

Fans of Medium were relieved when CBS decided to pick up the show after NBC did not renew it for the fall schedule, and today, president of CBS Entertainment Nina Tassler told reporters that her network will do Medium better than its original broadcaster.
"On behalf of the studio, I don't think NBC really treated the show the way it should have been treated, where it was put on the schedule, how it was supported," Tassler said in a press conference at the Television Critics Association summer press tour in Pasadena, Calif. "To get Emmy winner Patricia Arquette on Friday night for us was a home run."
Tassler did not remember the specific chronology of when NBC let Medium go and when CBS swooped in, but she recalls proactively chasing the show. "When we did know that we had an opportunity, we jumped at it," Tassler continued. "We're thrilled with the show. I can't remember the actual chronology, but it was pretty fast."
Medium joins Ghost Whisperer on CBS Friday nights in the fall. The two shows create a supernatural block for CBS, with both Patricia Arquette and Jennifer Love Hewitt playing characters with the power to communicate with spirits of the dead. For now, that is where the similarities will end, but Tassler remained open to the possibility of crossovers in the future.
"It's never too soon [to consider]," Tassler said. "Their mythologies are different, and we haven't talked about a crossover, but it's possible. I think right now the shows have a different language. They have a different skill set, different rules, etc., but once we get the show launched and comfortable in its time period, we could certainly talk about it."
Medium premieres on CBS Sept. 25 at 9 p.m. ET/PT.
By ShawnieMichael at 9:19 PM ON 08/03/09
DO NOT DO CROSSOVERS!!!!!!! PLS!!! That will just ruin them.
By Horrid at 9:52 PM ON 08/03/09
And then they could mix it with Charmed & Wrestling & we could have syfy fantasy cat fights between the living dead, ghosts, gods & demons ... who brings the Jelly?
By C from Illinois at 10:33 PM ON 08/03/09
Only if Melinda Gordon is called in to be a technical advisor on MEDIUM, or if Allison DuBois gets called in to be a technical advisor on GHOST WHISPERER. Both would be in-universe, of course.
By TurtleBurger at 4:04 AM ON 08/04/09
That would be cool, 2 negatives make a positive right? How about they crossover into TV shows that get cancelled long after they should have land!!
By Unit66 at 4:29 AM ON 08/04/09
Both mythologies had to get pretty bent to do something like that - they would need a geniues author who can combine both mythologies without logic problems.
By Skepto at 10:44 AM ON 08/04/09
How is this garbage show discussed on a science fiction site? It's not even remotely scifi. I'm not sure how ghosts, telepathy in the context of contemporary investigative police work qualifies. In addition the show is based on the real life shennigans of a known fraud and liar.
By Skepto at 10:56 AM ON 08/04/09
Sorry "Shenanigans"...aka "Deception or tomfoolery on the part of carnival stand operators" (Urban Dictionary).
By ghostmoth at 12:16 PM ON 08/04/09
No! Medium needs to cross with Mentalist.
Ghost Whisperer needs to cross with Supernatural ["Melinda, only thing to do is salt 'em and burn them"].
And you know Sarah Connor could help Olivia Dunham.
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