Ghost Whisperer - on CBS HD & ION HD

Note: The only other threads on Ghost Whisperer I could find had to do with Nikki Cox's lips and didn't seem approprate as a title given the semi-reboot of the show.

Not a series that gets a lot of attention, but I thought I'd give a nod to what they are doing with the relationship between Melinda and Jim.

It has been a good way to breathe some new life into the series.

....at the very least, it gives the actor who plays Jim a chance to actually have some lines to say beyond the normal, "yes, Melinda I understand...you need to go to some creepy farmhouse in the middle of the night to talk to some angry ghost who has been throwing things at you for the last couple of days".

Actually, apparently he only looks like Jim to us.

^ Good comparison.

They might have a shot of "new Jim" once in a while, but I doubt that actor is going to want to hang around long just for a few seconds of screen time every few weeks.

Didn't notice any problems here in Jacksonville via DirecTV. Most likely a local issue.

As for your other concern, perhaps photos would be the way to keep abreast of the situation.

Well, that's a matter of some debate. Since it is one of the few shows my wife will actually watch with me, we've seen it from the beginning.

The typical formula is:

1. Unexplained things start happening.
2. Ghost appears, often angry or scary looking
3. Melinda wants to help him/her/it (sometimes it is a dog) cross "into the light"
4. Ghost doesn't want any part of it due to [anger/unfinished business/revenge]
5. Melinda tries to explain to others she can see ghosts and they [accept it/think she is crazy]
6. Her formerly alive [now technically dead, but whose spirit is living inside another person's body because the other person has already crossed "into the light" so it's really OK that dead Jim's ghost is using the body of its former occupant] husband Jim is extremely understanding [or has been up to this point since the "new" Jim is living in Melinda's garage, but has amnesia and doesn't remember that he's married to her...which technically he isn't anymore].
7. Everyone eventually believes that Melinda can see ghosts and the unfinished business is taken care of. Melinda cries.
8. Somehow the ghost has taken a bath, or otherwise cleaned up and doesn't look scary or angry anymore. He/she/it then goes "into the light" [unless some scary dude shows up and recruits him/her/it into the band of rogue spirits who want to stay out of the light for some unknown reason].
9. All is then well. Until the next episode when it all happens again.