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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We look forward to ” Ghost Whisperer “, that is one of our highlights of the week. If we go somewhere we were Always home in time to watch it. PLEASE bring back the new season.
Definitely the network should learn patience. The show is solid and they made a HUGE mistake in canceling the show. They should not be afraid to bring it back. It’s got a lot of life left in it and they would be smart to bring it back. They should be careful about where the place it when they bring it back.
PLEASE bring “Ghost Whisperer” back it was my favorite show of all the new and old shows they have on from all the network channels to date. I really hope ABC can pick up this show you will definitely get your ratings worth.
ghost whisperer was my favorite show. i really hope it comes back in the near future. JLH, is such a talented triple threat and i hope she keeps doing great work!
I have been a fan and faithful viewer of Ghost Whisper since they very first aired back in 2005. It has helped me deal with alot going on in my personal life..so please bring it back…i loved the show and would like to see it again
I am presently watching reruns on CBC so that I can finally get all caught up. I would really like to see another network pick up this show as it is an awesome show and if another network doesn’t pick it up, I will really miss it.
PLEASE bring it back. I miss it and so do many of my family and friends.
Yes, ABC, please bring Ghost Whisperer back! It’s a show my family enjoys watching together. We did not see if from the beginning and dvr’d all reruns on other channels until we caught up with the new, current episodes only for it to be cancelled. There are not many quality shows on that I would watch with my kids.
I will certainly miss Ghost Whisperer. It was my favorite show. If anyone with the power and authority to do so, please consider bringing it back.
I love THE GHOST WHISPERER. I missed n disaapointed when CBS cancelled it. I hope other network pick it up n run ito TV again. tks
I love zGhos Whisperer show. I am disappointed when they cancelled it. I hope other network will show it.
I love that show i watch reruns all the time i love it so much. So yes ABC PICK IT UP PLEASEEEEEEEE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Yes please bring ghost whisper back please I really miss it please 🙁 it makes me so sad that I won’t be able to see the show anymore 🙁
Please bring back Ghost Whisper…it is one of my fav shows…I really miss it…and obviously a lot of others do to
Ghost whisperer was a staple of my Friday night, i feel lost without it.