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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please bring it back !!
i looked forward to watching it on fridays
I loved that show! Please bring it back it is one of the very few shows I watch on lame stream TV.
BRING IT BACK!!!!!!!!! THAT IS MY FAVORITE SHOW AND I LIKE EVERYONE ELSE IF I CANT WATCH IT RIGHT THEN I RECORD IT. BRING IT BACK, BRING IT BACK, BRING IT BACK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I too taped every episode & find it hard to believe that no one returned after season 4. I have struggled with the fact that the shows I faithfully watch are new one weekm repeats the next then new the following week. Could this have contributed to the ratings fall out? I was also shocked to find out Cold Case is gone too. It had one of the best season finale cliff hangers. Now its faithful audience are left hanging off of that cliff.
I don’t get it. There is ABSOLUTELY NOTHING of tv Friday nights. I loved the Ghost Whisperer and taped it whenever I was out. What is your reasoning. Can’t be ratings because they had had to have captured the market as there is no market on Fridays. Bad decision. Bring it back please.
CBS who running this station? you are taking away all of the good shows except tuesday and bringing in all of this nonsense. what is the problem? Ghost Whisperer and Numb3rs made your friday nights along with medium. flash point is great. You are ruining my friday nights! thanks alot guess i will finally have to change the channel on fridays.
I vote BRING IT BACK!! Medium is OK – but if I have to choose between the two Ghost Whisper wins hands down. Don’t take out the kid, just add more action and adventure and don’t make all so ominous. It used to be fun – suspenseful and fun! Loose the downer Delia but keep her son!
I voted to bring it back. It is a nice family type show. Bring back David as a main character also. Have him involved more in the mystery. Take out the kid.
Please bring back Ghost Whisperer…the show gave me peace and at the end of the episode I really started to believe there were angels watching, helping me through the good and bad times of my life!
Suck it up and bring it back!!! The world needs to stop giving up because of one bad year! Look at the Mets:)
I’m Heartbroken. I’m so devastated because the news hit me like a truck, I feel so stupid that I had no idea!! Whyyyyyyyy… I cried, this is so stupid. Are those statistics true? that on the last episode of season 4 there was over 10 million viewers watching Melinda get ready to give birth to a child, and almost 3 million of those people were not interested in finding out what happened to that child, or how the birth/labour or all of it went? That was an amazing finale that made you come back for more, yet the statistics say… Read more »
I love this show….if CBS doesn’t want to air it….Let ABC take over! This is my all time favorite show!!!
I love to watch Ghost Whisperer. I would record it and look forward to Saturday when I would have the time to watch it. Please bring it back.
I really really really hope ABC continues Ghost Whisperer! It’s such a good show with an interesting plot. I hate how good shows get canceled and replaced with stupid shows thats just waste time and money.
Do we need to start a petition to bring it back? Because this has ruined my week I don’t want to see another show of people doing stuff for money or trying to find love I agree with another posting its like touched by an angel we need shows that are not about hurting each other but bringing closure to old wounds. We would like to think in the end we can go in peace!
I was looking for when it was coming back on and my heart broke when I found out it was cancelled! What are they thinking? I taped every show and never missed one! I will follow it where ever it goes!!!!! BRING IT BACK