
The Game(2006)Comeback KingThis show finished strong! The final season's average rating was higher than the previous one.
Overview
When her boyfriend Derwin Davis is chosen as the new third-string wide receiver for the San Diego Sabers, Melanie Barnett decides to attend a local college so she can be with him. While Derwin worries about the plays on the field, Melanie adjusts to her new lifestyle. She gets a play-by-play account of the lives and relationships among NFL wives, girlfriends and mom/managers who use their best game to help their men stay on the field and on their arm.
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Season 1
22 episodes • 2006Avg: 8.5Golden Era

Season 1
22 episodes • 2006Avg: 8.5Golden Era
# | Episode | Air Date | Rating |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Away Game | Oct 1, 2006 | 10.0 |
2 | The Rules of the Game | Oct 8, 2006 | 0.0 |
3 | Gifted | Oct 16, 2006 | 0.0 |
4 | How Tasha Got Her Groove Back | Oct 23, 2006 | 0.0 |
5 | Brittany's Super Sweet Sixth | Oct 30, 2006 | 0.0 |
6 | Rift and Separate | Nov 6, 2006 | 0.0 |
7 | Mi Casa Es Su Casa | Nov 13, 2006 | 8.0 |
8 | The Trey Wiggs Episode | Nov 20, 2006 | 0.0 |
9 | The Trey Wiggs Fallout Episode | Nov 27, 2006 | 0.0 |
10 | There's No Place Like Home | Dec 11, 2006 | 0.0 |
11 | It's Hard Being Kelly Pitts | Jan 22, 2007 | 0.0 |
12 | To Baby...Or Not To Baby | Jan 29, 2007 | 0.0 |
13 | The Iceman Cometh | Feb 5, 2007 | 0.0 |
14 | All-Star Blues | Feb 12, 2007 | 0.0 |
15 | Out Of Bounds | Feb 19, 2007 | 0.0 |
16 | Baby B.S. | Feb 26, 2007 | 0.0 |
17 | God Bless The Girl That's Got Her Own | Mar 19, 2007 | 0.0 |
18 | You Say You Want a Revolution | Mar 26, 2007 | 8.0 |
19 | The Big Chill | Apr 23, 2007 | 0.0 |
20 | The Many Lies of Derwin Davis | Apr 30, 2007 | 0.0 |
21 | When the Chickens Come Home to Roost, Part 1 | May 14, 2007 | 8.0 |
22 | When the Chickens Come Home to Roost, Part 2 | May 14, 2007 | 0.0 |

Season 2
20 episodes • 2007Avg: 7.4

Season 2
20 episodes • 2007Avg: 7.4
# | Episode | Air Date | Rating |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Diary Of A Mad Black Woman, Redux | Oct 1, 2007 | 8.0 |
2 | The Trey Wiggs Taps Back Episode | Oct 8, 2007 | 7.0 |
3 | Tasha, Renee, and Malik the Cliche | Oct 15, 2007 | 7.0 |
4 | Hit Me With Your Best Shot | Oct 22, 2007 | 0.0 |
5 | Fool Me Twice... I'm The D* Fool | Oct 29, 2007 | 0.0 |
6 | Parental Guidance Suggested | Nov 5, 2007 | 0.0 |
7 | Media Blitz | Nov 12, 2007 | 0.0 |
8 | The Truth Hurts | Nov 19, 2007 | 0.0 |
9 | Turkey Basting Bit**es | Nov 26, 2007 | 8.0 |
10 | The Ghost of Derwin Past | Dec 10, 2007 | 0.0 |
11 | Je-Rome Wasn't Built in a Day | Feb 4, 2008 | 8.0 |
12 | Take These Vows and Shove 'Em | Mar 23, 2008 | 8.0 |
13 | The List Episode | Mar 30, 2008 | 7.0 |
14 | White Men Can't Jump, But They're Definitely Packing | Apr 6, 2008 | 6.0 |
15 | The Commitments | Apr 13, 2008 | 8.0 |
16 | Bury My Heart At Wounded Knee | Apr 20, 2008 | 7.0 |
17 | Before the Parade Passes By | Apr 27, 2008 | 0.0 |
18 | The Lord Givens and the Lord Taketh Away | May 3, 2008 | 0.0 |
19 | I Got 99 Problems and My Chick is One | May 11, 2008 | 0.0 |
20 | Baby Come Back | May 18, 2008 | 0.0 |

