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 love this show. I am so sad that it is being cancelled. I hope ABC picks it up.
Yes, they should keep this show! I look forward to every new episode, I hope they reconsider!!!
Please do NOT cancel Ghost Whisperer!!! I hope ABC picks it up. That is the only show that I have to absolutely be home for. Even though I can DVR it, which I always do just in case, it’s just not the same as watching it right then and there.
My favorite show!!!!!
Yes, definitely, the show SHOULD be picked up. To cancel it now was crazy. It is the ONLY show I watch on television or cable.
They can give this show the boot and keep Medium? What, is CBS run by the proverbial chimps pounding on typewriters? What are they going to attempt to stuff into its place? Another Jerry Bruckheimer crime drama? Or another medical thriller?
Please ABC pickup Ghost Whisperer, if the powers that be at CBS aren’t smart enough to see that this show is a television gem surrounded by the usual garbage that litters my tv, be astute enough to bring it to your network and kill CBS in the ratings with it….Remember the debacle over at Fox with Family Guy…Save our show, you will be glad you did!
I love Ghost Whisperer it has just enough scariness and mystery to keep me interested I’ve been watching reruns I’m very, very behind but I would love to have the series. I hope and pray that Ghost Whisperer moves to another station and doesn’t get cancelled, that would be pitiful and crazy.
It needs to stay. No question.
I find the series so well-done and the stories so fascinating that I would miss terribly this favourite show. Jennifer Love Hewitt is an excellent actress. She is capable of expressing a variety of moods and personalities in a very believable way and this makes Ghost Whisperer a perfect medium for her wonderful talent. They are a perfect fit. I want to see more!
‘Ghost Whisperer’ should be saved, they should play it on Friday,instead of Secret Millionaire that will be on this fall season it looks dumb. YUCK Friday 8:00pm —”Secret Millionaire”(reality). YUCK
Please, please pick up Ghost Whisper. It is one of our favorite shows. I will definatly switch back to watching your tv station if you do this. We love Ghost Whisperer.
Thanks,
Lynell
I am appalled and saddened that cbs is cancelling one show that I have watched every episode of. With so much reality junk on tv, why would you cancel a good show? Maybe cbs is too skeptical or whatever of the issues dealt with on this show. I hope another network picks it up if it does get the boot.
OMG, how could they take this show off. I wait for this on Friday night and record it and watch it again. ABC, pick up this show, people that watch ABC will appreciate this. The only reason I ever watched CBS was for Ghost Whisperer. I love all the actors, they are great! Keep this show on TV. I have always watched and recorded my soaps since they started on ABC, how about another great show for my ABC list?
Thanks
Please do not cancel Ghost Whisper I love this show, if I cannot see it, I record it all the time. Please do not take it away, you are making a big mistake. I guess I will not watch CBS anymore.
i agree with you! i won’t be watching CBS anymore either
If CBS is brainless enough to cancel a show that always wins its timeslot, yes, ABC should pick it up and, hopefully, air it opposite Medium.