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 have been waiting and watching for the news of this show to return to any channel. i am missing this series much more then words can say. I do not feel that any of the shows on the tv are any where close to the ghost whisper and i am so disappointed in the choice of cancelling it.
This was the only show I cared to watch on Friday nights and even had my husband waltching it and that is a BIG deal! BRING IT BACK!!!
Besides, you guys just dropped it – there was closure as far as I can tell.
I know of a few other showes you should consider taking off before this one like say CSI Miami! HELLO, how many times can they find a speckle of dust that just happens to only be in the Miami/Dade area and they kust happen to find that 1 little speck???
This is a NO BRAINER!
I love this show i couldn’t stop watching it and now its like common bring it back i want to know what else is going to happen. If CBS brings it back its ridiculous to have on Fridays everyone is out not at home so they should change it for another day.
Please please please have another season of Ghost Whisperer this is my favorite show I would always rush home to make it in time to see every episode so please make another season Ghost Whisperer is an Awesome show!!!!!!!
This was one of the best series I have watched – It should be brought back. Much better than a lot of the senseless junk that is put on TV these days.
I loved watching ghost whisperer, still do. I was so sad wen it got cancelled. Please bring it back 🙂
Please bring this show back, I love jennifer love hewitt, this show should have never been cancel, I am so addicted, I love this show, please bring it back
Ghost Whisper was one of the best show series that I have ever watched. Before canceling the show there should have been a poll taken of what the viewers wanted but then again no one that have any kind of power care what the viewers wanted.
Ghost Whisperer was the only show that was on our Friday night schedule for a “MUST SEE”. We miss it tremendously and were sad to have it cancelled. It was always interesting and “Melinda and Jim” were an ideal couple.
PLEASE BRING IT BACK!!!!
I have seen ghosts since I was 3 or4 years old. They used to help me get home when my older sister left me somewhere when she was supposed to be taking care of me. All that I recall was that most of them were tending their yards or front gardens when I asked them how to get home. I do not know why I expected them to know where I lived but most of the time they helped me go in the right direction. One day on the way to church in the car we were passing the graveyard… Read more »
Its one the best show ever please pick it back up!
I love this show! It has to be my favourite show ever. Please bring it back! Please!
Please pick up Ghost Whisper. My family and I enjoyed watching it . Why cancel a show that works?
this show is one of the best shows ever, i was so upset when it got canceled… u deff need to bring it back i give it 3 thumbs up!!!!
GHOST WHISPERER IS ONE OF THE BEST SHOWS EVER, IT HAS TO COME BACK!