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.
these show has brought our family together every friday night for the last five years …. we miss it very much………. our friday nights havent been the same our show isnt there anymore ……this show is excellant and scary at times but it keeps you going ……….. bring ghost whisper back and if you dont i hope some other station picks it up and you lose out……………bring it back…..
Dont Cancel it please !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! We love this show and we dont want to lose it
I loved watching this show. Please bring it back and Jim… the whole it was all a dream thing worked for other shows. And this show, if your into metaphysics, really is striking. In any case it’s very entertainng. Please Please Please Bring this back!!!
The show is very unique and that was the alure and the attraction. Unlike most other shows, either being full of “shoot ’em up, beat ’em up” or reality bushwah. Ghost Whisper took us to a place that, for the most part, seem like fantisy. However, the characters made it seem real. Melinda helped us all believe for a little while on Friday nights. I miss it and wish it would be back. It was my favoriate show on TV.
My two daughter my mother( before she passed in 2009 ) and i would watch Ghost Whisper .We would love for it to come back please . Please bring it back please
BRING IT BACK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! PLEASE BRING BACK THE SHOW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! IT’S THE BEST SHOW ON TV!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
BRING BACK GHOST WHISPERER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! THAT WAS I ONLY FAVORITE SHOW IN THE WORLD AND NOW I AM PISSED CAUSE ITS CANCELED!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I DON’T CARE WHAT U HAVE TO DO JUST PLZ BRING IT BACK I ALMOST HAVE ALL OF THE DVD’S AND I WANT THERE TO BE MORE AND PISSED THAT ABC WOULDN’T TAKE THE SHOW BUT THEY WOULDN’T KNOW A EXCELLENT SHOW IF IT BITE THEM IN THE ***, I’M SORRY BUT I LOVE GHOST WHISPERER AND I AM THE BIGGEST FAN. I WATCH IT EVERY SINGLE TIME IT COMES ON. I HOUND MY MOM TO BUY THE DVD’S… Read more »
I AGREE WITH YOU WHOLE HEARTEDLY…. GOOOOOO GIRL..
ditto, ditto, ditto, ditto!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
YOU GO GIRL! FALLOW YOUR DREAMS!
YES!!! BRING IT BACK!!!
IM SOO PISSED!! I RECORD EVERY SHOWING!! PLEEEEASE BRING IT BACK!!! IT;S THE BEST SHOW IN THE WORLD!
pleaseeeeeeeeeeeee bring back ghost whispere. i love that show it is just simply amazing.
my brother got me to watching it now i know more then him. i love and miss it very much.
i am soooooooo made this is bull me and my hole family and friends all look farward of see are favorit show on tv we all talk about it and plan for it every week and cant belive the best show ever being taken off this is bull!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!dont let them do this
I want the sixth season takes place. I absolutely love this show and there were no real purpose in the last season. It’s disappointing for the fans !
My daughter and I have always bonded watching Ghost Whisperer on Friday nights….We are really sad that it’s not on anymore…We did like i t better before they decided to kill Jim but at least now we see him as Jim again. Continue the story…lots of fans depend on it.
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I <3 THE SHOW PLEASE BRING IT BK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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my kids and i love the show and would love to see it again…i miss my friday nights along with popcorn and watching GHOST WHISPERER!!!!!!! PLLLLLEEEEAAASSSEEE BRING IT BACKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKK