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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Don’t cancel the show it is way too good, cancel something else that nobody watches, theres plenty of that!!
I love love love ghost whisperer….. I want it back…..I can’t believe it was cancelled…..
I so looked forward to the Friday night broadcast of Ghost Whisperer! the viewers want it back. If CBS doesn’t want to take a chance with it, then ABC would be smart to pick it up. Please listen to your viewers and give us back our show. I hope that ABC makes it more popular than ever, and that CBS will see what they gave up.
I think Ghost Whisperer should come back on and stay on! I loved watching that show and it’s the one thing I looked forward to on Friday nights! It was always set on my DVR to record and I would watch episodes over and over again with my 12 yr old niece who was also addicted to it with me! I am really sick of good shows getting cancelled because more people seemed to tune into reality TV shows and I think reality shows really SUCK! There are NO good actors in reality TV and it’s bumping off some really… Read more »
Please pick up the show. I love it and miss it!!
I can’t understand why whith one bad ratings season Ghost Whisperer was cancelled. Look at all the other shows with bad rateings that are still on. For those of us that can relate to Melinda, I wish you would bring her back.
Ghost Whisperer needs to come back and have it finish the show PROPERLY! Tie up all the loose ends! It seems CBS does this to a lot of shows and it stinks. Does anyone remember Joan of Arcadia and it being canceled and we never had closure for that show either!
I sure hope ABC picks up the show, it was one of my vavorites. First Moonlight was cancelled and now Ghost Whisperer, what’s wrong with CBS?
Loved Loved Loved this show….why cancell a show when their is still so much to tell and explore! …Very disappointed that this show is not going to come back! Was so looking forward to fall season lineup after the season finale !!! Just to find out it won”t!!!!!
I can’t believe this is off the air..!!! How do they really get these ratings??? Everyone I know is sick over this, and Friday nights just isn’t the same anymore. If not ANC, another network should pick this up…we miss our Ghost Whisper and you left us hanging…that wasn’t an ending..it was a new beginning. Many of us are curious of the minds of people like John Gray. We are in a new time where this is important for many people to understand and watch. Please bring this back..!!!!
please do not let Ghost Whisper go away, I love this show
I think ABC should pick up Ghost Whisper again, alot of devoted viewers such as myself, where left up in the air. Ghost Whispers was like a weekly soap series to me and probably to others. The show was one of the best show on T.V. and it was a family show. I also think if ABC picks up Ghost Whispers it should put it in a time slot of 8 p.m. and not on a Friday. This way families can view the show at an approiate time and weekday.
Please put it back on!!!!!!
Thank You.
PICK IT UP! It’s a Great Show With Tons Of Loyal Fans! I Myself Have Been Waiting FOREVER!! For The New Season and To Hear Its Going To be Cancelled Is Just Insane , Absolutley Insane!
That sucks!!! They got all these other TV shows that can’t believe people watch but want to cancel Ghost whisperer!!! Me and my kids loved watching this show on friday night. I think they should give it another chance just cause of one bad year they want to cancel just isn’t right………
Ghost Whisperer should STAY!!!! I recently lost my other favorite show, “Gilmour Girls”. I am getting REALLY sick of loosing all my favourite show. PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE DO NOT CANCEL!!!!!
ghost whisperer is the best!!!
the show must go on
and should stay!!!