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 am a Ghost Whisperer fan. Unfortunately I don’t get to actually watch it on Friday night, I have DVR it. I would be willing to bet that if CBS had maybe tried moving it to another night before cancelling it all together it might have been able to pick back up. I wish that they would at least have a final season to finish Melinda’s story. If ABC were to pick up Ghost Whisperer I would definitely watch it as long as they didn’t do anything crazy to it or try to “fix” it.
I own all 4 previous seasons and will buy 5 when it comes out. I truly hope that abc picks it up. It is my favorite show and I wonder just like the other woman, if you DVR it, does that count? I will be disappointed to see it gone. Melinda and her husbands love is what keeps me believing that love is a wonderful and beautiful thing. And her gift gives me hope in the after life.
As a single parent I work a full time job, part time job, and am also a student. This one show is the only one that I truly find worth watching. It is my one hour of relaxation, and I truly would hate to miss it.
Well, I just need to cancel my CBS channel. The only reason I EVER watch CBS is for the Ghost Whisperer. Now that they have lost their cotton picking minds and cancelled the ONLY DECENT SHOW they have, they are no longer a channel I need!
Please ABC, show CBS that your the smarter network and add a lot of loyal Ghost Whisperer fans to your television viewing audience. You will be so glad you did!
I look forward to ending my week by watching Ghost Whisperer every Friday. It will be really disappointing if this show is not renewed. I watch very little television, but this show is always on my list!
hi my name is porsha and i have been watchin this show since i was about 9 and i am now 13 and i love this show and if it gets cancelld some better get it back on the air so if it gets cancelld im gona start a petition to start it up again so ABC we call u to save rhe best show in the world about the super natural and please this is my favorite and i will go crazy eoth out my ghost whisper
I hope ABC picks up Ghost Whisperer. I would hate this see this show go. I have watched this show from the start. Not sure what CBS was thinking when is decided to cancell Ghost Whisperer. I love this show. Please bring Ghost Whisperer back!!!!
GW is a show that the whole family can watch. There is not the violence,language or nudity. ABC, PLEASE pick it up!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I think the show has deteriorated. I was hoping that with the birth of Melinda’s son and the boy’s additional abilities, Ghost Whisperer would move in a more spiritual direction and help promote spiritual awareness related to the struggle against forces of darkness. When she acquired a spiritual mentor, who seemed to be a man of wisdom, I thought my hopes were being realized. But when Melinda started to bicker with her guide and he started to look foolish, while Ghost Whisperer episodes became more ghoulish, with the energy of horror movies, my wife and I agreed that we would… Read more »
umm gw is amazing!! cbs is stupid 2 cancell it!! Aiden and the shinys and shadows make it better!!!
I was shocked to learn that ghost whisperer has been cancelled. I love this show and even when I am away from home it’s always recorded on my dvr. I really think cbs made a huge mistake letting this show go and I truly hope abc picks it up, this can’t be the end for Melinda Gordon and her family. If it is, I will be greatly disappointed as will so many others who love this show.
please bring it back this show is great and has a wonderful story line and it brings alot of people together dont let it go.
Please bring back Ghost Whisperer. I love this show.
ghost whisperer is the best show in the entire universe and is what keeps me sane most of the time! i am begging you abc pleeeeeeeeeeeaaaaaaaaaaaaasssssssssssseee pick up ghost whisperer you will not regret it!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I have grown to love this show, and would love for it to be continued on……..On a side note I am not sure how they get their ratings for these shows, but they need to find a way to see who is programming their dvrs to record these shows. I myself work in the evenings so all the shows that I watch and on while I am at work. If it werent for my DVR I would not love as many shows that all seem to be getting canceled.
I have watched this since the beginning, I would really hate to see it go, please bring it back!!!!