When does The Game return?

The Game is a spin-off of UPN's Girlfriends, the series premiered on its successor network The CW on October 1, 2006. The series was canceled in May 2009 after three seasons. New seasons began airing on BET starting January 11, 2011, with the fourth season premiere drawing 7.7 million viewers, making it the most watched sitcom premiere in cable television history. In May 2021, a revival of the series was ordered by Paramount+ with Wendy Raquel Robinson and Hosea Chanchez returning.
For the first five seasons, The Game was centered around Joan Clayton's first cousin, Melanie Barnett (Tia Mowry), who was first introduced in the 2006 Girlfriends episode of the same name. Melanie is a first-year medical school student who has given up an offer of admission to Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine in Baltimore to follow her boyfriend, Derwin Davis, to San Diego.