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?
Image courtesy CBS.
pick it up
Yes ABC should pick up Ghost Whisperer it’s such a good show 🙂
I say it would be great if ABC did pick up Ghost Whisperer see I love the show A lot and it would be A shame if ABC does not pick up the show so all I say is I sure hope that ABC does pick up the show
I think ABC should pick it up! What I really like about the show, is that the underlying message is good. It promotes family unity, friendships and the belief that good wins out and there are spirits looking out for others.
Sadly, I think ABC has a tendency to cancel shows that have a good message attached to them. Take Eli Stone for instance. I hope if they pick Ghost Whisperer up, that they don’t turn around and cancel it.
ABC should definitely pick up Ghost Whisperer they can’t cancel such a great show!
If cbs is stupid enought to cancel it, then abc should be smart enough to pick it up. I don’t care what channel its on, as long as I get to watch my favorite show. PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE pick it up, it will be worth it.
ABC please pick up Ghost Whisperer. This is the only show worth watching on Fridays.
I do believe that this show Ghost Whispers should be picked up by ABC. I was in shock to hear that CBS had decided to cancel this show. I can not believe that they would cancel a show that is also so well done and full of twists and turns on every episode. Please do not let this show be cancelled it is awesome and would not watch whatever show is put in it’s place on Friday nights. Thank you
yes yes yes please
Ghost Whisperer should stay on the air. How many good clean TV shows are left to watch? It has a great history behind it and it’s a show that has a lot of flexibility to offer a great future as well. It’s a winner and ABC should jump on the chance to pick it up. I hope they do, I really don’t want to see this show end.
I think ABC definitely should pick it up!
YESSS!!!!! I LOVE GHOST WHISPERER WITH A PASSION!!!! YOU GUYS CAN NOT CANCEL THE SHOW!!!! PLEASE DO NOT CANCEL IT. IT WAS GETTIN GOOD!!! THEY CANT LEAVE ME HANGING ON THAT LAST EPISODE!!!!. So i ask please do not cancel the show. Please i love the show soooo sooo much. It cant be canceled.
YES…PLEASE KEEP “The Ghost Whisperer”!!!! The show is really great and is one of the very VERY few shows that talk about the supernatural/paranormal aspects of Life. I will be deeply sadden if it gets axed all together….it can switch networks and/or switch timeslot….just keep the SHOW!!!!!!!
I look forward to this show every friday night.So do my sisters and my mother in law.So many people love this show.How could they cancel this ?The rating have to be good.Please do not cancle this show we should start a petition
Yes ABC should pick up Ghost Whisperer for next season..it is still a Very Popular and high rated show..CBS network has a buch of Idiots runnning it!
ABC Please pick up Ghost Whisperer!