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.
I really don’t want to see the show cancelled. With a busy young family, this is the only show I take time out to watch. Here’s to hoping that ABC will pick it up…
I ove Ghost wisperer and if they do take it off the CBS network I hope that ABCs network picks it up.
I LOVE “GHOST WHISPERER” AND HAVE WATCHED SINCE ITS INCEPTION.
THE CAST IS TERRIFIC AND THE STORIES ARE SO ENTERTAINING. ENOUGH WITH THE CRIME AND MEDICAL SHOWS. PLEASE GIVE “GHOST WHISPERER”
ANOTHER SEASON. GO “ABC”
I like this show – Keep it – Shake it up a bit. But dont make it so predictable.
Please pick up Ghost Whisperer,it’s my family’s favorite show.
CBS is wrong with some of the shows they are moving.
It only going to give me a chance to watch some shows on ABC
Can’t believe they are taking off my favorite Friday night forum. Love the forays into good and evil, always ending on a positive note. With such a devoted fan base, why drop a good program? Cost? Yeah, that’s a good thing. Add another layer of “reality” to shore up lagging ad revenues. That’s the ticket–to turn viewers off.
Please some network person, pick up the program It’s a great and engaging program that I’m sure doesn’t cost as much of other prime time programming.
A fan.
I have been watching this show since the beginning and have LOVED it until this year. I hated the 5-year jump, the little boy playing her son is just too wierd, and the show in general is just getting too wierd with ‘shinys’ and bad ghosts running aroung threatening her all the time. They should have just stuck with her helping people cross over every week with a good mystery involved. That’s when it was really good.
are you kidding me ,a show that you can watch with your older kids and enjoy.we dont need another crim show,or reality mindless piece of junk,go to abc and boost thier rating than maybe cbs will learn a lesson.
I loved Ghost Whisperer from the start, and would continue to watch – IF THEY GET RID OF THE KID! I love the way he was “Original Jim’s” bio kid, and that they aged him because babies are boring. But the young actor they picked is a horror story all his own. Creepy is one word for it, but there is nothing I like about him. If you are his mom, I am so sorry, but he can’t act, he sounds like he’s reading lines, and he comes across as such a fake kid. He never MEANS to do anything… Read more »
please don’t cancel it. Let abc pick it up. I love ghost whisperer and feel that it’s one of the best shows on tv right now. Abc please pick up ghost whisperer. Please.
Please cancel it. We need more shows with four letter words, drugs, nudity and guns. When Ghost Whisperer is cancelled, there is a possibility we’ll see Jennifer in a show like this.
My favorite show in the world should not be cancelled. I have watched this show from the beginning. I am very upset that they are taking it off air. They should take something else off instead of this show! It gave me something to look forward to watching every friday night.
I love it, let’s shake it up a bit ABC, you could make a go of it!
My husband and I really enjoy this show. It has become our Friday night staples. It is always fun and we try to solve the ghost problems….
I LOVE Ghost Whisperer! It is my favorite show…I hope ABC picks it up. Jennifer Love Hewitt is great as Melinda Gordon. I can’t wait each week to see what outfit she will wear! The show is fantastic!