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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I’ve been watching Ghost Whisperer since season 1, I myself was quite dissapointed to see that they took it off, I can’t even find reruns to get my whisperer fix! Please bring the show back!!!!
BRING IT BACK!
Where does CBS get their ratings ?? First they cancelled Moonlight, which was one of the best shows on television, then they cancel Ghost Whisperer. These were 2 great shows which should have complimented each other for ratings. After Moonlkight was cancelled all kinds of Vampire shows are on TV. I know there is no hope for Moonlight since Hawaii 50 came back on the air but I hope ABC will give Ghost Whisperer another shot.
please bring it back i love the show and am dying to see wht happens next
I would LOVE if they bring Ghost Whisperer back, it is my favorite show! I almost cried when I realized it was over. This show is amazing. I watched this show with my grandpa for the first 2 years it was on, never missing an episode. Then my grandpa got sick, and I continued to watch it every single episode, still never missing one. PLEASE bring it back! :[
I just started watching this show one reruns 6 weeks ago and I am hooked……lets figure out a way to bring this show back…..lovelovelove it
please bring this show back!! please!!! my famiky loved that show. my dad watched it all the time. now that hes passed away my mom and i still love watching it!!
I am so upset because the way Season 5 ended was Great. I wanted to learn more About the Shadows and Shiny’s. I was so happy to see Aiden come to the rescue of Melinda but it just leaves us with no closure. I really hope ABC brings this show back. We can have shows with half naked Women and B this and B that But when it comes to a show with such amazing meaning they cancel it? Wow Really?… The ratings and views were really not that Low. Maybe if they stuck with a set time things would… Read more »
i really love this show i still watch all the reruns i wish i would come back on .! please
I would really like to see ghost whisperer come back! I watched every episode have been lookign for the series online, i would really like to see it come back to abc please let us find out the end of melindas story!
I am really a big fan of Ghost Whisperer. They kept changing the times to watch the series and it really made it hard for me to get to watch it. I really wish they would bring it back.
I really think that you should bring back Ghost Whisperer. I have watched this show since Season 1 and never have missed an episode in the 5 yrs that it was on CBS. I now watch the repeats on ‘WE’, and still truly miss it. Please bring back Season 6 to ABC.
Thank you!
yes you should that is a good show
I am very upset to have this show gone.. out of all the B.S they put on tv I could think of a lot different shows that could take the window.. NOT this one!!
My family and I would sit down together as a family and watch this show every night after our walk. We are VERY DISAPPOINTED to have this taken from us.
I watched Jennifer on day one of Ghost Whisper and followed her through every episodode, never missing a single one. I still have it scheduled to record should I be out when it starts, which brings me to the realization tbat it is cancelled. I was so excited to see how the next season would bring in new topics or even add to the cast. Please!!! Bring back Jennifer in Ghost Whisper.