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 can not believe CBS has taken Ghost Whisperer off. I have watched the show every Friday since it begain. What are they thinking? In between seasons I wouldn’t even watch CBS….nothing there. Only during the fall season when Ghost Whisperer and numbers where on did I tune in. I do hope ABC picks it up and runs it opposite CBS show. Then lets compare the ratings between the two stations.
I truly hope NBC picks up Ghost Whisper and shows CBS what a mistake they have made AGAIN!
This was a show that kept me hopeful. Didn’t care for the son, but the premise of the show overall was actually uplifting. It was something I looked forward to Friday evenings, especially after a rough week of work and the pathetic state of the economy. The show made me smile and dream. I cringe to think what the master minds will put in its place. PLEASE, ANOTHER NETWORK – TAKE THIS ON.
I love the show! I am a big fan and cancelling it forever is the worst thing to do.ABC should pick it up. The show is getting better and dramatic more. Jennifer Love Hewiit is a great actress makes the show better. Since I first saw it years ago I fell in love with the show and on Fridays like getting popcorn and enjoying Ghost Whisperer and prepared myself to solve the haunting. CBS are fools to cancel Ghost Whisperer!
Yes!! I LOVE the show and more of JLH would be great!
Should deff be back on. I love this show!
Ghost Whisperer is my all time FAVORITE show. I have watched it since the beginning and it just keeps getting better and better! I think CBS is making a huge mistake by cancelling it, and I truely hope ABC picks it up!
Please…go to this site and beg, plead, whatever it takes to bring our beloved show back!
http://www.petitiononline.com/mod_perl/signed.cgi?SGWFBC
Please go and sign the petition!
Face it, folks! TV shows are meant to be entertainment, and as so, they come to an end!
Please, quit mourning “easy watching” TV shows, because they usually SUCK! This Ghost Whisperer is no exception. It’s just for fun. Bad script, awfull direction, erratic plot and completely mixed up story and terribly boring, on a beautiful photography, and that’s it.
Life goes on!
Hey! Isle, or whatver the hell your name is. If you don’t like all this so called “just entertainment” then why the hell are you on this website too? And by the way, your just a little hypocrite because while your telling us to get a life, your on here doing the same thing. And we know life goes on, okay! We’re just venting, and you know what? We’re actually fighting for something we believe in, something we think is just plain wrong, so just cut the crap. And the next time you think about trashing our interests, DON’T!!!!
It’s ILSE, by the way! You aren’t “fighting” for anything you believe, you’re just moaning because TV Mama denied you the pacifier you’ve been used to. so YOU better cut the crap and face reality: you’re keep on watching whatever the TV wants you to watch until it’s profitable for them. Simple as that! I don’t want to play hypocrite like you do, who pretend to be from Liberty League, but acts like a KKK member. I am entitled to my own opinion, -and this is a constituitional right, assured by the Amendment I as you are, b.t.w. This is… Read more »
Yeah, it’s or and U WANNA KNOW WHY??
It’s all about money!
Gimme a break.
ABC and all other major networks don’t give a f*** about your audience or what you think of them.
Face TV shows as ENTERTAINMENT, because that’s what’s about.
Everything else is bull****.
And a free advice:
Get a life!
To be honest, this is only 1 of many bad choices CBS has made over the last year or so. Since I was in diapers I was the CBS cheerleader, loving and watching every show. HOWEVER…. I can not stomach how CBS treats their loyal viewers. We tune in daily or weekly to our shows just for them to ax them. Are you serious??? So CBS are you saying that the almost 6 million views don’t mean **** to you???? You have cut Guiding Light, ATWT, Ghost Whisperer and now Medium. I heard after ATWT end in Sept they will… Read more »
The network has made a HUGE mistake by cancelling Ghost Whisperer. I was pleased when CBS picked up Medium; it made my Friday night perfect! I enjoy paranormal and I am very upset that you are cancelling Ghost Whisperer.
Please Reconsider!!!!!
I feel the network has made a huge mistake in cancelling Ghost Whisperer & Numbers! These are two shows I faithfully watched every Friday night and now I will find a new channel to watch.
Defiinitely. The show has been the anchor on Friday night for years. The network has made huge mistakes before, cancelling the should would be another one.
There is a show on Friday nights now that should not be on the air and is. I dislike is so much I can’t even remember what it is called. I never watched Medium on NBC, then when it came to CBS I got hooked. I have been a loyal CBS viewer for many years, but the decision to cancel Ghost Whisperer and Numbers has made me channel surf which is sometrhing I haven’t done in a very long time.