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.
I am a huge fan of Ghost Whisperer and I believe tha ABC should really pick up the show because I know the loyal followers will still watch it. I have to agree that the Jim thing was wierd but now that he is back to being Jim it really shouldn’t matter. I don’t think that you should make Aiden a dream because then i will stop watching the show. Make something exciting happen with him to make people enjoy watching the show again. Make him a teenager this season and make his powers stronger than ever. Have him and… Read more »
ABC should pick it up and then they will have a winner. I agree the Aiden story line was just too sappy and Jim being Jim is good. I know of many loyal watchers who valued the Friday night lineup and wouldn’t miss either Ghost Whisperer or Medium. Loyal fans will tolerate shows that are not quite up to the standard set the first two seasons, but after a while they too get bored. Make Aiden a dream, give Melinda more stars to work with, elaborate on Jim’s medical career, maybe revive her conflict with her mother, get rid of… Read more »
Common sense should tell ABC to pick up the show and place it in a time slot that needs a great show then they will get great ratings and CBS will know that the viewers dollars speak louder than their so called CEO.
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please ABC pick it up.. my favorite show.. i need to watch it..please please!!@
ABC should most definitely pick up Ghost Whisperer! It is my favorite show on Friday nights and one of my most favorite shows of all time!!! Please ABC pick up Ghost Whisperer! Love the ensemble cast and especially love Jennifer Love Hewitt!! She was also a favorite of mine when Party of Five was on the air. Also one of my favorite shows of all time!! So please if my voice counts at all please pick up this unique and fan favorite show!!! Thanks Christine
They should so change it I love this show so much.If they get rid of it I will be so freaking out over it haha.
lol yea same thing Please change to ABC
they can’t cancel it its my FAVORATE show now
Come on ABC , Pick it up. Please. I know ratings went down , but a lot of people still watched it , it can’t stay canceled. I like Aiden , he was a bit of a twist. The Jim thing was weird , but Jim is Jim now , not even his reflection is Sam now. The Jim/Sam thing isn’t confusing now unless you are new to the series. CBS doesn’t know what they are doing. They are getting rid of the best show on tv for a bunch of B.S. reality. Survivor is ok , but rally ,… Read more »
Although I have not watched it from the beginning I love this show . All the reality crap just gets annoying . Whenever it’s on I choose It over any other shows I like. It’s just gotten so repetative it’s like the same thing every week it needs to be spiced up again. There needs to be a new twist. That’s what abc can start with if they pick it up. Plus it would get ratings up. 🙁 miss the show tho
please, don’t cancel ghost whisperer! be a good guy abc pick it up!
They so should pick it up. I love that show. It was one of the few that i actually took the time to watch week to week. It gets really old having mostly reality tv. A show like Ghost Whisperer gave you the chance to escape reality for an hour every week.
They should not cancel Ghost Whisper. No don’t do it!
Although i agree with the reasons of cancelling Ghost Whisperer. I feel that a lot of big time celebrities had there first, second or third big brakes on this show. For example (Abigail Breslin). Ghost Whisperer was a way for amateur actors to brake into the business without doing something extreme. This was great for actors to get there name out, and Ghost whisperer took on new and different actor every week, from child actors, to adult actors. Although the ratings of this show have gone down since Melinda had her baby blah blah blah….. If the writers were willing… Read more »
I can’t say I am surprised. It was my favorite show before the ludicrous let’s kill Jim storyline. I haven’t watched it since. I miss the show I loved until November 2008.
Ok, fans, the signatures on the petitition are not quite up to snuff (less than 1,000) so get to Penthius site and sign it! GW has a viewership of millions, so get out there and have a say in what’s happening. Also, stop in on the CBS and ABC sites under complaints and suggestions or comments and let them know – EVERYDAY if you have to. Keep it polite but insistant. AND DO NOT WATCH ANYTHING ON CBS ON FRIDAY NIGHTS. Believe me, this part is killing me – I love Three Rivers and it’s now in GW’s spot. I… Read more »