Ciara | The Game

• Genre: Sitcom (seasons 1–3), Comedy drama (seasons 4–9), Sports
• Created by: Mara Brock Akil
• Starring: Tia Mowry, Brittany Daniel, Hosea Chanchez, Coby Bell, Pooch Hall, Wendy Raquel Robinson, Barry Floyd, Brandy Norwood, Lauren London, Jay Ellis
• Theme music composer: Kurt Farquhar, Def Jef, James D. Joiner III
• No. of seasons: 9
• No. of episodes: 147
• Executive producers: Mara Brock Akil, Salim Akil, Kenny Smith Jr., Erica Montolfo-Bura, Kelsey Grammer, Devon Greggory, Tom Russo, Peter O'Fallon, Kevin Bray, Jordan McMahon
• Producers: Dan Dugan, Ken Farrington, Bobbi Sue Luther
• Production locations: Atlanta, Georgia
• Editors: Travis G. Rendich, Timothy Mozer
• Running time: 22–24 minutes
• Production companies: Georgia Media, Happy Camper Productions, Akil Productions, Grammnet Productions, CBS Paramount Network Television, CBS Television Studios, BET Original Productions

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 (Pooch Hall), to San Diego, against the advice of her parents. Derwin is a first-year rookie American football player with a fictional "San Diego Sabers" team. As Melanie settles into her new life, she meets Tasha Mack (Wendy Raquel Robinson), the mother of Sabers' starting quarterback Malik Wright (Hosea Chanchez), and Kelly Pitts (Brittany Daniel), the then-wife of Sabers' captain Jason Pitts (Coby Bell), who warn her to keep a close eye on her boyfriend because of the numerous "gold diggers" who approach the professional American football players. As Melanie learns to balance her new roles as both med student and the partner of a professional American football player, the series focuses on the evolving relationships between the players and their significant others.

"The Blueprint"

Derwin’s professional and personal life are in disarray after he is traded from the Sabers. Romantic complications ensue for Blue and Keira after she helps him deal with the aftermath of this scuffle with Derwin