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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Love the show 🙂 Bring it back .
Please bring it back on its a great show.
i miss ghost whisperer alot. really enjoyed the stories & how realistic it was.
i always taped it so i would never miss it. please bring it back.
The show most go on! Ghost whisper is a great show, and with a solid amount of viewers . It is one of the few shows available during the 8-10 slots that keeps their clothes on! Safe for young audiences. Ghostwhisper deserves the opportunity to complete its storyline.
I for one did record it on my DVR even if I was able to watch it! Friday nights certainly don’t offer anything I want to watch. Wish someone would resurrect with new episodes!
I just finished watching all the shows from Netflix. Love it. Went to look for more and found out it was cancelled. Please change your mind!
Bring it back it is one of the best shows on
Please please bring it back I watch it every day
WHY WOULD YOU CANCEL SUCH A GREAT SHOW; IT WAS BEAUTIFUL & INSPIRATIONAL. I AM VERY DISAPPOINTED & AM WATCHING THE REPLAYS. I ENJOY ALL THE ACTORS IN THIS SERIES. WITH ALL THE TRASH ON TV, I CERTAINLY MISS NEW EPISODES OF THIS SERIES. I ALWAYS LOOKED FORWARD TO FRIDAY NITES & THIS SHOW.
I think Ghost Whisper needs to be put back on the air. It’s one of my very favorite shows. Why do all the good shows get taken of the air.
Ghost whisperer is such a great show. Please reconsider bringing it back . Medium is a wonderful follow up to this show. We love the entire cast.
Bring it back.. love the show.. i have been watching reruns also and just can’t get enough of it
Love this show, please bring it back.
Please please bring back Ghost Whisperer I love the show. I
never missed it and right now I am watching reruns of the show just
so I can see the characters that I like so much. You have to bring
it back please.
PLEASE GET IT BACK I REALLY LOVE THIS SHOW
Come on it is extremely stupid to have cancelled Ghost Whisperer! With DVR these days ppl may not tune in at the time but I guarantee that they are still watching it! I don’t know if that makes a difference with ratings but COME ON!!!!!!!!!!!!! It’s a great show and I still watch the reruns on ion and we ALL the time!!!!!!!!!! Bring it back!!!!!!!!!!!!! Ppl are right there are so many things left up in the air! You can’t just cancelled it on us! I say boycott CBS. I will no longer watch that network if they care so… Read more »
I really hope they continue ghost whisperer. i love that show.