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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Absolutely bring it back, one of the best shows on TV. It certainly out ranks a lot of the continual repeats we are stuck with. I love the show!
Yes, bring back Ghost Whisper please…plus all the original cast membees. It is a good clean series that keeps you wanting more. I bought the complete series and want more. Let us know very soon of the decision you make, we deserve to know. 3-27-23
Yes! I would love to see Ghost Whisperer picked back up! I absolutely loved all 5 series!
There is something refreshing about seeing a show based on ghosts that actually had substance, not just evil, fear, foul language and extreme violence.
We ( everyone who is a fan) can’t be left hanging with episode 22 of season 5 as the grand finale! And please bring back all the main characters! Everyone was so lovable and all seemed to have such a natural bond working together! Much luck and love to the cast and all crew members!!❤️
I recently bought the box set and was most disappointed to find a true final series had been axed. Ratings may be down but there are still many viewers who would follow it. There is so much rubbish on TV these days we need decent series like this to kill the boredom. Didn’t Bruce Springsteen sing about ’57 channels and nothing on’? How right he was! Surely the logical, if obvious way to end it would be with Melinda’s death, Sam’s spirit reclaiming his body from Jim and then the re-uniting of Melinda and Jim on the other side. PLEASE… Read more »
Please bring back ghost whisperer, it cant be over this show was hitting so good and my husband and i love this show!!!!!please please please come back :’(
They finally came up with a series that was truly entertaining, no swearing in it and very enjoyable to watch. Melinda and Jim really complement each other, and they do make a wonderful couple on ghost whisper, it would be wonderful if it was brought back for another few seasons. I do miss this show, and like others was truly upset when it was cancelled, this is not fair to the viewers, and not the way viewers should be treated. I found the entire cast was great in the show, and they are all wonderful actors.
Bring it back , I just previously watched all 5 Seasons and I am so bummed that there is not a 6th
I’m waiting to watch the season 6, please bring it back
Please, please, bring ghost whisperer back, who ever was in charge did not give it a chance, nor asked the fans What they would love see. Jennifer Love Hewitt belongs back on ghost whisperer. She is a classic that never goes bad. Any one with tv talent would see that and stand by it. And as far as her demands, she has earned them. Jennifer Love Hewitt, if you read this try to keep it real and stay down to earth. We the fans, love you and want to see you back. So please keep it real for us and… Read more »