, 2015
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  S9:E5. Hashtag My Bad
  Air Date: June 30, 2015
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  S9:E4. Dust in the Wind
  Air Date: June 24, 2015
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  S9:E3. The Dead Episode
  Air Date: June 17, 2015
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  S9:E2. The Spin Control Episode
  Air Date: June 10, 2015
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  S9:E1. The Kiss Fallout Episode
  Air Date: June 3, 2015
Season 8

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- Season 8 Overview
  Air Date: January 14, 2015
Season 7

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- Season 7 Overview
  Air Date: March 4, 2014
Season 6

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- Season 6 Overview
  Air Date: March 26, 2013
Season 5

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- Season 5 Overview
  Air Date: January 10, 2012
Season 4

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- Season 4 Overview
  Air Date: January 11, 2011
Season 3

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- Season 3 Overview
  Air Date: October 3, 2008
Season 2

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- Season 2 Overview
  Air Date: October 1, 2007
Season 1

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- Season 1 Overview
  Air Date: October 1, 2006