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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ABC should pick up on ghost whisperer as when dealing with the spirit world it is a world of mystery.
I LOVE this show and everything about it ! please dont take it away please
Please pick it up! I just checked to see when the premiere was, only to see about it’s cancellation. Like others have said, why do they keep crap on tv and take off the good shows??? I’ve been a fan and watched every episode religiously! I’m so disappointed!
This sucks I love Ghost Whisperer its sad that its not coming back this fall.
I pay a premium price for cable and become increasingly dismayed at the selection of programming available on both cable and network television. I recently discovered Ghost Whisperer and have been a fan since. I am very sorry to hear that CBS chose to cancel, but its not a surprise. CBS makes many mistakes that cost them many viewers. What they should cancel are the network execs who continually make counterproductive mistakes. I hope ABC picks this entertaining show up. Maybe they have a brain?
The series sould be continued into season 6 but it needs to be re-tooled. As a professional paranormal investigator, I’d like to see the lead character, Melinda Gordon, get into more gritty situations in scarier locations. She needs to travel, perhaps to Europe or Asia. Last season, most episodes were more like a soap opera than real-life ghost encounters. At the very least, this show should be picked up by a cable netwook like FX or SyFy channel.
never missed an eposide, so sad to see this show gone, please ABC pick it up
I enjoyed Ghost Whisperer –I wish it was not being taken off the air.. We eat out quite often on Fridays and always made it back in time to watch this show.
Ghost Whisperer is by far my favorite show! Another major station should absolutely pick it up! PLEASE?!?!
pick it up!!! i love this show. i bought all the series and i want more!
Ghost Whisperer is a great show. Please pick it up.
I love Ghost Whisperer.. Why is it that good ones always get to go? Thats bs it needs to come back
Please pick it up!!! that was one of my favorite shows!! I just googled it to see when it was going to come back on….just to see it was cancelled!!!! Its seems like everyone loves the show so why cancel it!!! this is crazy!!!
Ghost Whisperer is one of the best shows on television right now. It beats most of the other mundane shows out there. I think perhaps the viewing has gone down due to being able to watch episodes online. Friday nights were my favorite night to come home and escape reality for a bit please put this great show back on.
i am highly upset!!!!! i have watched ghost whisperer religiously since the very first episode, never missed one! why would they leave crap on like “christine” and take off the best show on tv. dont understand it but i guess the high paid exec’s have no taste! WHATEVER!