Last week CBS cancelled Ghost Whisperer after five seasons on the air. Almost immediately, there was word that ABC might save the TV show. Now, word is spreading that the deal is done. Is it?
In Ghost Whisperer, Melinda Gordon (Jennifer Love Hewitt) has the ability to see and talk to people who’ve died. Regular castmembers over the past five seasons have included David Conrad, Camryn Manheim, Jay Mohr, Aisha Tyler, Christoph Sanders, Jamie Kennedy, and Kenneth Mitchell.
CBS cancelled the TV show because viewership has fallen quite a bit this season. Ordinarily, ABC wouldn’t have any interest in saving the TV show up but the network co-produces Ghost Whisperer and would share in the profits from another season of episodes going into syndication.
While ABC is still supposedly interested in picking up the show, it hasn’t happened yet. Some websites are saying that it has been picked up, seemingly due to some telephone game-like reporting.
Kennedy, Hewitt’s boyfriend and co-star, was asked about the possibility of ABC picking up the series. He said, “They are talking about it, so that’s cool. We haven’t exactly gone into the light, we haven’t crossed over, but we’ve got some life.” The headline on WENN’s brief story reads, ABC Chiefs Giving Ghost Whisperer a Lifeline.
Some sites, including Perez Hilton, apparently have misinterpreted “lifeline” in the headline to mean that ABC has already agreed to pick up the show. While ABC may bring Ghost Whisperer back for season six, they haven’t agreed to do it just yet.
What do you think? Will ABC save Ghost Whisperer or is it just wishful thinking?
Image courtesy CBS.
I find it odd that I see that a lot of people, like myself and my friends, didn’t even know about Ghost Whisperer until season 4. Sounds like someone wasn’t doing their job. GW is a great show. Maybe next year there will be a GW movie and Melinda will help CBS crossover to the light. Since discovering this show, I have watched the reruns on lifetime, ION and syfy. I will gladly continue to watch these reruns over new episodes of Medium and most certainly over yet another crime, cop, lawyer, doctor or God forbid, another reality show.
Please DON’T cancel this show. I watch it ALL the time. I watch repeats repeatedly. It’s my favorite t.v. show. Thank-you.
no! dont cancel it!
PLEASE DONT CANCEL!! I LOVE THIS SHOW!! CANCELING IT WILL NOT BE COOL AT ALL!! PLEASE DONT!!
I love this show. I can’t believe it’s being cancelled. I look forward to it everyday at 4. There aren’t any good shows on anymore.
Perez Hilton you Suck!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I really hope that ABC picks up GW. I usually watch GW and then Medium, but if I have to choose, GW will win out of Medium. CBS had a good thing going with these two shows back-to-back, but I hope that CBS see the ramifications of their actions of cancelling GW through a drop of viewers of Medium, especially if GW and Medium are put during the same time slot on the same night. I agree with Cindy about reality television, I don’t watch those shows and don’t understand why anyone watches them. I watch television for the entertainment… Read more »
I’d be watching if ABC picks it up. I almost never watch shows on the “Big Three” broadcast networks, but I’ve consistently watched GW since the beginning–it’s kinda what I do with Friday nights when I’m at home.
Fingers crossed, ABC: pull GW back from the light…it’s not its time yet.
Ghost Whisperer is one of my favorite shows next to Medium and Miami Medical that follow each other on the Friday night line up. My family has not missed on show and it just gets better with each show. Please don`t cancel it and help keep one more stupid reality show from trying to take its place. It seems that everytime there is a good series on television someone wants to change things and ruin it for everyone. I know a lot of people look forward to Friday night for these series. If this happens all of our families are… Read more »
If CBS cancels Ghost Whisperer they might as well cancel Medium too. I usually just keep the TV on after GW but might not turn it on just for Medium. I, and my whole family (husband, 90 year old mother and 17 & 13 year old grandchildren) love this show. If CBS is that stupid then they deserve what they get…no viewers for anything else. Hopefully, ABC is smart enough to pick it up and in the process gain some viewers. We love the characters as well as the actors who play them. We’ll watch you wherever you are. Angel
i just started to watch ghoset whisperer and i LOVE IT!!!!! I’ve even got my friends to watch it!!! please dont cancel this show I look forward to watching it at night.
Ok. I don’t know what CBS is thinking or maybe they are not thinking at all… To cancel this show and others that I like is so stupid. CBS does not offer that much to watch as it is. ABC you should take on Ghost Whisperer and the other shows and you will rise to the top in my book. CBS is really starting to stink.
Dont cancel ghost whisper. I love this show. I even got my family into it.
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Please do not cancel Ghost Whisperer, it is my favorite show since it began.
Please keep on the air.
P Morris
Please do not cancel Ghost Whisperer.
It is the only show I like to watch on tv!
thanks
P Ysasi