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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My husband and I absolutely loved Ghost Whisperer! We miss it so much. To us it was
the only show we looked forward to on Friday nights. It had all the elements that made it a great show. Romance, drama and suspense. Please bring it back!
OH yes, please consider picking up this show, I LOVED IT. Especially watching Ghost Whisperer and Medium together. I was hoping some day to be a guest on Ghost Whisperer!!!!
What… NO this show can NOT be canceled!!!!!!!!! I’m only 13 and everything else I see on t.v is so violent and gross. I am in love with this show, along with pretty little liars, and if they dont pick it up I will go mad while watching re-runs. Please I hope they pick it up.
Please pick it back up!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Hope someone picks it up. I’ve seen all the repeats…twice no less. Agree with the comments, is suspensful, funny, loving, and has a happy ending even as it recognizes there is a dark side and sadness to life. It has a story, for crying out loud. What’s the story about trash-talking wives or brides who abuse their families as they approach their wedding. The wrong show was canceled. Hope it comes back.
YES! YES! YES! MY MOM BROTHER AND I LOVE LOVE LOVE THIS SHOW!!!! SOMEBODY PICK UP THE SHOW AND FAST!!!!
I cannot believe you have cancelled the Ghost Whisperer! It’s one of the only shows I will not miss! There are so many other shows that have absolute NO meaning that NEED to be cancelled! Ghost Whisperer gives hope to us who have lost family that they really are still around! Please re-think this!
I really hope they do pick it up. I rarely watch TV because all the shows for my age group are about sex, drugs, and pregnant girls. This was one of the shows I actually enjoyed watching!! I was just seeing when the next season was going to start and I find out it’s cancelled….one of my most favorite shows…..I really hope it starts up again =(
I LOVE THIS SHOW!!!!
they should absolutly without a doubt keep the showing going!
I am completly hooked and dont know what im going to do when im done watching it. im watching the re-runs on ION and am completly sucked in!!!! PLEASE PUT THE SHOW BACK ON AIR!!!!! IDC WHAT STATION!!!! JUST DO IT!!!!
Please pick up Ghost Whisperer. I love this show so much I bought every season. I think it’s a wonderful show that can help people who have lost a loved one. There are tones of stories that can be told through this show.
YES, PLEEEEEASE pick up the show!!! DO you consider TVo in your viewing stats??!!??
Yes! Please someone pick it up! Not much worth watching on TV these days. This was one show that was worth watching.
I really hope someone picks this show back up. I really enjoy it. So very tired of “reality tv” . Loved this show and always looked forward to watching it.
My girls and I just recently found Ghost Whisper (well my recent is a little over a year) We love the show. I would love for someone to pick it up and keep it on. There are very few shows where you can find love, comedy, suspense and religion all in one. It’s a great show lets not loose it.
i really hope they pick it up i love this show. it’s a big bag of emotions that take so many turns it’s exciting. there’s constant mystery. usually i can tell what gonna hapen at the end of some movie and shows because i’m a tv person, but with ghost whisperer it’s hard you can never tell whats gonna happen it’s full of suspense. plus we have a wonderful actress jenifer and two wonderful actors david and jamie. i’m praying that the show will ge4t pick up