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?
Image courtesy CBS.
why do they always take the good shows off and leave the stupid ones. Not everyone likes reality shows.. BRING BACK GHOST WHISPERER!!!!!!!
I can’t even express the disappointment in discovering that Ghost Whisperers was canceled. I had been patiently waiting for the season premier only to “google” it to find it has been canceled. I have older teenage children and this is one of the few shows that they would stay in to watch as a family. Please change your mind and renew this beloved series.
I just found out that it was cancelled. I was wondering what was taking it so long to start up again and someone just told me. I think it really SUCKS that they’re not going to even finish it! At least END the show if you’re going to cancel it. You know..tie up loose ends? boooooo to CBS. >:-P
DONT CANCEL GHOST WHISPER ITS THE BEST SHOW IN THE WORLD I WOULD DIE WITH OUT IT PLEASEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE…. DONT…. IT MAKES ME HAPPY !!!!!!!!!!!
Yes u morons finish the season!!!!!!!!!!!!!! We luv the show and r dedicated viewers!!!!!!!!!!!!! Continue the damn series!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! We would really appreciate it if u wud continue it!!!!!!!!!! PLZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I love Ghost Whisperer!! I have been looking for it every Friday night and no wonder I couldn’t find it. I couldn’t believe it when my mother told me she heard they cancelled the show, I was shocked!!! Please bring it back, I’ll watch it on ABC…. I’ll watch it anywhere! They can’t just end a show without it being finished, it doesn’t make sense. They need to think about the viewers that are loyal and do watch.
i cant believe it is canceled i am so sad i cried i loved that show people need to understand that its not how many people watch its about what the people watching it think about it
I LOVE,LOVE,LOVED THIS SHOW. I THINK THEY HAVE DONE A HUGE DIS-SERVICE TO THE FANS. I ALWAYS LOOKED FORWARD TO FRIDAY NIGHT , JUST TO WATCH THE SHOW. PLEASE PICK IT UP ON ANOTHER STATION.
I love Ghost Whisperer. Please bring back.
Absolutely ABC should pick up Ghost Whisperer – I did not realize the show had been cancelled and therefore was set to watch it this fall – only to find to my dismay that it is not longer available – I love Melinda and Jim Gordon – please bring it back – Medium is not the same without Ghost Whisperer…..
ABC all they way!!!
Please bring back Ghost Whisperer — CBS reconsider or ABC pick it up. Somebody bring it back, it’s a great show.
I think ABC should pick it up. I’m a stay at home mom and I love following Melinda Gordon when I have time to relax. It really saddens me that CBS is canceling it. I don’t think they know what they are doing. What will I watch now?
I hope ABC picks up Ghost Whisperer. I love this show. How can CBS just end it without an actual ending to the show? CBS made a stupid mistake!!! I hope ABC has enough sense to bring it back! PLEASE bring it back!
It saddens me that a network does not understand the loyalty of its viewers.
I will no longer contribute to watching CBS.
I will go strictly to ABC if they will pick up Ghosts. How about guys over at Cable TV.?