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.
This is the worst possible mistake they could have made. I am so unhappy that they cancled it. I watched it every friday night and now I have nothing to look forward to every friday. It was my favorite show and there is no way they will every be able to replace it. I really think that they should continue the show. Please bring the show back!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I really love it so much!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Please
I would come home from work everyday and turn my t..v. to channel 42 (WE station) to watch the Golden Girls, Ghost Whisperer would follow, but I never watched, the coming attractions would make me curious, so one nite I decided to watch and to my surprise I was so hooked that I made it a point to catch up and watch the first 5 seasons either by catching re run episodes or buying the dvd’s, so I would be ready for season six!!!! I even got my husband hook!! AND IT’S CANCELLED!!!!!! ARE YOU KIDDING ME, BRING IT BACK!!!… Read more »
Come on one more season this is seriously the best show ever made please don’t cancel and I am speaking for fifty other people I know
Pleasssssse bring Ghost Whisperer back. There was such energy between the two main characters, you could feel the love. As far as Im concerned, none of the networks have a decent season on You people are always talking about “surveys” and “what the viewers think” That’s just another way of getting off the hook and working less for the same or more salary I’m 77 and I have never, yet, seen where our opinion relly made a difference!
I really enjoyed Ghost Whisperer….now I watch reruns on ion almost everyday. Sorry to see it cancelled.
I still watch the old episodes everyday after school on ion.
It never seems to amaze me how the powers that be make such silly decisions. Ghost Whisperer was one of the best shows I have seen in some time, I loved it never missed it and always recorded it and bought all of the DVD’s. I can’t believe it is gone. Bring it back.
WHAT!!!! why are you cancelling this show i can’t beileve it. The first time i saw this show i enjoyed every minute of it, everyday i come running to my room to watch this show it was my favorite show. You didn’t even continue the last episode, I want to see what happens next. Please don’t cancel it you broke my family apart now we don’t watch anything or do anyhting together exept on holisays thats just sad. Don’t cancell Ghost Whisperer.:)
You should return this show to the network or offer it up to be picked up. medium and this show were like my two-fer Friday supernatural night. I miss it!! It is a great show and J.L Hewitt is perfect for the roll, maybe a spinoff with her in it same type show?? Figure it out…
We want it to stay on, we lov, lov, LOVE IT! Count me for two votes! My husband & I, please (:
I can’t believe that I won’t be sitting down with my girls on Friday night and not being able to watch ghost whisperer anymore. We only have a few shows that my whole family will watch together and this is the second one being cancelled. Has everyone gone crazy taking off quality show for more reality or sex filled shows that have no storyline or good quality to them. I just hope that they will pick them up its a great show and I would hate to see another great show just disappear. Soooo please someone save this show!!!
I loved Ghost Whisperer. I watched every Friday night @ eight (8). My youngest daughter use to watch it with me and then the series caught my oldest daughter eyes. She told me she thought it was a pretty decent show. She never got a chance to enjoy it the way her little sister and I did. It may be 6 months old that’s because I’m in school, but that doesn’t mean I don’t care. I’m lost without the show. Angela Love Huwit had a really good show.
That is the biggest mistake they made. Now i don’t even watch that channel. I loved that show. Now they need to make a shoe for Jen.
Cancelling Ghost Whisperer has put a huge mark on CBS. It is probably one of the most ridiculous things they could have done. It wasn’t just a show for adults. My husband and our children loved to watch it together. It was actually a tradition ever since Jessica turned three years old. I loved being able for her to watch something that did not have vulgar language, sexual content, or any other ratings that children should not see. Most of the episodes were also moving and motivating. My little girls were taught how to always be truthful and also courageous.… Read more »
seriously just dont cancel it. they have so many stoopid shows but they have to cancel this onee? yeah i dont think so. they better not cancel it cuz them imma be really maddd:(