Season 3
22 episodes • 2008Avg: 6.5Valley of Despair

Season 3
22 episodes • 2008Avg: 6.5Valley of Despair
# | Episode | Air Date | Rating |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Baby on Board | Oct 3, 2008 | 0.0 |
2 | Mel-odrama | Oct 10, 2008 | 7.0 |
3 | Just When I Thought I Was Out... She Pulls Me Back In | Oct 17, 2008 | 6.0 |
4 | Just the Three of Us | Oct 24, 2008 | 6.0 |
5 | A Delectable Basket of Treats | Oct 31, 2008 | 6.0 |
6 | The Platski Thickens | Nov 7, 2008 | 7.0 |
7 | White Coats and White Lies | Nov 14, 2008 | 6.0 |
8 | The Side Part, Under Episode | Nov 21, 2008 | 6.0 |
9 | Oh, What a Night | Nov 28, 2008 | 6.0 |
10 | The Negotiation Episode | Jan 9, 2009 | 6.0 |
11 | Insert Car Here | Jan 16, 2009 | 7.0 |
12 | Stay Fierce, Malik | Jan 23, 2009 | 6.3 |
13 | Do the Wright Thing | Jan 30, 2009 | 7.0 |
14 | Punk A* Chauncey | Mar 13, 2009 | 8.0 |
15 | Take a Bow | Mar 20, 2009 | 5.0 |
16 | Truth and Consequences | Mar 27, 2009 | 6.0 |
17 | Hill Street Blues | Apr 3, 2009 | 0.0 |
18 | The Third Legacy | Apr 24, 2009 | 6.0 |
19 | Put a Ring on It | May 1, 2009 | 8.0 |
20 | The Fall of the Roman | May 8, 2009 | 0.0 |
21 | I Want It All and I Want It Now | May 15, 2009 | 0.0 |
22 | The Wedding Episode | May 15, 2009 | 7.0 |

Season 4
13 episodes • 2011Avg: 6.0Valley of Despair

Season 4
13 episodes • 2011Avg: 6.0Valley of Despair
# | Episode | Air Date | Rating |
---|---|---|---|
0 | Parachutes...Beach Chairs | Jan 11, 2011 | 0.0 |
1 | Parachutes...Beach Chairs Pt. 1 & 2 | Jan 11, 2011 | 0.0 |
2 | The Confession Episode | Jan 18, 2011 | 5.0 |
3 | The Wing King | Jan 25, 2011 | 0.0 |
4 | It Was All Just a Week Ago | Feb 1, 2011 | 0.0 |
5 | Men in Crisis | Feb 8, 2011 | 6.0 |
6 | Didn't You Know Who I Was? | Feb 15, 2011 | 7.0 |
7 | You Say Goodbye, I Say Hello | Feb 22, 2011 | 0.0 |
8 | A very Special episode | Mar 1, 2011 | 0.0 |
9 | Whip It, Whip It Good | Mar 8, 2011 | 0.0 |
10 | Never Surender | Mar 15, 2011 | 0.0 |
11 | Death Becomes Her | Mar 22, 2011 | 0.0 |
12 | The Right to Choose Episode | Mar 29, 2011 | 0.0 |

Season 5
22 episodes • 2012

Season 5
22 episodes • 2012
# | Episode | Air Date | Rating |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Skeletons | Jan 10, 2012 | 0.0 |
2 | The Truth Pact | Jan 10, 2012 | 0.0 |
3 | No Money, Mo Problems | Jan 17, 2012 | 0.0 |
4 | The Black People Episode | Jan 24, 2012 | 0.0 |
5 | Grand Opening, Grand Closing | Jan 31, 2012 | 0.0 |
6 | Drink, Pray, Love | Feb 7, 2012 | 0.0 |
7 | The Tricks Episode | Feb 14, 2012 | 0.0 |
8 | Matchmaker, Matchmaker... Mind Your Business! | Feb 28, 2012 | 0.0 |
9 | Keep Your Friends Close and Your Prostitute Closer | Mar 6, 2012 | 0.0 |
10 | Catfight on the Catwalk | Mar 13, 2012 | 0.0 |
11 | A Punch in the Gut... Full of Human | Mar 20, 2012 | 0.0 |
12 | Higher ground | Mar 27, 2012 | 0.0 |
13 | There's No Place Like Home | Apr 3, 2012 | 0.0 |
14 | Derwin's About to go H.A.M | Apr 10, 2012 | 0.0 |
15 | Party in a Box | Apr 17, 2012 | 0.0 |
16 | Fits and Starts | Apr 24, 2012 | 0.0 |
17 | A Woman's Right to Choose Herself | May 1, 2012 | 0.0 |
18 | Breakthrough, Breakdown? Break- Through | May 8, 2012 | 0.0 |
19 | Let Them Eat (Cup) cake! | May 15, 2012 | 0.0 |
20 | Cold Swine Sucks...And So Does Falling in Love | May 22, 2012 | 0.0 |
21 | Move Trick, Get out of the Way | May 29, 2012 | 0.0 |
22 | The Championship Game Episode | Jun 5, 2012 | 0.0 |

