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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Yes! Pick up Ghost Whisperer. This is one of the few shows that has some innocence left in it without lacking a story line. Also, the only show I make a point of watching.
Anything to save my top three favorites on TV!!! Save Ghost Whisperer ABC!!!!!
Please pict it up! This is a fantastic show. It is important to be able to come home after a long week at work and decompress and watch good, interesting television that I don’t have to be embarrassed about in front of my eleven year old!
ABC PLEASE PLEASE PICK UP GHOST WHISPERER. You’ll win over a lot of new fans to your network. It would be a great lead in to your new show with Dana Delaney. Come on, give it a try!
The die has been cast as I write this: the show is cancelled. I did not know this, however, when I watched last week’s episode and I have to say that as I watched I thought, “This show has lost its way; the writing has changed, and the story lines are becoming idiotic tangles.” I don’t know who writes for the show, but I wonder whether they changed writers since its inception, because the story lines just aren’t the same quality…even given that the show is pure brain candy for a cozy Friday night at home.
ABC, please, pick Ghost Whisperer and Old Christine up!
GHOST WHISPERER AND MEDIUM ARE MY TWO FAVORITE SHOWS. I LOOK FORWARD TO FRIDAY NIGHTS BECAUSE OF THESE SERIES. PLEASE RECONSIDER.
YESSSSSSSS! ABC should pick up Ghost Whisperer! I LOVE this show!
I love ghost whispers you can’t take it away. I don’t have a life as it is so I finally find a show that is cool and now you take it away. Boo Woo please bring it back.
this show is my life when i come home from my job on fridays this show is what i look fowerd to. the sow is very good and there is no reason to get it of air cbs. for once dont think about the money think about the fans. if you have a hart u will not talk this sow off. i bet that if you were to ask people in person if they want the show people would say YES. as a fan of the show dont get rit of it CBS you no its wrong.
PLEASE ABC PICK IT UP!!! I LOVE GHOST WHISPERER! I WILL MISS THIS SHOW DEARLY! CBS HAS NO CLUE WHAT THEY R DOING! THEY R CANCELING ALL THEIR GOOD SHOWS! THE NEW CHRISTINE, GARY UNMARRIED ECT.. STUPID MOVE! ABC PICK BOTH GHOST WHISPERER & NEW CHRISTINE.. PLEASEEEEE
they should not cancel it. It is nice to sit down on a Friday night and just watch interesting tv, If they do cancel it I hope they at least wrap it up. Networks have a tendency to do that, Then then wonder why so many people like cable. They don’t seem to do that, It seems if something doesn’t stay a hit they cancel without finishing the story.
My family looks forward to Friday night because of Ghost Wisperer. The show may have lost some popularity but it still has a multitude of faithful fans and viewers. I sincerely hope ABC picks it up and gives a large amount of viewers a reason to watch more programing on ABC as opposed to CBS.
This show is the ONLY reason I watch CBS…if it’s canceled…well, then I guess I don’t watch CBS anymore. Come on ABC, pick it up! I watch ABC for several shows…let’s add another!
I love ghost whisperer. I have to record it if I am not going to be home. I love to watch reruns. It is my favorite show. I hope it is picked up by another station