14 DAY TRIAL // Late last week, confirmation came from CBS that one of the shows that would not be returning for another season was “Ghost Whisperer,” starring Jennifer Love Hewitt as a medium who helps dead people move on into the light. Much to the disappointment of fans, the explanation for the cancelation was simple: poorer ratings. Yet, not all hope is lost, as a report on IMDB can confirm.
Even as CBS boss Nina Tassler was saying that simply shows were not made to remain on the air forever, buzz was starting to pick up that ABC might take the show and air it instead, thus giving it a new lease on life (of course, pun intended). So far, nothing has yet been confirmed but, by the looks of things, everything is going just smoothly for Jennifer Love Hewitt and the rest of the cast to transition to ABC with “Ghost Whisperer” for a new season.
“Jennifer Love Hewitt’s spooky TV series Ghost Whisperer has been brought back from the dead – TV executives at ABC have given the show a lifeline. The long-running drama was axed last week (ends21May10) as part of a sweep by executives at CBS. But Hewitt’s co-star and ex-boyfriend Jamie Kennedy has revealed there is still ‘life’ in the program after ABC chiefs expressed interest in picking up Ghost Whisperer for its future schedule. He says, ‘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 aforementioned report reads.
As we also informed you at the time, Tassler said that the decision to cancel the show was clearly not an easy one, but the only one possible in the actual context. In other words, the CBS boss simply said that what’s done is done and fans must suck it up and be thankful for the ride they had until then. Bad things happen in television and, unfortunately, the fate of a show is dictated by ratings – and ratings for “Ghost Whisperer” said it was time for it to go.
“It’s sad, but shows don’t stay on the air forever. It was surprising to us, too. If we didn’t have the strength coming out of the development season, we might not have had the opportunity to do it. Ultimately, it’s all about ratings for the network – that’s where we have to continue to improve and succeed. It was personally very tough; Love is a friend, the producers are friends,” Mrs. Tassler said upon cancelation.