ghost whisperer

Ghost Whisperer began airing on Fridays in fall 2005, on CBS and CTV. When it premiered, there had been several other recent television series - Joan of Arcadia, Medium and Tru Calling - about young women with gifts for supernatural communication. Ghost Whisperer has become one of CBS' top-rated shows.

CBS renewed Ghost Whisperer for another season. According to the network, the show has helped vault CBS into a position of primetime leadership on Friday in adults 18-49 and adults 25-54, while widening the Network's lead in viewers from last season[1].

Brief Plot Summary

Melinda Gordon is a young newlywed with the unique ability to communicate with the earthbound spirits of people who have died, and who seek her help. Melinda uses her gift to relay significant messages and important information to the living, but sometimes the messages she receives are intense and confusing. As a result, she is often met with questions and skepticism by the survivors. But when Melinda is able to help both the lost souls who contact her and those who are still alive, she knows that her unique talent is an asset and not a liability.

The following opening narration aired with most of Season One's episodes, spoken by Jennifer Love Hewitt who plays the show's main character:

During the second season the opening narration changed a bit.

Episodes

Main article: List of Ghost Whisperer episodes

As of September 22, 2006, Ghost Whisperer has begun its second season.

Season 1: 2005-2006

Season 2: 2006-2007

Characters

Current characters

Melinda Gordon (Jennifer Love Hewitt): Melinda is the main character of this series who is also a newlywed with the power to channel earthbound spirits of those that have recently perished. Melinda's goal is to help those that have passed communicate their messages to the living so that they can crossover to the other side. She has possessed this gift since she was a small girl, however only recently has she embraced it as part of who she is.

Jim Clancy (David Conrad): Jim is Melinda's husband. He decided to become a paramedic after witnessing the death of his older brother when they were children. He knows about Melinda's gift and often worries about the effects that it can have on her, but also helps her regularly. Jim is the leading support for Melinda since the death of her best friend Andrea.

Delia Banks (Camryn Manheim): Delia is a single mother (widowed) and a real estate agent who has an office not far from Melinda's store. Delia has a son who shoplifted from Melinda's store, but was caught by Melinda herself. Melinda later found out the boy was being stalked by the spirit of a stoner rock music fan and artist, who she then helped cross over. Delia has yet to learn of the gift Melinda has, but Delia has had to deal with a haunted house she sold to a young woman and her husband. Melinda helped the spirit of a young girl who remained in the house, who was waiting for her mom to wake up and her dad to come home. Delia, who got into real estate after her husband Charlie (to whom she was married for three years) died, continues to build a close friendship with Melinda. After telling Melinda about how stressful her job was for her, Melinda offered Delia a job running the antique store with her; Delia accepted Melinda's offer and now works with her at the store.

Past character

Andrea Moreno (Aisha Tyler): Andrea was Melinda's co-worker at their antique dealership, and early in the first season became Melinda's partner. She used to work as a lawyer in New York. She was another character fully aware of Melinda's gift and assisted her on a regular basis. She was killed when she was caught by a plane crash as she was driving in Season One's "Free Fall", and she was helped to cross over by Melinda in the Season Two premiere "Love Never Dies".

Recurring characters

Ned Banks (Tyler Patrick Jones): Ned is Delia's young son, who had a small shoplifting problem; he stole souvenir Grateful Dead tickets from Melinda's store due to a spirit telling him to do so by talking in his ear at night. Melinda helped the spirit (who originally had the tickets before he died, and wanted them given to someone worthy) cross into the light after letting Ned have the tickets on the condition that he helps her with cleanup work at the store on weekends, convincing Ned to give up shoplifting. Like his mother, Ned does not yet know of the gift Melinda has.

International broadcasting

• In Australia, the show screens on the Seven Network on Tuesday nights at 9:30pm
• In Brazil, the show screens on Sony Entertainment Television on Monday nights at 7:00pm
• In Canada, the show screens on CTV on Friday nights at 8:00pm
• In Denmark, the show screens on Kanal 4 on Wednesday nights at 8:55pm
• In Finland, the show screens on Nelonen on Monday nights at 7:00pm
• In Fiji, the show screens on Fiji 1
• In France, the show screens on TF1
• In Germany, the show screens on Wednesday nights 08:15pm on Kabel 1
• In India, the show screens on Tuesday nights 10:00pm on Star World
• In Ireland, the show airs every weekday on RTÉ One at 3:25pm since Monday 29th May 2006
• In Italy, the show aired once a week on Wednesdays from March to July on FOX Life (satellite). By the end of 2006 or beginning of 2007, Rai 3 will beging airing season one.
• In Latin America, the show screens on Sony Entertainment Television on Monday nights at 6:00pm
• In Lebanon, the show can be viewed on showtime TV land, tuesdays at 20:00.
• In Malaysia, the show screens on 8TV (Malaysia) on Monday nights at 9:30pm
• In Mexico the show airs on the channel Azteca Siete, on Tuesday nights at 9:30 pm
• In The Netherlands, the show screens on SBS 6. In the autumn of 2006, the channel will air the second season
• In New Zealand, the show screens on TV 2 on Friday nights at 8:30pm
• In Philippines, the show screens on Studio 23 on Friday nights, 8:20 pm
• In Portugal the first season is being shown by Fox Life Portugal on Thursday nights at 9:00pm
• In Saudi Arabia and Arab World: Showtime Arabia Tv Land and Tv Land +2 (Subtitled) on TUESDAY at 20:00 PM
• In Singapore, the show is currently airing on MediaCorp TV Channel 5 on Friday nights at 10:00pm
• In Spain, the show is currently airing on Cuatro on Sundays at 22:25am
• In Sweden, the show started airing on TV4, May 2006
• In Turkey, the show screens on CNBCE on Sunday nights at 8:00pm
• In the UK, the show is currently airing on E4 on Tuesdays at 9:00pm and will also be aired by ABC1 in Jan 2007
• In Venezuela, the show, renamed as "Voices from Beyond", is currently airing on Televen on Tuesdays and Thursdays at 7:30pm

DVD Releases

Paramount Home Entertainment have announced the Region 1 DVD release of Ghost Whisperer: The Complete First Season for October 31, 2006. This six-disc set features all 22 season one episodes presented in anamorphic widescreen with English DD5.1 Surround audio. Extras include cast and crew audio commentaries on select episodes, deleted scenes, behind-the-scenes bonus featurettes and more TBC.

External links

• Official CBS website, including Van Praagh's blog
• Official CTV website
• House of Ghost Whisperer
• GhostWhispererTV.com
• Web 'Entre Fantasmas'(Ghost Whisperer in Spanish)
• Forum 'Entre Fantasmas'(Ghost Whisperer in Spanish)
• Synopsis (in Spanish) from Sony Entertainment Television
• Ghost Whisperer Fan Site
• Ghost Whisperer Fan Site in Simplified Chinese
• Ghost Whisperer at Yahoo! TV
• Ghost Whisperer ITALIA
• Ghost Whisperer German Info