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{{Short description|American television drama series}}
{{More citations needed|date=January 2018}}
{{Infobox television
{{Infobox television
|show_name = Medium
| image = Medium Intertitle.jpg
|image = [[File:Medium Intertitle.jpg|250px]]
| caption = ''Medium'' intertitle
| genre = {{Plainlist|
|caption = Intertitle
|format = [[Supernatural]], [[Thriller (genre)|Thriller]], [[Mystery fiction|Mystery]], [[Procedural drama]]
* [[Supernatural fiction|Supernatural drama]]
* [[Thriller (genre)|Thriller]]
* [[Mystery fiction|Mystery]]
* [[Procedural drama]]
|runtime = 45 minutes
|creator = [[Glenn Gordon Caron]]
|starring = ''[[#Main/recurring cast|see below]]''
|narrated = [[Allison DuBois]]<br><small>(portrayed by [[Patricia Arquette]])</small>
|country = United States
|network = [[NBC]] (2005–2009)<br>[[CBS]] (2009–)
|picture_format = [[480i]] ([[Standard-definition television|SDTV]]),<br/>[[1080i]] ([[High-definition television|HDTV]]),<br/>[[1080i]] ([[3D television|3DTV]])
|first_aired = {{Start date|2005|1|3}}
|last_aired = present
|num_seasons = 7
|num_episodes = 117 <!--(As of May 21, 2010)-->
|list_episodes = List of Medium episodes
|website = http://www.cbs.com/primetime/medium/
}}
}}
| creator = [[Glenn Gordon Caron]]
'''''Medium''''' is an American [[supernatural]] and dramatic television series that premiered on [[NBC]] on January 3, 2005. Its focus is Allison DuBois ([[Patricia Arquette]]), a [[medium (spirituality)|medium]] who works as a consultant for the [[Phoenix, Arizona]] [[district attorney]]'s office. The lead character is a wife to loving husband, Joe DuBois, and the mother of three daughters who all inherited her gift, apparently passed from generation to generation. The original premise of the show was based on reported experiences of self-proclaimed medium [[Allison DuBois]], who claims to have worked with law enforcement agencies across the country in criminal investigations.
| starring = {{Plainlist|
* [[Patricia Arquette]]
* [[Miguel Sandoval]]
* [[Sofia Vassilieva]]
* [[Feodor Lark]]{{efn|name=Feodor|Credited as Maria Lark}}
* Madison and Miranda Carabello
* [[Jake Weber]]
* [[David Cubitt]]
}}
| narrated = Patricia Arquette
| composer = {{Plainlist|
* [[Sean Callery]]
* [[Mychael Danna]]
* [[Jeff Beal]]
}}
| country = United States
| language = English
| num_seasons = 7
| num_episodes = 130
| list_episodes = List of Medium episodes
| executive_producer = {{Plainlist|
* Glenn Gordon Caron
* [[Kelsey Grammer]]
* [[Bruce Miller (producer)|Bruce Miller]]
* René Echeverria
* Steve Stark
* [[Ronald L. Schwary]]
}}
| producer = Laurie Seidman
| camera =
| runtime = 45 minutes
| company = {{Plainlist|
* Picturemaker Productions (seasons 3–7)
* [[Kelsey Grammer|Grammnet Productions]]
* [[Paramount Television|Paramount Network Television]] (seasons 1–2)
* [[CBS Studios|CBS Paramount Network Television]] (seasons 3–5)
* [[CBS Studios|CBS Television Studios]] (seasons 6–7)
}}
| network = [[NBC]]<ref name="realitymedium">"The Reality Behind NBC's Medium Show". YouTube: ConspiracyInfoTV2. 14 November 2013. https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=ALWWe_C_BUE</ref>
| first_aired = {{Start date|2005|1|3}}
| last_aired = {{End date|2009|6|1}}
| network2 = [[CBS]]<ref name="realitymedium"/>
| first_aired2 = {{Start date|2009|9|25}}
| last_aired2 = {{End date|2011|1|21}}
}}

'''''Medium''''' is an American supernatural [[procedural drama]] series created by [[Glenn Gordon Caron]] that originally aired on [[NBC]] for five seasons from January 3, 2005, to June 1, 2009, and on [[CBS]] for two more seasons from September 25, 2009, to January 21, 2011.

