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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Bring the show back please!
Bring it back it is a brilliant show i have watched every single episode and i MISS it not being on the TV :'( Please Bring it back it cant just end the way it did
To be honest- I never watched the show before Monday on Netflix with my cousins. I loved it. I think they should bring it back because it’s really good. I know I’ve been watching it for about a week, but I was pretty depressed when I heard that it was cancelled. 🙁
Same here!!! I sat down for like two weeks watching it on netflix!!
ABC should pick this show back up. This is the show that my daughter and I loved watching together every weekend. It seems to make a wonderful mother and daughter time which is hard to do with our schedules. Please bring it back!!!!!
Please bring back Ghost Whisperer. It was abruptly cancelled without closure. I feel left up in the air.
The show was a so great in my opinion it was a great show and personally i love all the things about ghost. so yes ghost whisperer should be back on tv. i still watch the repeated episodes.
Please bring the show back even if it is for a final show .My tree children and I have watched the show since the first episode,the least you could do is have a final show for us true viewers.We really miss the show. thank you,elisha
Please bring the show back .I feel that my three children and I have put too much dedication to the show for it to be over , and no true ending.This left us hanging.We would really like it to come back even if it is for a final ending,because if anything that is the least you could do for us true viewers.
Yes!!! everyone is right! this show was TOTALLY AWESOME! and there TRULLY ISN’T any show like it anymore! so pleaaassseeeee BRING THE SHOW BACK!!! or at least have a proper ending for it!
Thank you!
I started to watch the ghost whisper during its last season and really Loved it I end up DVR all the seasons, I would love to see the end to such a great Show. I also really loved the cast. Please bring it back!
bring it back for season 6 i bet it would be allsome! (spelled wrong) PLZ!
I loved Ghost Whisperer! Please bring it back!
I just watched all of the seasons from 1-5 in about 2 weeks, bad I know, that’s how good it was. Bring it back at least close it, just one more season.
Yes I think ABC sould pick up Ghost Whisper, it is a great show and they have a really great cast.. Please ABC pick it up, don’t drop a great show like this.
Bring it back!!!!!!!!
Yes, I am in total support of ABC picking up Ghost Whisper. I really would like to continue having new episodes of this program. Please do this!!
This show is fansastic. I was devestated when I heard it got called off. Honestly there really isn’t anything as good on tv anymore.