After five seasons on the air, CBS has killed a staple of the Friday night schedule. Ghost Whisperer won’t be back next fall on the Tiffany network. Not unless it can come back from the dead…
Ghost Whisperer tells the tale of Melinda Gordon (Jennifer Love Hewitt), a young woman with the ability to see and talk to dead people. Regular castmembers over the past five seasons have included David Conrad, Camryn Manheim, Jay Mohr, Aisha Tyler, Christoph Sanders, Jamie Kennedy, and Kenneth Mitchell.
The TV show debuted in September 2005 and the season attracted an average of a 2.9 rating in the 18-49 demographic and 10.2 million viewers. In seasons two and three, the demo rose to a 3.0 rating with 9.9 and 8.6 million viewers respectively. For season four, the ratings went up again, to a 3.7 rating and 10.6 million viewers.
Unfortunately this year, the ratings fell — a lot. The season kicked off with a 2.3 rating and 8.7 million viewers. Things went further downhill from there. Last month, they hit a series low with a 1.3 rating in the demo and 5.96 million viewers. Though Ghost Whisperer was once a hit show for the network, those times are clearly over.
To little surprise, CBS has decided to cancel Ghost Whisperer. The series finale is set to air this Friday, May 21st.
However, because ABC Studios co-produces the series (with CBS), there have been discussions that it could switch networks. Medium ran for years on NBC before being cancelled and picked up by CBS.
ABC’s entertainment president, Stephen McPherson, has said that he’d be interested in picking up Ghost Whisperer if the series became available. ABC scheduler Jeff Bader told Variety today that they’ve toyed with the idea. He said, “We talked a lot about it. It could make a good lead-in to Body of Proof.”
To keep costs down, ABC has been committed to running only one scripted series on Friday nights but the execs will supposedly look at the possibility of picking up Ghost Whisperer in the next few days.
What do you think? Should ABC pick up Ghost Whisperer for season six or should it stay cancelled?
Image courtesy CBS.
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I really miss the show
PLEASE BRING GHOST WHISPERER BACK!
This show was awesome, why cancel it. It’s coming back.. you know cause it’s cool & all. Better then anything paranormal shows I have seen. & Trust me I have seen a lot of those shows!! <3
Please bring the show back!!
plz bring it back i watch reruns i think im obbsessed hahaha jk i just love it bring it bak!!!!!!!!
We want GW back on our screens!! We are still here, waiting for this awesome show to be renewed. There is no other show like it and it has not been the same since it was cancelled by CBS. That was a questionable decision, considering the millions of fans who have signed petitions, contacted the networks, posted on Facebook and regularly talk about this show now. GW is the best show, it deserves another chance and there would be more than enough fans to justify the ratings for it to be back on television.
i just watched all 107 ep on netflix and i want too see more took me four days
yes i love it
YES! BRING. IT. BACK!
I loved this show! I wish it came back.. glad they still play reruns tho.. I think they should bring it back tooo.. and YES it was a bad move to kill of Jim… I like the idea that Cait had. PLEASE BRING IT BACK and BRING JIM BACK and NOT as a ghost!!!
Bring back Ghost Whisperer with the original cast. I love the show.
Bring back Ghost Whisperer
Yes bring it back
Bring back ghost whisperer its a great show
I want the show to be renewed. It was a staple for me and my daughter. We would love to have it back.
I use to love Ghost Whisper I watched it with my mom every Friday it was a time that we had together just the two of us. This all stopped when Jim died. I think that killing Jim was the biggest mistake in history. That is why I think the show went down hill. Then you tried to cover it up with Jim’s spirt went into Sam’s. In my opinion you don’t cancel the show you take on season 6 like Melinda or Jim was dreaming from the moment that Melinda fell asleep next to him in the hospital after he for shot. If I heard this was going to happen like in a commercial I would make it a necessity to watch it with my mother again.
yes bring it back and maybe find a way to bring Jim back. Ghost Whisperers is my favorite show.
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