Season 6
20 episodes • 2013

Season 6
20 episodes • 2013
# | Episode | Air Date | Rating |
---|---|---|---|
1 | The Blueprint | Mar 26, 2013 | 0.0 |
2 | The Blueprint 2 | Mar 26, 2013 | 0.0 |
3 | We've Gotta Stop Meeting Like This | Apr 2, 2013 | 0.0 |
4 | Getting To Know All A Butt You | Apr 9, 2013 | 0.0 |
5 | Trashbox | Apr 16, 2013 | 0.0 |
6 | Guess Who's Bizzack | Apr 23, 2013 | 0.0 |
7 | Welcome To The Jungle | Apr 30, 2013 | 0.0 |
8 | How To Lose All Your Phat In One Day | May 7, 2013 | 0.0 |
9 | Blank Canvases | May 14, 2013 | 0.0 |
10 | The Preseason Game Episode | May 21, 2013 | 0.0 |
11 | The Busted Episode | Jul 2, 2013 | 0.0 |
12 | I'm Not Kelly Pitts | Jul 9, 2013 | 0.0 |
13 | I Love Luke…AHH! | Jul 16, 2013 | 0.0 |
14 | Photo-Shoot Fresh | Jul 23, 2013 | 0.0 |
15 | Psh!! I'm Good!! | Jul 30, 2013 | 0.0 |
16 | A Swan Song For Rick And Tasha… | Aug 6, 2013 | 0.0 |
17 | Miss Me A Little When I'm Gone | Aug 13, 2013 | 0.0 |
18 | In Treatment | Aug 20, 2013 | 0.0 |
19 | Extra Butter…Extra Salt… | Aug 27, 2013 | 0.0 |
20 | The Hospital Episode | Sep 3, 2013 | 0.0 |

Season 7
10 episodes • 2014

Season 7
10 episodes • 2014
# | Episode | Air Date | Rating |
---|---|---|---|
1 | The Jersey Episode (1) | Mar 4, 2014 | 0.0 |
2 | The Jersey Episode (2) | Mar 4, 2014 | 0.0 |
3 | Rules of the Street | Mar 11, 2014 | 0.0 |
4 | Missed You, Kelly Pitts | Mar 18, 2014 | 0.0 |
5 | Intervention, My A... | Mar 25, 2014 | 0.0 |
6 | He's a No-Good, Lyin', Cheatin', Honky-Tonk Man! | Apr 1, 2014 | 0.0 |
7 | Chardonnay Goes Kissing | Apr 8, 2015 | 0.0 |
8 | Mommy Dearest | Apr 15, 2014 | 0.0 |
9 | This Is Happening | Apr 22, 2014 | 0.0 |
10 | The Birth & Vows Episode | Apr 29, 2014 | 0.0 |

Season 8
8 episodes • 2015

Season 8
8 episodes • 2015
# | Episode | Air Date | Rating |
---|---|---|---|
1 | The Wedding Night Episode | Jan 14, 2015 | 0.0 |
2 | The After the Wedding Night Episode | Jan 14, 2015 | 0.0 |
3 | The Pittsy Shuffle: Why Pitts Really Dipped | Jan 21, 2015 | 0.0 |
4 | Nothing Was the Game | Jan 28, 2015 | 0.0 |
5 | A Sabers Story | Feb 11, 2015 | 0.0 |
6 | Acting Class and Rebound Ass | Feb 25, 2015 | 0.0 |
7 | Sexual Healing | Feb 25, 2015 | 0.0 |
8 | Switch | Mar 4, 2015 | 0.0 |

Season 9
10 episodes • 2015Avg: 10.0

Season 9
10 episodes • 2015Avg: 10.0
# | Episode | Air Date | Rating |
---|---|---|---|
1 | The Kiss Fallout Episode | Jun 3, 2015 | 10.0 |
2 | The Spin Control Episode | Jun 10, 2015 | 0.0 |
3 | The Dead Episode | Jun 17, 2015 | 0.0 |
4 | Dust in the Wind | Jun 24, 2015 | 0.0 |
5 | Hashtag My Bad | Jul 1, 2015 | 0.0 |
6 | Get Up, Stand Up | Jul 8, 2015 | 0.0 |
7 | Clip It... Clip It Good | Jul 15, 2015 | 0.0 |
8 | The Crying Game | Jul 22, 2015 | 0.0 |
9 | What More Can I Say? | Jul 29, 2015 | 0.0 |
10 | Pow Pow Pow! | Aug 5, 2015 | 0.0 |
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