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 looked forward to Ghost Whisperer and Medium every Friday night, best shows on TV. Why is it when there is something good on they cancel it and replace with another Cop shows don’t we have enough killing and violence on TV and now something GOOD has to go again. Why don’t they poll the people that are still watching local TV and not cable.
I’m pissed!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I LOVED this show!! I was scheduling me Tivo for this falls line-up and now I am greatly disappointed in CBS over all. I hope that Ghost Whisperer will make a return; I do believe that it can come back from the dead.
I cannot belive you took my favorite show off the air. I would look forward to Friday night’s because I could not wait to watch it. Please Please Please someone please bring it back. I miss seeing Professor Payne, but even with out him and Aiesha Taylor it was still great. I was on the edge of my seat when “Jim” was shot and took over Sam’s body. I wanted so badly for him to remember who he was. And when they had Aiden I was so excited. He brought a whole new prespective to the show. I dont think… Read more »
I was so sorry to see that Ghost Whisperer had been cancelled by CBS. This was one of my favorite Friday night TV staples. Have been watching it from the beginning and would love to see one of the networks pick it back up please. . . . . ! And thank you.
Please bring it back… this is a great show and I am a loyal viewer!
I’ve been watching all the re-runs and I’m ready for a NEW season. I don’t care who picks this show up as long as SOMEBODY brings it BACK!!!
Please Please Please bring Ghost Whisperer back! I don’t care what network you bring it to. This was such a great show! Friday nights don’t offer a whole bunch…but Ghost Whisperer was something I really could count on. There’s so much more Melinda can still take care of….Please bring it back!
I love the show ( Ghost Whisperer ) & looked forward to Friday night’s. So I could watch the show, to see what was gonna happen next. I have been a big fan of the show from the begining. I believe it was a big mistake on CBS’s part to cancel it. So I think that ABC, or maybe even NBC or some other network, would boost thier ratings by picking up (Ghost Whisperer ). In my oppinion, ABC & NBC don’t have alot of hit TV show’s, so this would be a good thing for either one of these… Read more »
I loved ghost whisperer . we always watched it . it was a favorite of ours . I would love for another network to pick it up or cbs to rethink cancelling the show . I looked forward to watching it on friday nights now theres nothing to watch anymore. please reconsider your decision thank you .
Please bring it back ABC!!! As you can see by all of the comments there are so many people who love the show and apparently didn’t realize that it had been cancelled.
I know that the show can be a valuable addition to your line-up and there is a big enough of a following of fans to justify bringing it back.
Please don’t let us down. This show was great for the whole family!!! There’s so much junk on TV today that it would be a shame to lose this gem!!!
Ghost whisperer is a wonderful family show. I look forward to watching it every week. I believe ABC should bring it back! Give it a second chance. It us definately wirth it
I absolutly loved this show have been a faithful viewer since day 1 so PLEASE pick it up ABC
as a psychic i feel you screwed up
i was see some progress in cleaning up the tv trash.
if you do bring it back do talk to loots of real psychics with the gifts.
i have been helping law enforcement for over 40 yr.
A great F. riday night show both my husband and I enjoyed. I would like to see it on someone’s schedule.
Taking Ghost Whisperer off the air is the biggest mistake. I loved watching it every Friday night. My girls even watched it with me. Why do they keep taking the good shows off the air? They need to put it back on, like now!!!!
I was just trying to save my movies for the week, I didn’t know it was canceled. I don’t remember it stating on the last episode that it was the last one. I love this show, and do believe the first couple of years were a little better but they are all great. please bring it
back.