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?
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Ridiculous. The one good show I actually watch…cancelled….Please, please, please, bring this show back!
NOOOOOOOOOOO!! pleaseeee bring it back!! I LOVE this show and will be utterly disappointed if it doesn’t come back! PLEASE
I am furious that Ghost Whisperer is canceled! I hate all those stupid reality shows who cares if people want to go and make fools of themselves on national tv! What happened to good plain programs? All these crime shows ooo lets show more idiots crimes they can try, don’t they have enough of their own warpped ideas! BRING GW BACK , WE WANT NORMAL TV! Friday was my night Ghost Whisperer, Medium and Numbers that was the best night ever!!!!!!! They left toooo many unanswered questions!!!
the end was where it was getting good. jim as a doctor. the detective cop… aidens abilities… KEEEP THE SHOW 🙁
I think that they should bring it back at least so we can know what happened. They left us hanning. I love that show. I’m very upset.
Please save this show. It is a great show and it is interesting to learn that things could be out there like in the show. I would love to see it continue.
ABC ~~~~PLEASE , PLEASE PICK UP GHOST WHISPERER !!!! PLEASE !
Why is it that they always cancel the great shows n leave us with the the crappy ones. Someone really need to save our Friday nights. 🙁
Very disappointed this show was canceled!! I’m so tired of cookie cutter cop shows/medical dramas and reality t.v. – Bring Ghost Whisper back!!
oh please ABC you are my favorite station..it would be great if you picked up Ghost Whisperer…best show ever..any day is good. I can DVR it, but Fridays were perfect, nothing else was on…
I didn’t know until today that Ghost Whisperer was canceled and I am horribly upset! Friday nights will never be the same…..Medium just doesn’t cut it for me anymore. It has gotten a little strange. GW was my favorite show on TV and I’m devastated. I can’t possibly imagine why they would even consider canceling a great program. What is going on with TV? There is a lot of crap on TV – namely the ridiculous “reality” shows — and GW was one of the best shows, but it gets canceled. Unbelievable. PUT IT BACK ON!!!
Now that the new season is beginning, this household (which does not watch much tv) is really missing Ghost Whisperer. We are resorting to watching reruns on the SyFy channel. Bring it on back!!
I am extremely disappointed that Ghost Whisperer has been canceled, and it is a huge shame that there are so many questions left unanswered. How could you do that to a dedicated fan base?
Save this show!!!!!!! It seems every show I like gets cancelled. At the least, this fine series deserves a proper send off and ending!
Please keep it on. I watch it during the week and was looking forward to new episodes. Someone please keep it going!