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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Please don’t cancell!! I love this show I’m now a stay at home mom with my new born this show is great please rethink and keep it going. I’m a huge huge fan
DON’T CANCEL THIS SHOW!! IT’S THE BEST. PLEASE ABC, PICK UP THE SHOW!!
Don’t cancel Ghost Whisperer! I love watching it! Continue with season six please!
Yes, let’s see another season or two or three! There is a lot of potential for this show If the foundtion is solid then whatever the show was lacking in the 5th season can be rebuilt with different writers. For example; bring Jim into more of the episodes; bring Andrea’s ghost into the picture; or bring Professor Paine back. I’d love to see ABC take over the show and see what they can do with it!
Please, please, please pick up The Ghost Whisperer. Just when I started to watch a weekly series again. It has been 15 years since I’ve watched regular TV programming, and I promised myself that I would NEVER do it again after American Gothic was taken off the air. I finally found a program that I felt worthy of my time and now………… Please pick up this show.
Please don’t cancel This is one of the best romances on air…. I want it to oulive me!!!
i would love for ABC to pick up the Ghost Whisperer. as far as i was concerned, this was the only good show to watch on Friday nights. i looked forward to this show every week and now can’t imagine not watching this show. i loved it. it was great all around. please ABC, pick it up. you would make millions of fans grateful.
Do NOT cancel it!!!!! It is an excellent show, cancel Medium or move Ghost Whisperer to another network!! I can’t imagine Friday nights without it! Start a Facebook page to bring it back or do SOMETHING!!!!! Why does CBS FXXK up and cancel good shows?
This sux big time!
I have never missed ONE episode of Ghost Whisperer, and I am a huge fan! Come on…. if the ratings were down a bit its because of the nice weather outside…..HELLO! NOT because the show is losing viewers. The viewers are still here and begging for more! This show has a cult following and anyone who has stayed with the show knows David Conrad is on each and every series ….. he takes my breath away! These are skilled, talented, actors who deserve a full run of 10 years as we never grow tired of these episodes. GIVE US MORE… Read more »
Please do not cancel Ghost Whisperer! There are only a few good series left on television and this is one of them! I believe they made a huge mistake by killing off Jim only to bring him back as another guy and that is why viewers stopped watching and the rating fell. During this season I think they hoped to make people forget about that whole ordeal by keeping the original Jim and not bringing up anything about Sam. That was a good move and I would love to see Aiden grow up!
‘Ghost Whisperer’ still has ALOT of potential! It is my favorite show, and it being cancelled is unbelievable! I DO believe with some fresh, new writing and the continuation of Melinda’s whole storyline would really keep it going for a long time.
As of now, all of us fans have been left wondering what “could or would” have happened in Grandview!
PLZ ABC, please pick up this wonderful show that has SO MUCH more to tell!
Oh man! PLEASE, PLEASE KEEP ‘Ghost Whisperer’ on!!! It is way too good a show to “just let go”!
Melinda still has a story to tell, and I know that I am more than willing to listen & watch!! PLZ ABC, or CW — any of you…Just PLEASE don’t let such a great show go!
I absolutely LOVE the show. It is heart-breaking for it to be gone, or just the thought of it being completely “down the tubes” when it never got to finish!
PLEASE KEEP IT ON, cos it deserves more time and I LOVE IT!
Please Bring Ghost Whisperer back. So many shows that are good decent shows are being cancelled. Soon nothing will be left. So Please ABC pick up Ghost Whisperer like you did Medium and you will have two of he best shows on TV. Please don’t lose the opportunity for bringing this show back.
Just D
What killed it was adding a kid, all the childrens deaths and the strange sub plot of shinies and shadows.. It became dark and strange. They need to send that kid off to some private school and get back to the roots of the show
I so agree, the sub pplot of the shinies and shadows was to much move on past this and back the what the show is really about
Please DO NOT cancel Ghost Whisperer!!! Give it some time and it will kick up some rating’s with season Six. You can’t just leave us hanging like that. You have a big fan base that will always be watching.