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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yes yes yes pick it up…. do not cancel the series… Awesome series. Gets us all sitting at the same time…
Nooooo don’t cancel Ghost Whisperer, please, please, please. My son and I look forward to Friday nights to have some down time after a long week at work and school and we so enjoy watching Ghost Whisperer and Medium.
This was the only good show on Friday nights. Why would you cancel the only good thing you have going on Fridays? Please bring back Ghost Whisperer, and together let’s enjoy our Fridays again!
Please pick up Ghost Whisperer. It is one of my favorite shows.
I think Ghost Whisperer shouldn’t be canceled x(and should continued, Also there should be an Season 6 , I mean some shows have a lot of seasons mostly episode that we seened before or not . 🙂
I can not believe that they would not pick up this show. When my husband was fighting brain cancer, it was the show he looked forward to seeing. And trust me it changed my moms outlook on life after death. It was not only entertaining, but an eye opener to some. I say they should bring it back and get rid of some of the reality shows that have become boring……………………..
I am so mad!! I have been waiting and waiting for my show to come on and it has not aired yet, that is ridiculous that it was taken off the air, that was a great show, and someone is right you left us hanging with so many lose ends, bring that show back! It was an awesome show!!!!!!
Really disappointed to find out this week that my favorite show was cancelled! I also watch medium but didn’t like it nearly as much as Ghost Whisp. Wow, I hate that!!!! Hopefully you will have enough people complaining!
I say they should continue it was one of my favorite shows!
Please pick it up ABC. I love Ghost Whisperer! I saw Medium return this season and was anxiously waiting to see the season premier of Ghost Whisperer and to my dismay it has been canceled. Not fair! Bring Jenniffer back, she is awesome!
I thought the show was great. Cancelling it is stupid. The last couple of seasons where the best allot more intense. So please keep it on. Thanks Dissapointed
Yes, Yes and Yes they should def. pick up Ghost Whisper. It was a great show. Why would they cancel it?
I think that sucks that CBS cancelled Ghost Whisperer. I watched Ghost Whisperer every Friday, I am very disappointed. It would be great if ABC would pick Ghost Whisperer up this fall. I hope some network would pick up Ghost Whisperer.
I finally had a chance to go online and check when my all time favorite show was airing only to find out that you canceled GHOST WHISPERER. I couldn’t wait for Friday’s to see it! Can’t believe you kept Medium – couldn’t even get into that show! What were you thinking – you left sooooooo many loose ends – a lot of people want our Melinda back. Someone has to pick it up.
I can not believe Ghost Whisper was cancelled. That was only good show to watch on Friday nights. I think i wll just boycott CBS unless u bring the show back. Maybe i will start watching the shows on ABC.