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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Yes yes yes. I love ghost whisperer. Another network should def pick it up.
ABC sucks. WTH. It was an awesome show…it can’t just finish the last and final season? C’mon….
We are new fans of Ghost Whisperer! Don’t cancel!
I was so upset to find out that ghost whisper has been cancelled… Booooooooo… I have watched this show since the begining and will continue to watch the reruns. Please ABC pick up ghost whisper so loyal fans can watch it in the fall… I so agree with Misty CBS could have cancelled 2 and 1/2 men instead of ghost whisper…. So please bring back ghost whisper……….. 🙁
I AM SO MAD!!! After all, the show isn’t even close to being put to an end. So what during the year when they will have a ‘movie’night, they will have the LAST episode?? Doing that just leaves us ALL who are HUGE fans wanting for more. I don’t think they could have found a more PERFECT actress for Melinda than Jennifer, what will she do now, and the REST of the cast? I’ll MISS watching the show. AS popular as it IS, I’m SO shocked at why there canceling it!!! In my oppinion you COULD cancel 2 and a… Read more »
i really really love this show so much…. so please abc let ghost whisperer on
Pleaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaasssssssssssssseeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee pick up Ghost Whisperer.!!! I have watched every single episode multiple times and I still love it. Please.
I thoroughly enjoy the show and there is a lot of potential for story lines, esp with their son. It is sad that good show are dropped while bad ones are kept or are newly produced.
I can’t believe that they canceled ghost whisperer! My sister told me and she watched every single episode! I’ve been watching some of the re-runs on ion. Sure, i missed the show since I was in school but now i’m addicted to it. PLEASE ABC – SAVE THIS SHOW! BRING BACK GHOST WHISPERER!!!
PLease don’t cancel Ghost Whisperer! I love the show way too much for it to be cancelled! I beg you ABC do NOT keep this show cancelled! PLEASE.
Don’t cancelled the season six pleasssssssssssssssssssssssssssssseeeeee don’t l loveeeeeeeeeeeee this show is the only one I see I’m from puerto Rico and I see the show every Friday so please it’s a greattttttt show don’t cancelled it give a break people maybe don’t understand the show but for me it’s my way of communicating with spirit and I think it’s great so please don’t cancelled thankyou somebody thould me that maybe they would just change the series name well just do that but don’t cancelled it thankyou Carolyn from puertorico
They never should have killed off the husband, then brought him back and moved up five years like nothing happened. But to answer the question, I hope ABC picks it up and airs it on Friday. Handled right, it would boost the network. My mom loves the show and misses it already.
Ghost Whisperer is my favorite show!! I dont know why people would want to cancel that great show that once was and still is!!!The CBS Network would not be without Ghost Whisperers. Maybe if CBS gives them another opportunity to prove themselves they would definitely do much better and bring much more viewers to the Network!
PLEASE ABC pick up gost whisperer this is a show the
I love ghost whisperer soooo much and I hope abc buys the rights that would be great!!!!!!!!