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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BRING It BACK! that show was great
Well it was a said day for me finding out in the paper that Ghost Whisperer was cancelled. They still had so much ground to cover and it should not have been cancelled. It did get a little weird with Jim taking over Sams body but they worked with it. My Friday nights are boring and I don’t watch television at all now. Sure hope they bring it back on CBS. You go Melinda you’re to interesting to let fade away!!!
I can’t believe you aren’t bringing this show back. There is very little TV on these days that the whole family can watch. And reality?? I don’t call these “reality shows” to be reality. Ghost Whisperer should continue to run!!
I know that sometimes shows have to end however i think Ghost Whisperer has so much more to offer, yes sometimes you have bad seasons but thats when you get new writers new ideas i just dont feel like Ghost whisperers journey has ended im am totally gutted ive just managed to get my collegues interested in watching it.
Please please bring it back it a uplifting drama that beings people hope and quality entertainment that can be for all the family
PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE BRING BACK GHOST WISPERERS MY FRIDAYS AFTER SCHOOL ARNT THE SAME I MEAN C”MON IM ONLY 11 BRING THE SHOW BACK!!!!!
I absolutely love this show. How can you just leave us hanging? This is one of the best shows on television. It’s about the only time I watch this channel.
Bring Jennifer BACK…!!! I think now I will buy the DVDs…
I loved Jennifer Love-Hewitt and her laugh or giggle. She is SO sexy!!! The first few seasons she went to bed with her husband a few times. The later ones seemed to move away from that. I still look for it on friday nights in my newspaper’s TV Guide, to see if it will restart a season six… If not THAT show, put Jeneffer on something else! (that shows off her beautiful body)! 11/22/10
I am very disappointed that there is no more Ghost Whisperer and Medium.
Not sure why they took it off the air but I watched it faithfully evey week…I want it to air again…EVEN IF THEY ARE REPEATS…..Lets go and let this happen..
GET GHOST WISPERER BACK ON!!!!!!!!!!! i almost cried when it wasnt on anymore. sometimes i would tell my freind when she wanted 2 hang out that i couldnt cauz i was watching ghost wisperer. SO WHAT HAPPENS NEXT…………..!!!!!!!!!!!???????????? SERIOSLY THOUGH PUT IT BACK ON THE AIR NOW!!!!!!!!!! PLEASE………….!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 😕 :/ :}
Our family loved Ghost Whisper. It so bad it’s gone. Hate reality shows.
I’m not sure how or who does the television ratings, but my Friday nights are not the same. I loved Ghost Whisper and Medium sceduled one after the other. Now I turn on HBO or Hallmark. Not everyone likes reality shows. The young people who like them can’t afford to buy anything. I’m surprised they get sponsers. Get Ghostwhisper back on.
My Friday nights aren’t the same. It was a time to snuggled up on the couch and stay home enjoying television with my husband. I would watch Ghostwhisper and then Medium. I don’t know how the ratings are accumluated, but so many loved this show. I’m caught in the middle age generation and I absolutely hate reality shows. Give me the scripted sitcoms and dramas and I’ll watch.
Why would you cancel a show like Ghost whisperer and replace it with Medium. Our Friday Nights are lost now.