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Alas, that attitude was present within CW itself, and it eventually caused [[Screwed By the Network|The Game’s cancellation after three seasons]]. Many black viewers feared that might happen after the WB merged with UPN – the only network rife with black casted comedies – because the WB side might whitewash the UPN side. Three seasons after the CW and The Game debuted, that’s exactly what happened. Hence, [[Internet Backlash|minority viewers’ backlash]] against the big networks for the lack of racial balance with their shows ([[Everybody Hates Chris]] getting canceled with The Game and ABC’s [[Ugly Betty]] getting canceled months later didn’t help).
Fortunately for The Game, [http://www.nytimes.com/2011/01/17/business/media/17bet.html?_r=1 BET wasn’t deaf to the acrimony], and met with the show’s producers to [[Un Canceled|resurrect the canceled sitcom]]. Thanks to the growing interest in cable programming, [[BET]] already re-structured its schedule to re-air black sitcoms for reruns, and that included The Game. BET’s reruns of The Game consistently got higher ratings than its original CW airings, and the fanbase grew exponentially during this period. The network also needed a vehicle for its own original scripted programming - with sitcom Let’s Stay Together being the first – [[Network to The Rescue|which made The Game a perfect candidate]]. When The Game finally returned with new episodes on Jan 11th, 2011, nineteen months since CW’s cancellation, the ratings hit an unprecedented ‘’7.7 million’’ viewers during the premier, [[And the Fandom Rejoiced|the largest viewing audience in cable history]]. The numbers dwindled to a steadier 4.4 million, come the season four finale, but it’s still much higher than the CW days. In fact, [[Laser
[[Moral of the Story]]: treat your audience like they matter, and they’ll reward you.
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* [[Aborted Arc]]: At the end of season three, Kelly started falling in love with Jason again after he fought off her crazy boyfriend. Even with Jason's new relationship souring any possibility of the divorced couple re-uniting, the door was still open. Come season four, Kelly's happily divorced and shows no signs of wanting to be married to Jason again.
** In a more [[Don't Explain the Joke|literal]], [[Incredibly Lame Pun|punny]] sense, the last minute of season four: {{spoiler|when Derwin asked Melanie if he aborted his child}}.
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* [[Stripperific]]: Justified, since many females prowl the beach with skimpy bikinis, or are rap-video vixens or actual strippers. Good luck staying faithful with these women all around.
* [[Team Mom]]: Tasha. Not that she tries to be but considering she's the only middle aged female in a cast consisting primarily of 20 and 30 year olds she usually falls into this role.
* [http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/Ptitlel9hiod7i This Is For Emphasis, Bitch!]: For a show devoid of [[N
** Though BET [[Bowdlerise|cuts off the word during reruns of seasons one through three]], and then eliminated the word entirely after season three, the seasons produced by the network itself.
*** In season four and five, the characters mostly tip toe using the word directly, but the viewers can fill in the blanks themselves. Averted in one season five episode, with Melanie and Tasha gratuitously using the word in a heated argument, though later rectified via an [[Anvilicious]] statement about how the ladies shouldn't use a word debasing their gender as a passive greeting.
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