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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Ghost Whisperer is a very interesting and unique tv show. The cast is intriguing and endearing. I hope ABC will pick it up. After the previews I have seen – a lot of the new shows suck. So, NBC might reconsider.
I’ve recently started watching all the re-runs of the show that air on WE tv and I am absolutely addicted to it. I set my DVR to record every airing of it. I hate to see such a good show get dropped. I find the show way too intriguing and can’t stop watching it. I’d love to see it continue.
Come on….Everytime I enjoy a show it seems to get cancelled…so many of us a work watched it and Medium and would talk about it at work….Nurses loved the show..Hope ABC picks it up
Ghost Whisperer should definitely be picked by ABC! I am so sick of finally getting a good show to watch and then they cancel it! “Men in Trees”, “Pushing Daisies”, “Eastwick”. All of them had clever writing and then gone. Doesn’t anyone know when a show is good, witty, and funny? “Modern Family” is one of the best new shows on the air and with our luck it will be cancelled within the year. Please someone bring Ghost Whisperer back!
Please don’t cancel. Love the show. Watched it from the beginning
Just realized ‘Ghost Whiperer’ was cancelled.
I am devastated! Friday nights won’t be the same!!! 🙁
I think cbs is stupid for cancelling Ghost Whisperer and I definitly think ABC should pick it up.
I”d switch networks in a minute to watch Ghost Whisperer!!
they really need to keep this show,it was wonderful and my family and I loved watching it
yes plz leave it
Why is it that CBS cancells the shows that I enjoy watching and not the ones that I really don’t care for like Meduim.
YES if ABC can pick it up I would like that ….
But I think CBS needs to cancell Medium and put back Ghost whisper
I agree they need to pick up the show. It is an amazing series and it doesn’t need to end there.
I loveeeee this show and I think that they definitely need to keep it going,,, there are so many unanswered questions that must be answered!!! Please keep it going
KEEP THE SHOW. I’m so addicted to it now thanks to DVR
I am hoping that ABC will pick-up the series “The Ghost Whisperer”. I am one of the millions of people who really enjoy the show and it would make me very sad to see it cancelled. I am bed ridden and always looked forward to Friday nights to see this very interesting show. PLEASE DO NOT CANCEL IT.
Thank You,
Roxann Thompson
they MUST keep the show its amazing!
As the late Patrick Swazy said in Ghost “DITTO”. They must pick it up and I can’t wait.
I have just spent months rewatching all the previous seasons, waiting patiently for the new season to begin. I never heard a thing about it being cancelled until I looked into it today and saw it is not on the fall line up. How can you possibly think about taking this show off the air at this time…..even my husband watches it with me and we NEVER watch the same shows! I think it is a tragedy that it will not have a chance for it’s final season. They never got to tell the end of their story and live… Read more »