The Game returns to Paramount+ for a second season on Dec. 15, with several familiar faces reprising their roles.
The streamer released the trailer this week for the new season of reboot. The video shows Tasha Mack (Wendy Raquel Robinson) declaring “this is my legacy.”
We then see Tasha’s former flame, retired NBA star Rick Fox, is back in her life.
Also reprising their roles are Tim Daly as Colonel Ulysses S. Thatcher; and legacy cast members Rockmond Dunbar as Pookie, Coby Bell as Jason Pitts, and Barry Floyd as Tee Tee, Paramount+ said in a press release.
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The reboot features Wendy Raquel Robinson and Hosea Chanchez from the original series, alongside Adriyan Rae, Vaughn Hebron, Analisa Velez and Toby Sandeman.
The dramedy offers a modern-day examination of Black culture with professional football as a backdrop.
The Game first aired on the CW from 2006 to 2009, then it was picked up by BET in 2011 and ran until 2015.
The revival is executive produced by showrunner and writer Devon Greggory, original show creator Mara Brock Akil, Salim Akil, original executive producer Kelsey Grammer and Tom Russo of Grammnet NH Productions. Peter O’Fallon, Barry Safchik and Michael Platt also executive produce. The series is produced by CBS Studios, Inphiniti Entertainment, Akil Productions and Grammnet NH Productions.
The 10-episode second season of The Game premieres Thursday, Dec. 15, with two episodes dropping in the U.S. and Canada. Following the premiere, new episodes will debut weekly on Thursdays on Paramount+.
The new season will be available on Paramount+ in the U.K., Australia and Latin America on Friday, Dec. 16.
