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Ghost Whisperer
SERIES: CBS, Friday 8:00p (60 minutes)


8.4

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Starring Jennifer Love Hewitt, David Conrad, and Aisha Tyler

Not only does Jennifer Love Hewitt see dead people, she talks to them too. It's only a matter of time before they tell her: "You're cancelled." Unless having Hewitt run around in a nightgown is enough to secure decent ratings. (Which, come to think of it, might just do it.)

GENRE(S):	Drama, Sci-Fi & Fantasy
CREATED BY:	John Gray
FIRST AIR DATE:	September 23, 2005

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Chicago Sun-Times Doug Elfman

What is special about "Ghost Whisperer" is the way it gets everything else right -- casting, acting, writing, directing, pacing, music, you name it.

People Weekly Tom Gliatto

Ghost Whisperer can be surprisingly moving. [24 Oct 2005, p.41]

USA Today Robert Bianco

Doubtless this kind of death-walking sentimentality has its fans. And most of those fans probably won't even wonder why some of the dead are stuck in the clothes in which they died, while others get to rent tuxedos.

Los Angeles Times Paul Brownfield

Hewitt is quite good, or as good as the show allows; there are some potholes along the way, as the script sacrifices sense to sentiment.

Cleveland Plain Dealer Mark Dawidziak

The problem with "Ghost Whisperer" is its lack of focus.

Newsday Verne Gay

A mini-triumph of style over substance (of which there is almost none).

New York Daily News David Hinckley

My "Sixth Sense" says "Ghost Whisperer" isn't a very good show at all.

The New York Times Ned Martel

Neither Ms. Hewitt nor her series are malevolent forces, and the producers can feel as good as they choose about a cloying job well done.

Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Rob Owen

It's all a bunch of mush, but I suspect it's mush that will find a receptive audience.

Hollywood Reporter Barry Garron

A series like this can go in a lot of different directions, and creator-writer-director John Gray takes them there. He goes for the scary, the funny and the overbearingly sentimental, but it is the latter that dominates.

Chicago Tribune Maureen Ryan

Pretty pointless.

Variety Brian Lowry

There's so little substance to it.

Seattle Post-Intelligencer Melanie McFarland

The problem is a lack of depth; "Joan of Arcadia," the series this is replacing, had heartfelt moments and significant emotion behind its storylines. Whereas this has Love telling ghosties to head for the light.

Boston Globe Matthew Gilbert

At times during ''Ghost Whisperer," the sentiment is so thick you might want to go away from the light -- the light from the TV set, that is.

Miami Herald Glenn Garvin

Tr[ies] to distract you from [its] essential awfulness by manipulating the daylights out of you.

PopMatters Terry Sawyer

There's no bottom to this show's sentimentality.

Salon Heather Havrilesky

Not only is this one of the more melodramatic, sappy, empty pilots on the slate, but the ghosts she encounters are hopelessly sweet and sentimental.

The New Yorker Nancy Franklin

[A] lump of lead.

Philadelphia Inquirer Jonathan Storm

Dim-bulb junk.

San Francisco Chronicle Tim Goodman

No series in recent memory has put so much attention on a pair of breasts.... Oh, and the show is terrible.

The average user rating for this tv show is 8.4 (out of 10) based on 185 User Votes
Note: User votes are NOT included in the Metascore calculation.

Beckah W. gave it a10:
I vote 10, I love this show (: I have all the seasons.

Ann R. gave it a0:
Makes the supernatural look like pure evil.

Rene R. gave it a10:
Why are all of these negative comments about Ghost Whisper!! It is an awesome show!! Melinda is such a good actress and this show is so touching. Please put Ghost Whisper back on!!

Naomi L. gave it a10:
I love this show!!! How can they cancel it!! I couldn't wait for Friday to come so my neighbors and I can watch it together. This is an outrage!!! We want to see Ghost Whisper!! I am going to write a letter to CBS and have every one sign it!! We want it back on.

Kevin L. gave it a2:
The premise of the series is quite interesting, with a great potential, however, the show does not carry that. The corny writing along with effects that aren't convincing, Ghost Whisperer could not maintain a consistent quality to its plot. The show itself is boring and cheesy but you'd have to watch out on a lucky day where the show could potentially get better. It has good episodes but most of it isn't so great.

Ignazio F. gave it a9:
I gave it a 9 because the show does have some flaws with the death-live scenario, but as I've always said. If a show can make cry, it's a good one.

Samira gave it a10:
I want you guys to send me her every book for free if that is ok.

Ghost Whisperer SERIES: CBS, Friday 8:00p (60 minutes)

Ghost Whisperer
SERIES: CBS, Friday 8:00p (60 minutes)