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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Oh come on!!! Ghost Whisperer is a Friday night staple. I can’t believe it was canceled. I wondered why it hasn’t been on. Please ABC pick up the show. At least give it one more season and give it a proper ending!!!
Yes please pick up Ghost Whisperer i don’t care if the ratings went down that show was amazing, and it was a show a whole family could watch, it was scary but still had the ability to make you cry all at once. I loved it please bring it back
I love Ghost Whisperer…. I am so sad its gone. Its an honest show without the morbidness of death or crime., and the cool thing is that it can deal with both.
That’s sad, it’s the first time in my life I get interested in watching T.V. and I chose to watch Ghost Whisperer from the very beginning. My whole family watches it in my home, and I’m not talking about girls or young kids. I’m talking about my husband, 18 year old son and my 15 year old son. We’ve been anxiously waiting for it to show up in the line for opening season. Tonight I decided to look up and see why it hasn’t shown up and now I know why . This is why I never liked to watch… Read more »
Please don’t cancell ghost whisperer. It’s a good family movie. You can’t leave us hanging….What happens to her father? what’s the mysterious issues of under the city, and the meaning of the book of change? it’s all going to end… seriously, there has to be more…
grandma and i have seen every season and episode seen it has been on air! we love it and always will!! atleast pick up the show and end it the right way! we want melinda!!!!!
I LOVE GHOST WHISPERER!!!
Ghost Whisperer was one of my favorite shows! I had also been looking for it and didn’t realize it had been cancelled. I hope it is picked up by ABC!
Please bring back Ghost Whisper. We kept searching the TV guide looking for Ghost Whisper and decided to google when our show will be on. Were sad to see it has been cxl. PLEASE bring it back. Our family misses this show.
Please pick up this show! All the shows i enjoy are getting cancelled. What will they replace it with? Probably a show about an idiot looking for a date or maybe a show about doing stupid challenges for money? Come on…..I want Melinda. Atleast pick up the show and finish it the right way. Dont just leave us hanging like Heroes and many others did. Us loyal fans buy this show as it is released to dvd and now i will have yet another one that doesnt finish the story lines ……it just stops. How about you dont put any… Read more »
ABC PLEASE pick it up, I am so disappointed! Just found out it was cancelled! I had been looking for it & couldn’t find it, so now i know why! Ghost Whisperer is absolutely my favorite show! I miss it already! PLEASE PLEASE pick it up!
MY GRANDMA AND I NEED GHOST WHISPERER!!!!!!!!!
It’s hard to find good family shows. Ghost Whisperer is definitely a “clean” family show.
I watch Ghost W. reruns on ION right now but am hoping ABC will pick it up. PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE ABC!
They should pick it up for sure. As usual the good shows are always the ones to be cancelled. I watched this show religously every Friday night and have been anxiously anticipating it’s return. I just found out that it was cancelled and I’m very dissapointed. Please bring it back!!??!!
Why do they always cancel the good shows. I have not miss one shows since it aired. If anything they at lest give it season six to end it the right way. The show always ende with happen ended and it shoould have the same for the season. There are not that many shows that have been good. There are some questions that need to be answer. Bring it back please???
please bring back my favorite show Ghost Whisperer. I like Medium as well. Some of the other sappy shows should go. Ghost Whisperer should stay.
OMG!!!! I have been watching for it as it usually appears around the same time as my Medium show. Finally I got my computer running and now decided to find out why I haven’t seen the Ghost Whisperer show recently. So now what there are so many questions that need to be answered. This show was amazing as it always found new ways to keep me intrigued and entertained. ABC please save this show and bring it back on it is a unique show that must go on.