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.
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Oh please bring it back!!! This show is filled with great actors, good story plots, and already big fan base. There is so much you could do with this show. SO many stories untold. There are many reasons why rating could have gone down within the last season. Most likely because of the economy and the vampire craze. But the tried true shows like Ghost Whisperer will always keep there fans entertained and coming back for more!!!
me and my son each day look forward to watching the best show ever i dont even care for tv that much. i would look for the show and thought the sow was all ready gone you took off one of the best showes ever please put the show back on the air please that show wasa very good one conpaired to the mass that is comming on tv these days most of it is mess but to me that show stands out and it helps people understand things in a better way or to better under stand life and… Read more »
Plz bring the show back this is the greatest show ever.
I think you need to put Ghost Whispers back on. I really love the show and miss it a lot. I had to do a search to fine out if she was coming back on but I see that its cancelled. Why don’t you let the people decide on cancelling shows or not. Also love to watch Medium too,as it was on this year for about 4 shows then that went away. Like to watch both shows so will you please bring them back on ?
Please bring it back. This show gave me hope that our loved ones could really be watching over us. It gave me something to look forward to every week…. ABC will not regret it if they pick it up…
Please bring back Ghost Whisper! This and Lost were about the only thing on TV that was worth watching. This Reality TV is getting OLD. If I trully wanted a does of Reality I’d just need to take a good look at my life. I look to TV to get away from REALITY!
You really need to reconsider bringing it back. You have a LOYAL VIEWER HERE!
Plz bring Ghost Whisperer back that is one of my favorite tv shows to watch, thats why I am on this page trying to figure out whats going on with this tv show. Seems like every one is wanting to shut down all the good shows just like NBC got rid of Las Vegas, they end the season as if they were going to bring it back, I have been looking for Ghost Whisperer to came back on so plz bring it back!
IT HAS TO COME BACK!!!!!!!
This has been the worst year for television. Please! bring back Ghost Whisper.
Bring it back, that’s my favorite serie.
i agree. it was one of the best shows on tv. i always looked forward to friday nights so i could watch it. i missed the series finale because we had a bad storm & it kept interrupting it.
I THINK IT WOULD DEFINITY BE A GOOD INVESTMENT FOR ABC IF THEY PICKED UP GHOST WHISPERER. I DON’T CARE THAT RATEINGS HAVE GONE DOWN. THAT WAS ONLY BECAUSE OF THE DIGITAL SWITCH AND ALSO THE RECETION. THINGS ARE SO MUCH BETTER NOW AND PEAPLE WILL JUST BE HAPPY TO HAVE THE SHOW BACK. I KNOW I WILL!!!
BRING IT BACK PLEEEAAASSSEE! 🙂
I think it stinks that they would take one of the best shows in years off without any warning. I’ve been looking in every time slot to find it. There aren’t many shows that I really keep up with and that was one I never missed if I could help it.
BRING IT BACK! Its my favorite show!! :””””””(