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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Please pick up Ghost Whisperer!!! It needs to come back! There is so much more the show could tell and offer as a story line.
NO! After they wrote the child into the show it got hokey. They should of stayed with the original format. It was good when it was just her and her first husband.
Having just watched the final Ghost Whiperer in the Uk I was sad that it was the final ever one and would love for it to continue as long as the story line was good
yes bring the show back..the wife loves the show and i always get a good cry at the end..I think the show tells a story about the other side..which is good ..it makes people think and CBS will kick them selfs in the butt when it takes off….also there is so many stupid shows out there and they are still on…………
TYPICAL!!!!
THEY ALWAYS CANCEL THE TV SHOWS THAT PEOPLE ACTUALLY WATCH!! INSTEAD OF GHOST WHISPERER, IT WILL BE A STUPID REALITY SHOW.
IM NOT WATCHING CBS ANYMORE!!!!!
Yes!! Please bring Ghost Whisperer back!! My telly life wouldn’t be the same without it!!
We would have girls night and watch it…. So please please please bring it back
YES, bring back Ghost Whisperer, it was bad about the husband dying and stepping into another body but still, that being said, the show was beginning to overcome that mistake. Love the show. To many good shows are cancelled without even a goodbye from thses networks. And the bad thing is, the show they replace the good ones with are horribly BADDDD !!!!!!!
many people what it back so bring it back!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
i think it should continue i dont want it to end and that wasnt a good ending for the whole show
Yes I think u should bring back ghost whisperer! I love the show. My husband and I watch it every friday we miss it.
the networks cancel all the shows that normal working people enjoy watching to put more stupid reality shows on, these reality shows are scripted and edited. come on some of us want to watch good tv shows after a long day/weekend. Great shows Las Vegas, Shark, Men In Trees. No need to get used to watching a good show because as soon as u get hooked they cancel them
YES ABC PICK UP GHOST WHISPERER! ITS A FANTASTIC SHOW! AND I’M GOING TO MISS IT IF IT DOESN’T COME BACK!
I think for sure you should bring the show back — I have alot of friends that love the show !!I think last season may have been a little shakey due to the story line of the husband being the spirit of the dead guy –But I think before the end of the last season the kinks where worked out good –Please –Please -Bring it back!!!!
I wish they would bring it back – it was something my whole family would get together on Friday night to watch – we really miss it:(