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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I can’t believe the network is just gonna leave millions of loyal fans just hanging like this… if u have to cancel it, at least have some respect for the viewers and give us some closure! I for one refuse to watch CBS anymore. Not hard to do since all there is to watch are reality shows…. which are so far off of real life its a joke. I can’t believe they cancelled the one show out there that was a fun escape for my kids and i to enjoy together. I really hope another network will pick it up… Read more »
ok this is my all time favorite show! if they cancel it i will cry myself to sleep everynight! i really do think abc should pick it back up and keep it going:) this show means a lot to me because it something that my whole family watches.
Please pick it up. I absolutely love the show.
Pick it up!!!! My girlfriend and I love it and even watch reruns every night before we go to bed! We love it and so do so many more people!!!!!
I am so sick of this almost every damn show on tv is law or crime related there are no “entertaining” shows that let you let go of reality for a while . or how about reality tv shows making everyday shmucks superstars who gives a sh*t what so n so had for breakfast in bed with so n so . If you want to know why ratings dropped take a look at your demagraphic and the economy alot of people cannot afford cable any more and those that can’t , not all have the “special” boxes that you need… Read more »
I love they show please keep it going……
KEEP IT!!! I’m boycotting CBS this fall on Fridays!! They suck for dropping it, so the ratings fell, pick a new time when it isn’t competing for other more popular shows, I would have ran it for one more season to see if those ratings were a fluke or if they’d stay bad. I think it would have picked back up.
ABC Pick it Up, good clean shows are what we need, not all the violent, and reality bull.
I THINK IT SHOULD BE PICKED UP BY ANOTHER STATION AT LEAST TO FINISH
OUT THE STORYLINE OF THE LAST SEASON. I WANT TO KNOW WHAT’S GOING TO HAPPEN WITH THE SHINYS AND THE SHADOWS AND WHAT’S GOING TO HAPPEN WITH AIDEN’S POWERS. I THINK THAT IT WAS JUST IN THE WRONG TIME SLOT IS WHY IT WAS LOOSING RATINGS.
i love ghost whisper and i’m devasted that it is canceled! all the reality shows are stupid, can’t we have a little fantasy!
ABC Please pick up Ghost Whisper My mom, my daughter, and myself love it!
please keep it going! I love that show
Please keep it going! I don’t care what network picks it up. I love that show!
I love Ghost Whispers. I looked forward to every Friday night. It makes me mad with the networks when they cancel good clean shows. If it was violent they would keep it.
I am so diappointed!!!!!!! I was looking in my TV guide for next week to see if the premire was starting and I couldn’t find it listed.
KEEP IT GOING