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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Of course ABC should pick it up! And I agree they didn’t put effort in letting the fans know much information about the show, I didn’t even know that it was running since 2005!
I just started watching the show the end of 2009. The show was so good my husband and I would watch it together I l♥ve that show BRING IT BACK PLEASE!
I did not know that ghost whisperer was cancelled! Boo LOL I am sure another station can pick it up get rid of all the stupid reality shows and add Melinda. If TBS picked up Conan they sure as hell can pick up ghost.
I am outraged that Ghost Whisperer cancelled! I recently got into it, and from the first time I watched an episode, I realized how amazing and original this show is. How could you cancel it and let down all of the fans?!? And even though it ended semi-happily, there are still so many unanswered questions! At the very least, make a web video to wrap it up! I would even pay for a a straight-to-DVD movie!
i used to love this show, but it steadily went downhill after they killed her hubby off and brought him back in another guy’s body, then turned him back to himself – still in the other guy’s body. and when they added the kid, that was it for me. weirdness. so as much as i enjoyed it, i can’t say i’m disappointed that it’s gone.
PLZ PLZ PLZ bring it back. abc would be stupid to not pick it up!! I miss it!!!
Plz Plz PLZ bring it back!!! I love this show and am totally missing it!!!!
I loved watching ghost whisperer and medium every Friday night. Now there is nothing on…i wish abc would pick up this show i miss it and still watch reruns on cable.
YES YES!!!! This show is so good I can’t imagine why it even got canceled CBS is stupid and ABS would be so lucky to take on this show!!! I can’t wait!!!
keep it !!!!!
YES BRING IT BACK. THAT IS THE SHOW I WATCH WITH MY GIRLS. IF WE COULD NOT CATCH IT ON FRIDAY. WE WOULD TAPE OR DVR IT AND WATCH IT SATURDAY MORNING. STILL IN OUR PJS.
It was THE show that my husband and I watched together. A little corny, a little spooky, but it was ours. What are they thinking?
OMG!!! I didn’t even know it was cancelled! I am sooo sad right now! My mom and i watch it all the time, and I can’t beleive it’s gone. I wanna cry :'(
Its so bad they cut the series of Ghost Whisperer, if the producers who created this show didn’t have many ratings, it was because they didn’t put enough effort into letting us, the fans, know when season 5 came out. I am one of the fans who didn’t know that the show was back on TV until now. When they already ended the program on TV. I’m so frustrated with the cut of this program, I felt so connected with the meaning of the show.
They need to bring back Ghost Whisperper, it was my favorite show to watch with a glass of wine and relax from a long week,
I can not beflieve that you are cancelling another great show and leaving some of the garbage we can hardly stand to watch or have our kids watch. Where are your heads? I really looked forward to watching Ghost Whisperer and Medium. Please reconsider.
I completely agree…Why cancel another great show and leave nothing but inappropriate tv garbage. I looked forward to Friday nights with a bag of popcorn, ready for a good scare. Please reconsider bringing back the show.
I completely agree also! This was one of my favorite shows. please bring it back!