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 don’t cancel Ghost Whisperers. I love this show and I would like to see what is going to happen to Aden.
Ghost Whisperer is one of my favorite shows. ABC would you please pick it up? Thank you
Big surprise. They killed the show when they killed the husband. They are the ones to blame for the show dying.
I think that GW has had a few weak plots, mostly concerning their son. But that’s the writer’s fault and can be remedied. I’m not at all surprised that CBS is cancelling a fave show. They dumped the oldest running soap opera, rather than try to fix it, disappointing long time fans. Now they are dumping As the World Turns…leaving the dopey, tasteless Bold and Beautiful. (They should change that show’s name to the Cold and Calculating. No redeeming values in that soap.) But back to Ghost Whisperer: There are still many ways that show can go – script wise… Read more »
Please keep Ghost Whisperer alive! It’s the BEST show on and CBS is truly stupid to cancel the show! ABC will be my favorite network if they are smart enough to pick up Ghost Whisperer!
Please pick up the show ABC, it’s one of the best out there!
Please pick up Ghost Whisperer! My whole family loves that show!
ABC plzzzzzzzzzz pick up Ghost Whisperer this is one of the best shows still on tv… U need to pick it up
Please don’t cancel Ghost Whisperer. ABC please, pick it up.
After CBS cancelled my favorite soap I have reduced the programs that I watch on CBS . Now that they have cancelled Ghost Whisper I have no reason to watch CBS at all. Would I like ABC to pick up the show? YES!!! I haven’t watched ABC in years as none of their show really interest me, but it is time for a change.
Drop it! It hasn’t been the same since they forced that body jump plot twist on us. Just when they FINALLY resolved that lemon, they tried to make us believe that it was miraculously like 3 years later!!! It was too silly at that point and lost all credibility as something outside the normal network dreck!
Someone needs to pick up Ghost Whisperer. It shouldnt have been cancelled in the first place! This is the best show thats been on in a long time! I think ratings dropped after Melinda’s husband died n jumped in another body n when she had a son. But things could pick up! Its getting very interesting again! PLEASE ABC PICK UP GHOST WHISPERER. i ALWAYS THOUGHT YALL WERE BETTER THAN CBS ANYWAYS!!!!
If ABC people were to bring back Ghost Whisperer, that would partially redeem them for canceling FlashForward.
Fingers crossed.
I truly loved this show I tivo’d it if i wasn’t home please don’t take it off the air reconsider….please
Please please please ABC pick up Ghost Whisperer you will not regret it! Yes the start of Season 5 meant adjustment for some people which may have affected the figures but it is just getting really interesting. I think it may have gotten too dark for some viewers who like the lighter earlier seasons but give them the opportunity to finish their story. It will bring alot of viewers to ABC as we all love Ghost Whisperer just look on Facebook for all the groups that have thousands of upset viewers happy to tune into ABC for more…. This has… Read more »
I love the show. The only thing is that after Melinda had her son, the show wasn’t quite the same. The kid is ugly and the plot is a little weak. But otherwise, I love the show. I missed some of the shows so I never figured out how she had a baby and the next year he’s like 5 years old.
I hope they don’t cancel it.