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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VERY disappointed to hear this! My son keeps asking me when “the ghost show” is coming back on! If ANY network picks it up, we will watch it faithfully!
I had no idea that the show was cancelled, I just figured the season was gonna start late. This is one of my favorites show, I watch reruns on 2 other networks. If I couldn’t watch it I taped it to watch later. I am sorry to say to the show was better before Melinda had the kid. I never bought that how do you have a baby and then suddenly it is a full grown kid. Who ever wrote that into the story line killed the show because up till then everything was believable and that is what I… Read more »
I am addicted to the show…..it makes me happy! Please pick it up someone!
that’s my favorite show! please bring it back!
Can’t believe it was cancelled!! Loved the show,hope someone picks it up!
YES!! PLEASE, PLEASE bring it back!! I LOVE THAT SHOW!!!!!
My daughter and i watched the show every friday night! We miss it so yes want
The show to come back!!!!!! And i got my mom to watch it to so now shes watching
The reruns!
I miss the show so much…I think the drop could have been when they let her husband die and all that series…Everyone I know loved it including myself…please pick the show up.
I am so disappointed to find out that my favorite show was cancelled. I find it hard to believe that there was logical reasoning for this. Why is it the stupid, shows stay on, but a show with a good cast, no swearing or innuendos can’t stay on the air. I think this was a real mistake and hope it is rectified.
I loved this show…have watched faithfully since the show started…Please bring it back! You keep cancelling the good ones!!!
I loved Ghost whisperer and only stopped watching new episodes to catch up so i didn’t see anything that would spoil the plot. Guess I should have kept watching anyway as now I am caught up and no more to watch. I believe it would be a huge mistake to not pick the show up and continue the story. This might make me stop watching the stations all together as all my fav shows are being canceled and GW was my main reason for even getting cable in the first place.
This was my favorite show!! ABC please please please pick it up again!
Can’t believe they cancelled Ghost Whisperer. My children and I loved sitting and watching it on Friday nights. They could go out and yet chose to stay in and watch it. I hope another network is smart enough to pick it up.
That was a great show! Please someone pick up the show!
I have been looking forward to the new season of Ghost Whisperer. My daughter and I just started watching it this summer. We recorded all of the episodes and faithfully watched all 5 seasons. I was checking to see why it was not on the air this season and was very sad to find out that it was cancelled and has not been picked up as of yet! PLEASE reconsider….I think there has to be more newbies that have been watching it in syndication that are ready for the next season…