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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cancelling this show was a huge mistake. My husband and I both loved coming home on friday and looking forward to watching the show as we decompressed from our work week. It was a great show and most of my friends were also big fans. We watch the re runs but wish there was a station smart enough to bring it back!
i LUV GHOST WHISPERER.. IM ADDICTED TO IT BEEN WATCHING IT .PLS BRING IT BACK…PLSPLSPLS…
Please bring Ghost Whisperer back!!!! Thank You!
PLEASE DONT CANCEL IT! IM TWELVE AND WANT TO KEEP WATCHING!!!! IT IS MY FAVORITE SHOW!
Love this show! You guys keep taking the good shows away!
Please put it back on. i look forward to it every week. My mom and sister and i love it. I learn from the challenges Melind faces. This show inspires me to never give up in wht i believe in.
PLEASE BRING IT BACK – I AM HAVING WITHDRAWAL SYMPTOMS BIG TIME!!!!
They really do need to bring it back, I just started watching it in November 2010 and started from the beginning and I’m all caught up now and I cannot stand that it was left open. If I just started watching it and very interested then Im pretty sure that there are more like me. Bring it Back, Please :}
BRING BACK THE SHOW I LOVE THIS SHOW I FREAKIN LOVE IT
i like really want them to bring it back really i do there are alot of unanswered questions that we still need to find out about.
THE SHOW MUST GO ON!!:)
YES. PLEASE BRING IT BACK. IT WAS A GREAT SHOW. I WAS SHOCKED IT WAS CANCELLED. ABC PICK UP THE SHOW. IM SURE THE WRITERS WILL BE EVEN MORE CREATIVE.
They need to bring back ghost whisperer… Now they r dumb if they think someone else will pick it up… They need to hurry up..
I enjoyed this show. There are a lot of unanswered questions and I think they could be explored more.
i am 53 and i enjoyed the ghost whispere alot…when the husband died and switched bodies that threw me and when the baby was born and was all of a sudden 5..that sucked…but it really was a good show with a good following…any chance of doing some surgery to script and network and maybe bring it back….good actors and most of the time good plots….PLEASE TRY…DID I MENTION I AM 53 AND RAISED 4 KIDS…LOL…THANKS FOR CONSIDERING IT
BRING IT BACK!!!!! LOVE THE SHOW!!!!!
I love this show! I watch it in the evenings when I grade papers. Pleae find a way to keep it going.
Ghost Whisperer is the only show that I made sure I watched
weekly. I am currently in a masters program, but I made sure I had
time for my favorite show…”Ghost Whisperer”. I agree, it seems
that when a network has a really good show they seem to cancel it.
Consideration of bringing the show back to air is great idea.
Jennifer Love Hewitt gave a life filled performance as Melinda
Gordan. She was very convencing in her role.