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.
Please don’t cancel the show. I’m still mourning Moonlight and Pushing Daisies, and there just isn’t anything new on that I want to watch! Sitcoms are tired, legal and hospital shows are tired, PLEASE KEEP RUNNING THE FANTASY SHOWS!!
I don’t want it to be cancelled!!! I hope that another network (ANY OTHER NETWORK) should pick it up!!!!
Sure hate to hear about your dicission to cancel Ghost Whisper… it the only show on Friday that had me staying home to watch TV
CBS has been canceling several good shows the last couple of years, like Without a Trace, Guilding Light and now As The World Turns, Cold Case and Ghost Whisperer. If CBS wants to be stupid and get rid of a popular show, then I do hope ABC will be smart enough to pick it up. Ratings don’t mean squat because I know they don’t actually represent EVERBODY that watches TV. They don’t represent what we watch in my house. I didn’t find out about Without a Trace until setting up my DVR for it. At least there’s fair warning for… Read more »
I don’t think ghost whisperer should be cancelled. It was a hit show and it is still AWESOME! I am sure the audience wants the ghost whisperer on, so please keep it on.
I swear, I cannot believe this, first flash forward, now ghost whisperer, I’m going to boycott TV from now on!! its not even worth paying my cable bill anymore, shame on you networks for leaving dumb shows like medium on and letting go of the good ones, shame shame on you!!! you have definitely lost a viewer!
Ghost WHisperer needs to stay, one of the Best shows out there!!
Ghost Whisperer is my fav alltime show. Please, please don’t cancel it!!!!! Maybe it is dwn in ratings because a lot of people go out Friday nights and aren’t home to watch. Please give it another chance. :)))
the execs are nuts..Friday is such a good nite with Ghost Whisperer followed by Medium. I am so disappointed. I hope someone picks it up.
Oh please ABC, pick up Ghost Whisperer! My daughter and I love it! It’s the kick off of my weekend!
yes they should!
thats one of the only shows
i look forward to on fridays!
please please keep it going!
I am not an avid tv watcher, but I am so devoted to Ghost Whisperer that I only turn my tv on, on Friday’s to watch it and after that the next day I download it to my Itunes, that is how much I love Ghost Whisperer. Please do not take the one thing away that I truly enjoy. It is so hard to find a good clean show on anymore, so I truly enjoy this show. I know I am only one viewer, but if you take this show off for good, then there is no reason for me… Read more »
I think that if Ghost Whisperer is going to get cancelled ABC should pick it up because it would be a shame to see an amazing show get cancelled
abc did produce it at one point right? so i hope they do pick it up… 🙁
I don’t think ghost whisperer should be cancelled. I love this show. All the good shows get cancelled and that sucks….keep ghost whisperer on please..