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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I love the show. Please continue it.
BRING IT BACK! I love it
What why I was shocked me and my husband love this show bring it back it’s addicting the show. Bring it back please!!!!! Friday nights was the night we wait for all week just because of ghost whisperer now we don’t watch anything 🙁
Seriously!? This is one of the best freaking shows ever created! And Jennifer Love Hewitt is… Let’s just say… MMMMMM ;]
BRING IT BACK !
bring it back!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
of course lets cancel a show that has good positive message and no pornography and cheating and lying as the plot line. I mean really, it’s insane the things that are allowed on tv. And then to cancel a good show well one more reason I won’t be watching your network.
Why is it that the Execs in the TV World always cancel good series.
Ghost Whisperer is a great show.
This should be picked up by another network.
I know you all go by ratings but, this is a good show.
Unfortunately it lacks what TV seems to be about. Murders, Crime , and those Reality Shows.
Some of us would like to see something entertaining and comforting and enjoyable.
TV should be entertaining and not “Imitate what is going on in the news”
Lets hear it for Ghost Whisperer. Bring it back ASAP.
I just found out that Ghost Whisperer would not be returning. I find it really disappointing that networks keep getting rid of programming that can be viewed by the entire family. Not everyone wants to watch reality TV — I myself find most of it ridiculous. My family really loved this show, so much so that we watch re-runs on other networks. I hope that ABC or NBC will step up and bring the show back. I know that it is missed by many viewers who still want to sit down as a family and have a show that not… Read more »
Love this show………. It should come back
I loved Ghost Whisperer. I watch all the reruns I can. I’d love to see it brought back. I never even got to see the last episode because I had to work that night. Please bring it back!
I can’t believe the show is done. Bring it back DAMN IT!!! I watch its reruns up to 3xs a day. It’s one show that doesn’t have anything to do with criminals, gangs, wars, and reality shows which we seem to have way too much of. Yeah, the ratings may have dropped, but stirring up the ‘plot’ abit would have made it more successful. It has such great chemistry throughout all the characters, it just isn’t right. I really hope that ABC picks it up with the same cast and carrys it on. I strongly believe that this show is… Read more »
you should bring it back because it was good and you can do so much more with aden!!!!
I loved that show and my family loved it to! so bring it back it was really good!!!
i absolutely love this show. i hadn’t watched it’s original episodes on cbs but i did catch it one day on ion television and i just fell in love with the storyline and the characters as they come about. it’s a must that the shw gets picked up it has slowly became one of my most watched shows. i watch 3hrs of it everyday.
Is there some reason why you have to ruin something that alot of people enjoy watching?
I watch Ghost whisperer all the time. Isn’t it your focus to get viewers to watch you network? WELL TAKING THIS SHOW OFF THE AIR WILL LOOSE VIEWERS FOR YOU.