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, ABC, pick up Ghost Whisperer!! I wait in anticipation every Friday at work knowing that I get to watch GW that very evening 🙂
The cast is awesome and the story lines have a tremendous impact on our lives. My 14 y.o daughter watches it with me – what a great mother/daughter bonding moment; especially at this age. We can often be found teary-eyed after watching an episode.
Please listen to your fans, they are rarely wrong.
OMG YOU CANNOT CANCEL GHOST WHISPERER THIS IS MY FAVORITE SHOW!!! ITS SO GOODD & SUSPENCEFUL. I RECORD EVERY EPISODE. IM SO ADDICTED TO THIS SHOW PLEASEEE KEEEP!! at first when it started i never got a chance to watch it and get into it until my mother had it on and after that i yelled at my grandmother for not getting me into it sooner because its soo addicting now me, my mom and my brother never miss an episode it made us so much closer together im going to be soooo upset if you cancel PLEASEEEEE DONTTT! I… Read more »
I have so enjoyed Ghost Whisperer…one of my favorite shows. I could not believe that it was cancelled. Please pick this show up!!!
Sick of the mindless reality shows that have flooded TV. Need to keep this show and add a lot more quality shows
ABC Please pick it up. It wouldn’t be the same without seeing Melinda Gordon every week…..Love that show…..has been a fan since it first aired.
Absolutely. I would like it to continue.
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please ABC pick up the show pick it up and run with it believe me we are upset that they are cancelling ghost whisperer people enjoy that show it is like family and your a family channel please I will give up everything if you pick up GW don’t make a mid aged woman cry now that show gave me hope and something to look forward to
Please don’t cancel. I wait for this show every week. It’s one of the two show’s that I faithfully watch every week.
I think they did much darker stories this year which were not nearly as good. Also the whole thing with the kid was not as interesting as previous years shows.
Finally, if JLH wore more outfits like the one pictured here ratings might have been better. That also changed in recent years.
Yes, absolutley ABC should pick up this show! If CBS is going to be dumb enough to drop it when it has consistently been a good show for them and had an incredibly faithful following, then ABC should be smart enough to pick it up and take the lead back from CBS as the most watched network! Millions of people will follow the show! Please don’t cancel it or at the very least, the execs at ABC should pick it up and make it even better!
I work hard all week and Ghost Whisper is the one show I look forward at weeks end. I don’t go out on Fridays so I can watch it. Please don’t cancel it! I love this show because it’s so out there and takes me out of the really craziness of this world. ABC please pick it up if you can!!!
Please pick up the show ABC!!!!!! True they need to get on with the whole Shiney’s and Shadow’s storyline but please don’t cancel it! Otherwise you will add to a long list of good shows that get cancelled while stupid ones get to stick around.
PLEASE KEEEP!!!! ITS ONE OF MY FAVE SHOWS!!! KEEP IT PLEASE!!!ABC PICK IT UP!!!!