The Game (seasons 1-3)

The Game is an American comedy sitcom 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 Television Network|The WB and UPN, during the network's first season. The series is a spin-off of the long-running UPN/CW sitcom Girlfriends.

Why These Seasons Rock

 * 1) These seasons are a nice follow up from Girlfriends, as the recurring character Melanie becomes a protagonist in this show.
 * 2) These seasons show so much potential.
 * 3) The characters are memorable (good or bad) such as Melanie, Derwin, Tasha, Malik, Kelly and Jason.
 * 4) So many likable and hilarious characters.
 * 5) Decent writing with many funny jokes, gags and puns.
 * 6) The plot is very interesting and funny for these seasons.
 * 7) Decent drama for a sitcom.
 * 8) While this show does use the laugh track, it’s actually used less often, because it is filmed in front of a live studio audience, so it has genuine laughs from a real audience most of the time and the laugh track usually isn’t painful as a result.
 * 9) Very likable and hilarious characters.
 * 10) *Melanie is a great protagonist who is greatly portrayed by Tia Mowry.
 * 11) *Tasha is a great mother to Malik as she cares about him.
 * 12) *Kelly is the funny white girl.
 * 13) These seasons are good to binge watch with friends as the drama and good jokes will entertain you quickly.
 * 14) Funny and hilarious jokes.
 * 15) The humor is very realistic and funny from the characters.
 * 16) The camera quality is amazing especially for a show made in 2006.
 * 17) Great acting.
 * 18) Despite Tasha being a bad character, she is a great mom to Malik.

Bad Qualities

 * 1) Tasha, Malik and sometimes Melanie are very unlikable characters.
 * 2) Melanie can be very nosey at times.
 * 3) Melanie can be very selfish and shady at times.
 * 4) The laugh track sometimes doesn’t play at lines that are actually funny.
 * 5) The show does sometimes have homophobic jokes.
 * 6) Some toilet humor.
 * 7) Some of the jokes are not funny. They can come off as immature and disrespectful.
 * 8) Tasha and Kelly can be seen as stereotypes.
 * 9) Season 3 is a slight downfall of the good era of the show.
 * 10) Tasha is very nosey and irritating
 * 11) After these seasons, the show underwent a lot of unnecessary changes that caused it to go downhill.
 * 12) *Though that’s not the bad part. Seasons 4-5 are more tolerable but after those seasons, a bunch of characters was removed from the series especially fan favorites.

Trivia

 * Season 3 was supposed to be the final season (that’s why it says “The Final Season” on the season 3 poster) then it got moved to BET and they renewed it due to it’s popularity.
 * Many viewers and fans has been asking “How is the game a spin-off of Girlfriends?”. The answer to that is because there was an episode of Girlfriends called “The Game” and then they made this show.

Reception
The first three seasons was very well-received by critics and General audience all together. The show was also praised because the acting is great and the characters are very likable and funny.

Videos
https://youtu.be/uWhR0_Ud9bc Hilarious bloopers from Season 2.