“All good things must come to an end, and after celebrating four successful seasons of The Game on BET, the network has announced production is under way on the show’s final two seasons,” the network said in a statement. “In January 2011 the cult following of The Game proved that the show was a fan favorite with 7.7 million viewers for its premiere debut on BET. With seasons eight and nine, we’re excited to end on a high note by giving Sabers fans a chance to bid farewell to their favorite players on and off the field.”

Created by Salim and Mara Brock Akil (Girlfriends), The Game originally focused on medical student Melanie Barnett (Tia Mowry Hardrict) as she gave up the chance to attend Johns Hopkins in order to move to San Diego with her football player boyfriend Derwin Davis (Pooch Hall). However, with both Mowry Hardrict and Hall leaving the series after the fifth season, The Game has shifted more weight to its supporting cast (namely Wendy Raquel Robinson as sports manager Tasha Mack and Hosea Chanchez as her son Malik) while bringing in several new characters, ranging from Lauren London (Single Ladies) as former child star Keira Whitaker to Brandy Norwood (Moesha) as bartender Chardonnay.

The Game was especially notably for its transition from The CW to BET, as the network was cancelled by the former after three seasons before going on to a highly successful second life on the latter. The BET premiere averaged nearly eight million viewers and the show ended up becoming a higher priority on the cable network, which also acquired the rights to run the sports comedy in syndication.

The eighth season of The Game will premiere early next year on BET.

Do you think The Game is going out at the right time? Would you have liked the show to make it to an even 10 seasons? Should The Game have wrapped earlier in its run?

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From Toby Whithouse (Being Human), the series tells of Operation Glass, a 1972 Soviet plot that was designed to bring Britain to its knees. Once MI5 leader Daddy (Brian Cox) learns about the threat, he assembles a secret committee to assess the threat and help him decide what the best course of action would be.

In addition to Cox, The Game stars Tom Hughes (Dancing on the Edge) as handsome MI5 agent Joe Lambe, who is haunted by a past love and his own betrayal of his country; Shaun Dooley (Misfits) as Jim Fenchurch, a police liaison who gets called in to help with an investigation; Marcel Lures (Foyles War) as KGB officer Arkady Malinov; Victoria Hamilton (What Remains) as Sarah Montag, whose rise in the ranks of a male-dominated field has made her quite formidable; Chloe Pirrie (Black Mirror) as mousy secretary Wendy Shaw, who decides to go after the career advancement she desires by whatever means necessary; and Paul Ritter (Quantum of Solace) as Bobby Waterhouse, who connections to British high society might be needed if his scandalous private life ever becomes public knowledge.

The Game joins a scripted slate that includes the likes of Orphan Black, Almost Royal, and Intruders, with BBC America having acquired the likes of In the Flesh, The Musketeers, and Atlantis from their BBC counterparts.

You can check out a trailer for The Game below.

Will you be watching The Game? Do you think this sounds like an interesting follow-up to Whithouse’s work on Being Human? Is The Game going to fit in with the rest of BBC America’s scripted slate?

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