Who Watches This Show – The Ghost Whisperer
Posted by: Ducky in Ducky Does TV, Who Watches This Show
The Ghost Whisperer is entering its third season over on CBS and for the life of me I can’t figure out who the hell is actually watching this show. Sure Jennifer Love Hewitt has a diverse following but to my knowledge these folks are not the demo the shows catering to.
You have those of us that loved her as Sarah, Bailey’s on again and off again love on Party of Five. You have those that still know what she did last summer. You have those oddballs that love her “music” and then you have those that love her two humongous… eyes. The horndog males heart Love’s greatest assets.
So we’re talking females and gay males between 28-35 for Po5 and IKWYDLS. The deaf folks for her music (ages unknown because not enough records were ever sold to chart that sort of thing) and males 18-40 for those two Golden Globes of hers. Are any of these people home on a Friday night?
Okay, so I am and I fall into the first category but I swear I’ve only watched this show once. I’m not lying, shut up! Once and that was with fellow blogger Rae while we were in Vancouver visiting the set of Supernatural. We were waiting to go out for dinner and somehow got sucked into this web of crap that The Ghost Whisperer is spinning.
First off, what the hell is the tone of this show supposed to be? It’s so not supernatural in tone and it doesn’t even seem to fit into the drama mold either. It seems a tad bit lame quasi-wacky screwball comedy mixed with really forced dramatic flair. Love is all over the place personality wise, Camryn Manheim is pointless on the show (and from The Practice and Romy & Michelle days, I love me some CamMan) and seems like the dippiest spaz since Screech. Then there’s the once pretty and once Ducky obsessed David Conrad. I love love loved this guy back in the mid-90s when he was on Relativity. Here he just looks old and bored. Is he the only one besides Jay Mohr that knows she can do what she can do?
And what is it that she can do? I’ve seen no whispering and she ain’t had a lease to any of these ghosts like Cesar Milan so I don’t know what this whole Whispering deal is.
Someone please tell me the appeal of this show and if you watch it, please leave your age and demo in the comments section. This things a mystery I can’t crack.
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