When Jason's lawyers advise him to take full custody of their only child Brittany, Kelly blackmails Jason by threatening to reveal his secret of steroid use. "[16] She added that their storyline would appeal to the show's fans, explaining: "I feel creatively we've been able to answer those who have been loyal to us. Coby Bell starred as the frugal star football captain Jason Pitts. [32] Picked up by BET, the show aired for six more seasons. In the first season Derwin goes through the hazing from Sabers captainJason Pitts, and starting quarterback,Malik Wright. Even though the first season, consisting of eight episodes, garnered decent ratings and positive reviews, Brandy decided not to return to the series. A reboot is now airing on Paramount+ featuring some of the OG stars. When The Game series premiered, Season 1 Episode 1 starred Brittany Daniels as Kelly Pitts, and Pooch Hall as Derwin Davis. With her life unraveling, Kelly decides to quit her show and leave town to redefine her identity outside the football world. After the owner tells Derwin that Kwan is the starter this adds further contentiousness to their relationship. In season 2, Derwin starts becoming more of a playboy jock rather than his humble church ways. [17] When questioned by Brock Akil, Tia responded: "I'm a woman, Mara. She has starred in Black-ish, #BlackAF, and the Cheaper by the Dozen reboot. Towards the end of the season, Malik and Jason "adopt" Derwin. The Game (TV series) Wiki is a FANDOM TV Community. [41] Mowry chose to not return for the revival as she believed Melanie's storyline was complete and she wanted to focus on new projects. Aldis Hodge portrayed the original Derwin in the Girlfriends pilot. Dante is obviously in love with Tasha but she is leery of letting their romance be witnessed in public so she tells Dante she can do her thing, he can do his thing and they can do their thing together. Derwin Davis was one of the main characters of television series The Game from seasons 1-5, and made guest appearances in seasons 6 and 9. Pookie arrives shortly after the birth and a DNA test confirms that he is Kai's father. I can do this. In season 9, she and Jason remarry. [1] In her 2015 book Representations of Black Women in the Media: The Damnation of Black Womanhood, California State University associate professor Marquita Marie Gammage felt the character was perpetuating negative images of black motherhood on television. After Melanie and Derwin break up again, Derwin decides to get back together with Janay since he is the father of her baby. [9] Melody K. Hoffman of Jet wrote that, through her performance in the show, Mowry had demonstrated her love for acting and her capacity to portray a woman. When fans first met the cast nine seasons ago, Tia Mowry-Hardrict played Melanie Barnett, aka Med School, who gave up Johns Hopkins for her NFL rookie boyfriend, Derwin Davis, portrayed. His performance on the show earned him a NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series. Melanie and Derwin eventually get back together, even though Janay is pregnant, and they have a wedding planned; but just as the ceremony is about to start, Derwin receives word that Janay has gone into labor. The Game tv show is a 30 minute comedy series on the CW Network for its first three seasons and then on BET. In the first season Derwin goes through the hazing from Sabers captain Jason Pitts, and starting quarterback Malik Wright, whom he ultimately becomes friends with. Feeling a void in her life, Melanie opts to continue trying to have a child, and later finds a surrogate in Tasha. The Game Season 1 Episode 1 , BET's hit series , binge worthy series of young football players who live with their girlfriends and wives obtaining their care. Tia Mowry played Melanie Barnett, aspiring doctor and Derwin Davis on-and-off girlfriend. Derwin meets singer Drew Sidora at a party he attends with Malik, and Drew asks Derwin to be in her new video, which he accepts not knowing he will play her love interest. Joan and her cousin Melanie debate a top medical school in Baltimore vs a medical school in San Diego, where her boyfriend Derwin plays football professionally; Melanie is jealous of Derwin' Joan and her cousin Melanie debate a top medical school in Baltimore vs a medical school in San Diego, where her boyfriend Derwin plays football professionally; Melanie is jealous of Derwin's ambitious, beautiful Image Consultant, Dionne. This is by far the largest collection of Darwin manuscripts and papers ever published with 113,625 images, 26,978 newly transcribed and 7,000 pages of previously published transcriptions. She confesses that the reason she had the abortion was to spare Derwin from living with a