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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CBS is a loser station! I hope ABC picks up Ghost Whisper, because it was the only reason, I watched CBS. I am a huge Ghost Whisper fan.
ABC should pick up this show!!! I love it!! Please save this show!!
please pick up ghost wisperer me and my wife watch every episode together its our friday night date we even buy all the seasons on dvd we will follow it if you do pick it up
Cancel Ghost Whisperer. It’s evil and we have enough of that in real life. I’m glad Lost was canceled.
please pick up ghost wisperer me and my wife watch it every week and buy all the seasons on dvd its our friday night date night watching it if you pick it up we will follow
Keeping “Medium” and cancelling “Ghost Whisperer”? I’m sorry, but “Medium”, well, let’s just say I immediately change the channel for something- anything!- different.
The wife & I have enjoyed “Ghost Whisperer” since it first aired. Now, with the upcoming CBS Friday night line-up, I think we’ll be watching a lot more of the videos we’ve purchased but haven’t had a chance to watch yet., and, for that, thanks CBS. (If by chance I find that the show has moved to another network, we’ll make the switch, too).
It would be wonderful if they switched because our whole town of Tofield love the show
(our school did a survey)
There is no reason to cancel this show that actually is a show that many want to watch. I used to be a NBC watcher , but have changed to CBS. If you cancel this and the other shows that are enjoyable to what I believe is the mainstream viewers, I will personally change from your station.
Yes definitley revive this show!!!! Its great but does need a few “tweeks”.
I LOVE this show!!!! PLEASE don’t cancel it!!!! Hopefully ABC will pick it up! So tired of networks cancelling my favorite shows!
PLEASE don’t cancel it!! We’re losing Lost and now Ghost Whisperer?? Hopefully ABC will pick it up!!
CBS’s loss will be your gain ABC! Please pick this wonderful show up with its wonderful actors, who we have come to love and become addicted too! I think its ratings will soar to the top and it will make all of us happy to see it continue!
Please ABC pick this wonderful show up! I am totally hooked on it.. It would make up for all the times you canceled all my other favorite shows. I think this show would be an asset to your station and its ratings will soar to the top!
Please ABC, pick up Ghost Whisperer. It is one of my favorite shows.
YES YES YES!!! PLEASE pick up my favorite show!!..CBS is stupid for canceling it!!