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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I thought “Ghost Whisperer” was a great show. I think that cancelling it was a bad move. My girlfriend and I have spent the last few days watching the reruns and I’m hoping that ABC picks it up or it continues on CBS. I’ve been watching the show faithfully since the first season. BRING IT BACK!
I m from Malaysia and i wish, do not cancel the show… please… I really love the show. If they want to finish it, just finish it properly. Don’t make the story just hangging just like that without knowing what happen to the end of the series… My idea is that they should make the story even more interesting. Eg: Put some witchcraft in the series, or anything that will make the series more interesting. If someone interested, i can contrebute some of ideas to make the series out of the world!!!
pls bring back. I love it so much. Im really into it.
Bring Ghost Whisperer Back please:):):):):)
Please bring ghost whisper back!!!!!!!!
no i love this show!!!!
One of my all time favorite shows to settle down and watch. They should bring it back and not cancel it.
bring back Ghost Whisper That was the highlite of the week and Fridays were something I look forward to . the blonde proffessor was much funnier than the current guy
I was wondering why I have not seen one of my favorite shows this season! If ABC is still thinking about putting Ghost Whisperer on their station they better stop thinking and make it happen. It was just getting interesting and figuring out all the stuff with aiden!!! Bring it back!!!!
I think that it is a shame that they cancelled Ghost Whisperer. We had to wait a long time when they had the writers strike. When they did bring it back on the air there was alot of things I think they should have done differently, but still I love the show and my whole family loves it too. You had a hit and I am sure that it could have lasted alot longer. Think about this one guys…Melinda gives birth to her baby…the writers go on strike…. then when you bring the show back her son is now grown… Read more »
please dont cancle the show i LOVE THE SHOW SOOOOOOOOO MUCH i never miss an episode of it not even the old ones. Plase keep it going if not i will be very mad and sad and i dont want that. So pritty please with a charry on top bring it back.
BRING BACK GHOST WHISPERS!!!! PLZZZZ!!! ITS THE BEST SHOW EVER!!!! :”””'((((
I think it sucks that it was cancelled. I LOVED THE SHOW!! They take the good ones off that has no cursing and that is not all about sex and cancel it. SMOOTH MOVE DUMMIES! If you were smart you would bring it back.
please dont cancell
I LOVE Ghost Whisperer! I don’t think it should be cancelled…Please bring it back! It’s one of the best shows I watch. Being a stay at home mom I do watch a lot of T.V. Many shows do not catch my interest…but Ghost Whisperer did! It is a great chow and Jennifer Love Hewitt is great in it! Please do not cancel this show! I hate how a show will come out and then it just gets cancelled…whats the point of even trying to watch it when they just cancel it? Please do not cancel this show!!