reminder of her affair, which is the way she feels about DJ. Janay is the ex-girlfriend of football player Derwin Davis. BET picked up the sitcom, and the Season 4 premiere became the most-watched premiere in cable television history. On August 5, 2015, after nine seasons,The Gamecame to an end. In season 2, Jason begins using steroids. Back on the field Kwan is told to call a pass play but at the last minute audibles out for a run, Derwin going into motion "misses" a block and Kwan's knee is brutally hurt and he is lost for the game and possibly the season. During season 1, Derwin cheated on Melanie with Drew Sidora. Most recently, she has starred as Cocoa McKellan on the Netflix series Family Reunion, which aired its final season this year. Dionne tells Derwin she knows he slept with Drew, and Melanie over-hears and calls off the engagement, and their relationship. pic.twitter.com/otfLPDiXNX. In the locker room they engage in a small altercation. Earlier this year, the couple welcomed their daughter Hope, who was conceived via surrogate and an egg donation from Brittany's twin sister Cynthia. In the middle of Season 3, Derwin is seeing Janay and Melanie begins dating Jerome Rice. After a few "hookups" Derwin starts dating Janay. Melanie accepts at first feeling pressured on national television. Pooch Hall, Actor: The Game. Derwin and Melanie later get married in a private ceremony in the hospital chapel with his vows to her as the ending. While talking, Melanie asks Derwin why he chose to marry her over any other woman to which he tells her that he doesn't love all those other women, he loves her and tells her that he regrets not marrying her first before bringing her with him to San Diego. Wikipedia is a registered trademark of the Wikimedia Foundation, Inc. newwiki.sbs is an independent company and has no affiliation with Wikimedia Foundation. Derwin ( In season 3, Derwin and Melanie get back together, but Melanie is jealous when Derwin goes with Janay to her first pregnancy appointment. In the Season 9 finale, Derwin and Melanie return to go and see a fertility specialist for further knowledge about their twins, where they learn that one of their children have a 50/50 chance of living. [23] The CW Television Network did not provide a reason for the casting change. Jerome and Derwin fight and Melanie confesses to Jerome that she loves Derwin. The next day, Derwin goes to Melanie's job at the diner to bring her mail and apologizes to her for the intense moment they shared and hopes to at least be friends and Melanie accepts and with some words of encouragement, she convinces and takes Derwin to go to the Sabers Victory Parade.After hearing that Melanie went toL.A.with her boyfriend, Jerome, an intoxicated Derwin goes with Malik to L.A. to seek out Melanie to profess his love for her. He is mad that she aborted a child even if not his. Derwin Davis says he sees a face in his mind, clear today as it was 40 years ago. Most recently, he starred as Lt. Reuben Payback Fitch in Top Gun: Maverick. Mon, Apr 30, 2007 30 mins. No. This is a list of the characters from the American comedy-drama television series The Game. In the episode "Derwin about to go H.A.M. What have the main cast members been up to since the show ended in 2015? Melanie becomes friends with Kelly Pitts, the wife of veteran wide receiver Jason Pitts, and Tasha Mack, mother and manager of the Sabers star quarterback Malik Wright. Share goal: 300. Tasha's first known relationship is with Malik's old head coach, Kenny (Coach T). Mowry considered the character to be her first adult role and felt it emphasized her individuality and maturity. Introduced in a backdoor pilot on the sitcom Girlfriends as Joan Clayton 's cousin, Melanie chooses to support her boyfriend Derwin Davis ' career with the San Diego Sabres, a fictional National Football League (NFL) team, rather than attend medical school at Johns Hopkins University. Tasha realizes that all her life since Malik of proving herself has resulted in pushing people away, including boyfriends. [43] Echoing McFarland's assessment, The San Francisco Chronicle's Tim Goodman found Melanie's decision to be "a bleak little life lesson". She eventually has a one-night stand with Trey. However, she tells him that it was actually from her affair with Trey Wiggs back when they broke up over the whole Drew Sidora debacle. She was concerned about the sisters' wholesome image gained from their years as child actors on the sitcom Sister, Sister, explaining, "I had a certain image of them. Sporting a new look & attitude, Kelly declares to Jason that she "won" in the divorce because she is spending the money he is earning and she believes she got more out of the divorce