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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That is the one show I rush home to watch every Friday. I know so many other viewers who are going to be extremely dissapointed that CBS would cancel a television that does well in its time slot. I hope that ABC or NBC is intelligent enough to grab this amazing show for the fans.
Please ABC pick up Ghost Whisperer ton’s of loyal fans will follow it to your network. This show is too great to die. Pick it up ,make some changes, make it fresh again but don’t let it end.
Yes keep ghost Whisperer on the Air.
IF THE SHOW IS DROPPED BY CBS THEN ABC SHOULD MOST DEFINITELY PICK IT UP, I WOULD HATE FOR IT TO BE GONE FOREVER….
I love this show and I hate the thought of it being cancelled, Its a very good story line and even if there are ghosts in it I dont mind at all that my kids watch it also. This is and has been done with a great deal of tact and taste. So I am hoping that if it is canceled that some other network will pick it up…. There are so many ways this show can go and tons of possibilites.
I watch Ghost Whisperer every week along with Medium. I would be very unhappy if they dropped this for some stupid “reality” show or another dumb comedy.
i think they should pick Ghost Whisperer up for season six because a lot of viewers all over the world will be disappointed if they don’t. GW i s the best drama I’ve ever seen so far and i hope it wont stay cancelled. -hannah of Philippines
They should keep ghost whisperer… my daughter and I watch it every friday she is 8 and this is scary but not to scary for her… we never miss it even when we are on vacation… why do they always get rid of the good shows and give us crap… if they do I will not watch this station anymore.. they will have nothing on it that I like.. I watch new advantures of old cristine and this that is all they offer to me so go ahead and take away more poeple watching so you can say you tried… Read more »
Yes! Pick it up!!!! PLease!!! We love Ghost Whisper!
Hi . I am sorry to hear that cbs cancel ghost whisperer . I enjoyed watching the show very much . And i hope abc pickes up ghost whisperer for a six season .
i really hope that abc will give ghost whisperer a shot. i love GW and i am really upset at it’s cancellation.
GHOST WHISPERER SHOULD NOT BE CANCELED!!!!!! WHAT ABOUT THE TRUE FANS OUT THERE??? WE NEED A DEFINITIVE ENDING??!?!?!? HOW CAN CBS BE SO THOUGHTLESS TO THOSE OF US WHO HAVE BEEN LOYAL FOLLOWERS! THE SHOW MAY BE STUPID BUT ITS ENTERTAINING NOT LIKE THE BIGGEST FREAKING LOSER OR DANCING WITH THE NON STARS THAT ALREADY ARE DANCERS. I HATE YOU CBS. I LOVE YOU ALL GHOST WHISPERER CAST MEMBERS! 🙁
Ghost Whisperer should not be canceled! It only went down because they killed Jim but people didn’t keep watching to see what happened! This stinks! I always wach it with friends and stuff because I’m only a teen and I love the show !!!!!!!! Don’t cancel it please, you don’t know how much this means! It’s one of my favorite shows!
PLEASE, PLEASE, keep Ghost Whispere on air. I would miss it every Friday night!!!
I hope the other station will pick it up.( Its a good show.)
KEEP IT GOING! So many of my friends and family have watched this from season one. Its got a great following and now that it is in syndication is even more popular.