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.
I really miss my favorite show…please bring it back!!!!!
I didn’t know that it had been cancelled either! This is crazy there was no ending to the show that made any sense? Who were the shadow ghosts? Why did they want Adrien? Come on ABC pick up and continue the story line for Ghost Whisperer PLEASE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Seee????? You got me so upset I misspelled it! LOL I always throw that extra ‘h’ in there for some reason… Anyways… besides the fact… Bring the show back!!!!!! Ghost Whisperer will be missed! There, I spelled it right, now I can sleep better… I would sleep even better knowing I had it to watch on Friday Nights again 😉
I am so saddened to have learned tonight, via my search on the internet, WHYYYYY I have not seen any advertisements for episodes of Ghost Whispherer; Come to find, a few unsettling minutes ago that Ghost Whispherer has been cancelled! 🙁 I soooo looked forward to this show every Friday night! To be frank, I would rather stay in to watch this, than run out on a night on the town! This has been a seasonal schedule for the last 5 years of my life. I grew to love this show sooooo much. Prelude to Medium! Why oooo why do… Read more »
I love Ghost Whisperer!
I watch it every day! 😀
Bring it back.
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That’s the only reason why I actually watched Tv. The show is absolutely amazing.
I have all seasons. =\ And the show was such a big hit! Why cancel it?!D:
We were really shocked to see it was cancelled. I was so looking forward to settling in to a regular season this year. Would be so happy to see it come back on another station or even on like the sci fi channel on cable.
Yes, please bring this show back! I’ve been wondering why I haven’t been seeing on Friday nights – I keep looking and it’s not there. I LOVE this show and just found out it’s been canelled. I’m so depressed now 🙁
I think ABC should pick up Ghost Whisper CBS was stupid to let it go I love this show I watch it every day even the reruns I was looking for it this fall because I didn’t know they cancelled it. why would you cancel something that’s so good Please bring it back!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
they should totally pick up ghost whisprere it is the greatest show ever i dont care who you are!
We have missed ghost whisperer desperately, our firdays are blase now without having melinda as a detective invesigator of the paranormal, this is a big void in our life. Come on bring back a grteat show with a good group of characters!!!
I loved that show….. Please bring it back 🙂
I didn’t even know the show got cancelled. I’m really bummed out!!! I hope you bring it back or at least give us some closure. I hate when a show is cancelled and the viewer isn’t even allowed to say good bye to characters that we have so fallen in love with. I think it was a mistake to cancel this show.
I think the thing that killed the rateings was when you put it on friday night. To me if you really wanted to keep it going like the viewers u would have kept in on the night it was on!!!!
@Maria Rix: It was on Friday nights for all five seasons. You must be thinking of another show.
I think ABC is crazy for canceling the show! it really is the best friday night show ever!!!!! I am crying over the cancelation! That’s how much i love that show. I was getting others to watch it too. They love it too!!!! BRING IT BACK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Please bring Ghost Whisperer back. Last season was a little different than previous seasons i.e. aging Aiden 5 years from end of season 4 to season 5. I still love the show!!!!! Great Friday night show.