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 I loved Ghost Whisperer…please bring it back..My Fridays are so empty now…I miss it!
I love this show cant believe it was canceled…i still watch reruns whenever they are on! Someone really needs to bring it back!
I have been waiting for Ghost Whisperer to come back on . My husband and I have watched it since it first came on. We never missed it at our house on Friday nights. I have just found this notice. I miss it!
I can’t believe they cancelled it – I want it back!!! It was a show we would all watch as a family and enjoyed immensly.
Wow! Wow!
I can’t believe it! Every Friday night, I have been looking for Ghost Whisper. So, I finally look it up and find out that it has been cancelled. Can’t believe it. Everyone I talk with loves Ghost Whisper. Now there is nothing on good on Fridays. I THINK THIS WAS A REAL STUPID MISTAKE. How can most people love this show and it is cancelled. No sense there. Someone needs to put it back on. Wow! My 30 year old daughter is crying from the news.
I was looking forward to another season. My daughter & I love the show!
yes well i really liked that show it was what i watched every friday!
For sure Ghost Whisperer should be picked up. It was an excellent show. They kind of blew it when they had Jim die, and then jumped ahead in years with a child, instead of a baby.
But if they went back to more on the family involvement re Jim, it could be great again.
I’ve watched Ghost Whisperer every season and am so upset it is not going to be on this fall!! I was pretty much ready to boycott CBS after they discontinued “As the World Turns”… I was upset when they discontinued “Guiding Light” But the cancellation of ATWT really upset me… now Ghost Whisperer??? I am officially Boycotting CBS, I pray ABC picks it up 🙂 I am only watching shows on ABC and FOX and CWTV….. no more CBS though, they just don’t care about good programming!!!
I’m very disappointed to see Ghost Whisperer get cancelled. It was what I looked forward to watching on Fri. nights. Now I feel a void. I’d like to see it come back
Please oh Please resurrect Ghost Whisperer it was my VERY FAVORITE SHOW. I miss it so very much, I really looked forward to watching every friday. Melinda, Jim and Aiden.
Ive watched Ghost Whisperer for years and counted on it for my Friday entertainment. Im so disappointed it is canceled. Come on other networks, we need it resurrected!
We enjoy the show. We are bummed they are cancelling it! We wouldlike you to bring it back for a couple more seasons.!!!!!!!
I have been waiting patiently for the start of the new season and I just found this notice. I suppose I shall upgrade my Netflix and just skip TV on Friday nights altogether. This was one of my favorite shows. Sigh.
I think Ghost Whisperer is a great show, Please oh please have season 6, I know I got my mom addicted to the show it’s calming, I have seen all 5 seasons and I want some more. I think that Ghost Whisperer has been on for awhile if people didn’t like it then they wouldn’t want more. Well guess what I want more I love the whole cast of Ghost Whisperer. I have all four of the seasons On DVD and I love watching them over and over again. It would be a shame if you really canceled for next… Read more »