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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How could they stop right in the middle?!?!?! >:-( we need another season for sure! they’re still so many questions put out there in the last season. *sigh* i hope that they don’t officially cancel it like they did to Pushing Daisies and put on a lame ending for the series. For you’re gonna end the series, end it right!
It appears the public has spoken…but are the networks listening, or planning their next terrible “reality” flop? As if any of it is “real life” anyway… Believe it or not, there are people out there that can do some of the things Melinda can do. What a disappointing day it is indeed when the producers no longer care about the consumers. Maybe if we all cancel the cable/satellite viewership, they’ll get the message. All they’ve left for us now is crap anyway. We spend more time watching Netflix instant que movies than “reality shows” now as it is.
It is a shame Friday night lineup was great.I guess we were spoiled and now they want us to give up TV and rent movies because I will not watch Reality shows.I prefer Ghost Whisperer,Medium,and Number…s but soon it will be all gone.Fall comes and I think WOW all the good shows will be back.But NO they wont! Shame on YOU CBS! You really are begging your viewer’s to leave.
I absolutely love Ghost Whisperer!!! I hope someone picks up the show. I’m not sure where are the ratings come from, but I have a number of friends that watched Ghost Whisperer and the were also very disappointed to hear it was being cancelled. It was the highlight of my Friday night along with Medium. I loved the fact that they were on together. My husband and I both watched together. Please consider bringing the show back.
I love Ghost Whisperer! I know tons of other people who like it as well. If it has to be cancelled from CBS it would be a very wise decision to move it over to ABC. There was no ending no closure to the series. If anything finish the it up. You can’t leave all of the dedicared viewers hanging like that. This is coming from someone who doesn’t like to watch t.v often. Please don’t completely cancel it 🙁
BRING BACK Ghost Whisper – its an excellent show, maybe Friday night is not a good night, but it should be brought back
I love Ghost Whisperer. I live here in Dallas, and I watch it everyday on channel 26 and everyday it’s a different episode. It’s awesome. Jennifer Love Hewitt ROCKS!
Oh I so agree with everyone . . . . DO NOT TAKE Ghost Whisperer off the air. Take off 3 or 4 of those horrible reality shows. UGH! Ghost Whisperer is good entertainment, enjoyable, fun and takes me out of the mundane. Fantastic line up was Ghost Whisperer, Medium and Numbers but now it seems that they are all gone. What the heck gives? Does any network even ask the viewer their opinion? Guess not!
Ghost Whisper has been my favorite show since the beginning. I was able to get my husband hooked, my two married daughters and my 18 year old at home. It was our Friday night family dinner at home then watch Ghost Whisper, I can’t imagine Friday night without it and I won’t be watching CBS, I’ll be watching where ever Ghost Whisper lands. What makes networks cancel the most watched shows? I really don’t understand that at all. Good luck CBS, without Ghost Whisper, you will need all the luck you can get. I am really disappointed in CBS, you… Read more »
We need an ending. Don’t just let us hang on what may or may not happen!
Definitely someone pick up Ghost Whisper. Geez where do they get the ratings from? I’ve never been asked what’s your favorite show. I even got my hubby into it. Love it and watch all the reruns. I guess I’ll be getting the series on DVD for Bday’s and Christmas because I won’t miss it. Also we never really got the scoop on her son. How can you leave that hanging. Wake up networks and look into what you are doing to TV. Its suppose to be for the people but you are the one who decides what stays and what… Read more »
WHAT DO YOU THINK??? Run Another Season I Love that Show!!!!!!!!!!
They should definitely pick up Ghost Whisper. I love that show I watched it every friday I would rush home from work & school to watch it! Its not fair! I would love to see more episodes of Ghost Whisper.
This show’s apparently too good for either of these networks!!! Keep the show on the air somewhere…..Are you kidding me….these networks are all starting to behave as bad as any corporation that has only one interest..money..!!!!!!!! Nothing is about the consumer anymore, anywhere. To think that the producers/writers are just giving up & throwing in the towels says something also, who cares about the viewer….to leave everyone hanging?!!
These reality shows continue which most are just plain garbage….but oh, let’s cancel an all time favorite that actually has some depth to it…..What’s wrong with this picture?!
Please run a Season 6 of Ghost Whisperer!!!!!! It deserves a true ending, not just being yanked in the middle of several story lines!!!!!