material wise. Having insecurities about whether Derwin is the father of DJ, Melanie swabs a DNA sample of DJ while babysitting him, with the initial test revealing Derwin is not DJ's father. He continued appearing in productions including television series,Major Crimes(2016), superhero dramaBlack Lightning(2019), and a few movies such asLet the Church Say Amen, Down for Whatever,andFanatic. After Jason quits, they later go to therapy where Kelly tells Jason she married him for his money. After Melanie runs into Derwin at the store while running an errand for Jerome, Melanie realizes she misses Derwin and decides to pay him a visit, and they share a passionate kiss. He has also starred in Mad Dogs, The Quad, Hand of God, The Gifted, SEAL Team, and Lucifer. Hamilton has had 9 productions including Off-Broadway which opened in 2015, Broadway which opened in 2015, US Tour which opened in 2016, US Tour which opened in 2017, which opened in 2019, US Tour . Malik figures out how to get rid of Parker, but his plan backfires when she tells her husband that she was sleeping with him. Derwin's standout performance in training camp (and Jason's poor performance) earned Derwin a starting spot with the Sabers. Derwin finds out that Melanie is unable to have children because of a medical condition and takes it hard, handling it by having a party with Malik and Jason and getting drunk. the game. Tee-Tee puts his foot down telling Malik he needs to get a new assistant and stop calling on him to fix his problems. The show was so successful that it is now being rebooted on Paramount+. Melanie's boyfriend, Derwin, is the new third-string wide . At the press conference Derwin is bombarded with questions about the play that Kwan got hurt with members of the media insinuating that Derwin missed it on purpose, Derwin leaves the press conferences without answering further questions. Find contact's direct phone number, email address, work history, and more. He currently plays Larry James on the CW series Walker, alongside Gilmore Girls Jared Padalecki and Pretty Little Liars Keegan Allen. During season three, she dates a couple of guys (bartender Joe and gym owner Roman). [42], Melanie Barnett has been negatively received by television critics. Pooch Hall as Derwin Davis Hosea Chanchez as Malik Wright Brittany Daniel as Kelly Pitts And Wendy Raquel Robinson as Tasha Mack Created by: Mara Brock Akil Executive Producers: Kelsey Grammer,. While discussing her career in his 2010 book Encyclopedia of African American Actresses in Film and Television, author Bob McCann wrote that Mowry demonstrated maturity through her more dramatic role in the series. During the shows original run, she had to go on hiatus to battle Stage IV Non-Hodgkins Lymphoma after being diagnosed in 2011. In 2006, Tia began starring on The Game, which proved to be a big success. Dionne tells Derwin she knows he slept with Drew, and Melanie over-hears and calls off the engagement, and their relationship. tia mowry. He's also represented by Tasha. Melanie enrolls at a local college and becomes a close friend of Tasha Mack, a single mother and manager of quarterback Malik Wright, and Kelly Pitts, the trophy wife of the team's captain, Jason Pitts. Most recently, she has starred as Cocoa McKellan on the Netflix series Family Reunion, which aired its final season this year. Janay finds "Dr. Grizzly", the stuffed bear Derwin bought Melanie, and Derwin says the bear means nothing to him anymore and throws the bear into a waste basket, but later recovers it and hides it in a drawer knowing he still has feelings for her. "[26], On hearing of the twins' interest in the show, Brock Akil asked them if their management was aware of her writing style. Towards the end of season 1, Derwin cheats on Melanie with Drew Sidora and Melanie ends their relationship. Later Derwin visits Malik and gets advice about how to get through this and how to not stress so much about his image and focus more on football and his career. While talking to his new sex interest, he purchases expensive things. [26] To prepare for the role, she frequently consulted her cousin, retired NFL fullback Jameel Cook, and other professional athletes. The Philadelphia native has returned for seven episodes of the Paramount+ reboot. She meets Tasha Mack (Wendy Raquel Robinson), the mother of the quarterback Malik Wright (Hosea Chanchez) and Kelly Pitts (Brittany Daniel), the then-wife of the Sabers captain, Jason Pitts (Coby Bell). [3][19] Media outlets viewed Keira and London as replacing Melanie and Mowry,[35][36][37] but Ellis and London objected to comparisons made between Melanie and Derwin and Bryce and Lauren, believing the two pairs were separate characters.