CBS DVD and Paramount Home Entertainment have huddled up and called a play for The Game – The 2nd Season on DVD. This series of downs will take 418 minutes to run, and will reach the endzone on January 19th. The starting lineup continues to include Tia Mowry (Sister, Sister), Pooch Hall (Accidentally on Purpose), Brittany Daniel (That ’80s Show), Coby Bell (Third Watch), Wendy Raquel Robinson (The Steve Harvey Show) and Hosea Chanchez (Robbery Homicide Division).

Guest stars coming in off the bench this season include Mo’Nique, Drew Sidora, Lee Majors, Musiq, Michael Eric Dyson, Lil’ Kim, Daryl ‘Chill’ Mitchell, Tavis Smiley, Stevie Williams, Rick Fox, tennis star Serena Williams, NFL star Chad Johnson, Chris Krauser, Robin Givens, football stars Kellen Winslow Jr. and Jared Allen, Rob Base (of “Rob Base and DJ E-Z Rock”), and more! All 20 episodes are presented in widescreen video, with plays getting called in English 5.1 Stereo Surround. Pricing isn’t available just yet…

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The first season of “The Game” was released on DVD on September 1st! It is now available to buy in stores and online…

You can purchase “The Game: The First Season” on DVD now at Amazon!

I’ve ordered my copy and will be adding HQ captures from the episodes as soon as it arrives!

The CW canceled “The Game” at the end of last season, but the show may have a chance at suiting up for a different team.

BET has been talking with the show’s producer, CBS TV Studios, about reviving the series, which follows the girlfriends and wives of pro athletes, for a fourth season, says the Hollywood Reporter.

A revival of the series still has several obstacles to clear before it becomes a reality. These include re-signing the show’s cast — such as Tia Mowry Hardrict who plays Melanie Barnett, Coby Bell as Jason Pitts and Brittany Daniel as Kelly Pitts — whose deals ended after the CW let “The Game” go as part of a move away from making half-hour comedies.

From the Chicago Tribune

TV Guide wrote this article on July 1st about BET and The Game which has been talked about for some time now should The CW ever decide to pass ultimately on another season of The Game (which they did) then BET would like to throw its hat in and acquore the show to air on said network.

The BET Network could send The Game into overtime, in a deal that would pluck the canceled CW series from the ashes.

“BET is doing everything it can to acquire the rights to Mara Brock Akil’s The Game,” a source at the cable network tells TVGuide.com.

With the entire cast on board for a fourth season, BET and CBS Television Studios are now trying to hammer out a lower, cable-appropriate licensing fee with which new episodes can be produced. “The licensing issues are very complicated,” says our source. Earlier this year, BET acquired the rights to run repeats of the Girlfriends spin-off.

A spokesperson for CBS Paramount was unable to comment on the talks.

BET’s possible involvement is but the latest “Hail Mary” pass from The Game. As the CW pondered its plans for the 2009-10 TV season, series creator Akil tried repositioning the sitcom as an hour-long dramedy. To that end, Season 3’s wedding-themed finale was scripted and filmed differently, to offer the CW a taste of what could be.

If picked up by BET, however, The Game would stick to its half-hour comedy roots. [TV Guide]

The CW did not pick up “The Game” for a fourth season – it has been canceled!

No word yet on whether another network is eyeing the show or not, we’ll be sure to post about it if it does happen.