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.
please bring back ghost wisspers tht show was like my life i wud never miss one night of it even if they were repeats i wud watch them i wud also recoard them on my dvr to watch over agin the next day so yah there shud be anthother season i also watch the repeats on dvd and on a chanle idk wht it is though PLEASE BRING IT BACK
Well I see CBS is going the way of FOX now, and dropping a very good show, Ghost Whisperer is one of the Best shows there was out there lately and I will Miss it very much, it and NCIS , NCIS LA, and the new Hawaii Five 0 are my favorites on CBS, but now there will be no Ghost Whisperer, this brings back shades of FOX when they Cancelled Firefly and Terminator: The Sara Connor Chronicles. The main reason I don’t watch FOX any more, though I did like Fringe and Bones, I refuse to watch shows there… Read more »
I can’t believe Ghost Whisperer is cancelled. It is a great show and myself and all of my family watch it. Reruns on other channels and the new ones on CBS. Please bring it back on the air even if it is on another channel.
too many old stupid shows are kept on for the old folks to watch during the morning, and working people cant keep at least one hour of A GOOD SHOW! so maybe the time that the rating’s went down was because of this stupid economy, hours change for the 9-5; just bring the show back people! NBC< ABC< FOX< THE U – whatever whoever just bring it back!
The show is not only for 18-49 yrs old,I`m 62 and I love the show.Get your head out of your asses and bring it back.
BRING IT BACK THIS IS THE BEST SHOW IN THE WORLD. I WATCH IT ALL THE TIME. PLEASE I LOVE THE GHOST WHISPERER <3
Bring it back !!!!!!!
I love this show. Bring it back!!!
I agree with all of you…”Bring Ghost Whisperer back” Tell us what channel and we’ll follow! This was the setting of our Friday Nights and we all looked forward during the week to kick back relax and watch GW with the family. It hasn’t been the same since…….
So Sad….so very Sad
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Ya know I work alot and I don’t get to watch much TV. It really irks me when I finally find something decent to watch and get into it, it gets cancelled. Ghost whisperer is a quality program with a good story line and good acting. Something different. I will miss it and hope it gets picked up again. By the way, what are they replacing it with??…another cop show, or maybe a Jackass series?…Pleeezzze! 🙁
Please bring back the Ghost Whisperer! It was such an amazing show! I miss it weekly 🙁
Its a great show, makes people think not those brain numbing other shows I pass over every week. Bring it back Ghost Whisperer or I hope the ghost of that show haunt the exec that canceled it.
If the ratings fell soooo badly in Season 5 for Ghost Whisperer, who on earth are the gate keepers for these statistics???? Medium, to me, is okay but I looked forward to an hour of Ghost Whisperer every Friday night…… I am so shocked (and surprised) to just now realize the show had been canceled. I did have to go onto internet to find out what network Ghost Whisperer is on because it doesn’t matter to me which one picks it up, when someone is smart enough to pick it up – – I’ll be watching!!! I just watched the… Read more »
You have to be kidding me I can not believe you cancelled this show are you kidding me bring it back you stupid people cancel some of the stupid game shows you have..
What a shame. Good family show. Miss it!
Network TV is so into REALITY shows, they are less expensive and the intelligence level of people who prefer them over scripted shows with thought and talent behind them is profound. Too many great talents are cancelled so the masses can see wannabees act the fool on TV. Sad commentary on the networks. If they produce quality scripted programming – like Ghost Whisperer – the people will come, they will watch. No Emmy awards for the wannabees on those reality shows. But they are quick and cheap to make! Profound!
My boyfriend and I loved Ghost Whisperer…There isn’t a lot of tv showes we agree on…We both want it back on