The series stars [[Patricia Arquette]] as [[Allison DuBois]], a [[medium (spirituality)|medium]] employed as a consultant for the [[Phoenix, Arizona]], [[district attorney]]'s office, in fictional "Mariposa County" (Phoenix is actually in [[Maricopa County]]). Allison and her husband Joe ([[Jake Weber]]) are the parents of three daughters ([[Sofia Vassilieva]], [[Feodor Lark]], and Madison and Miranda Carabello), all of whom inherited Allison's gift. The show was initially based on the experiences of medium [[Allison DuBois]], who claims she has worked with law enforcement agencies across the country in criminal investigations.


''Medium'' was created by [[Glenn Gordon Caron]] and is produced by [[Picturemaker Productions]] and [[Grammnet Productions]] in association with [[CBS Television Studios]], originally known as [[Paramount Television]] and [[CBS Paramount Network Television|CBS Paramount Television]].
''Medium'' was created by [[Glenn Gordon Caron]] and was produced by his company [[Picturemaker Productions]] and [[Kelsey Grammer]]'s [[Grammnet Productions]] in association with [[Paramount Television|Paramount Network Television]] from 2005 to 2006, [[CBS Paramount Network Television]] from 2006 to 2009 (after the split of [[Viacom (2005–present)|Viacom]] and [[CBS Corporation]]), and finally [[CBS Television Studios]] from 2009 until the series ended in 2011.


On November 18, 2010, CBS announced the show's cancellation.<ref name="Medium Canceled 3">{{cite web|url=http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2010/12/21/medium-jan-21-series-finale-info-spoilers/76330|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101224080659/http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2010/12/21/medium-jan-21-series-finale-info-spoilers/76330|url-status=dead|archive-date=December 24, 2010|title='Medium' Jan. 21 Series Finale Info (Spoilers)|last=Gorman|first=Bill|date=December 21, 2010|access-date=December 23, 2010}}</ref> The series finale aired on January 21, 2011.
The series aired on NBC during its first five seasons before switching to CBS, whose production division produces the show,<ref>{{cite news|author=Tim Molloy|title=Medium Revels in Place Among Living Dead|url=http://www.tvguide.com/News/Medium-Living-Dead-1008650.aspx|work=TVGuide.com|date=August 4, 2009|accessdate=2009-08-04}}</ref> beginning with the sixth season. Season 7 begins in [[September]] [[2010]].


== Plot ==
== Episodes ==
{{main|List of Medium episodes}}
{{main|List of Medium episodes}}
{{:List of Medium episodes}}
[[Allison DuBois]] ([[Patricia Arquette]]) is a strong-willed mother of three, a devoted wife, and a law student who has had the gift of being able to talk to dead people, as well as foresee events, and witness past events in her dreams. When she begins working for the Phoenix District Attorney, Devalos, as an intern, she has a dream which relates to a murder in Texas, the successful solving of which convinces her boss and others working in the D.A.'s office – and herself and her husband – that her gift is real.
[[Allison DuBois]] ([[Patricia Arquette]]), a mother of three, has the gift of being able to talk to dead people, as well as foresee events and witness past events in her dreams. When she begins working for Phoenix District Attorney Manuel Devalos ([[Miguel Sandoval]]) as an intern, she has a dream related to a murder in Texas, the successful solving of which convinces Devalos and others working in the D.A.'s office – as well as herself and her husband Joe ([[Jake Weber]]) – that her gift is real.


The real challenge is initially convincing her boss, D.A. Manuel Devalos ([[Miguel Sandoval]]) — and subsequently the other doubters in the criminal justice system — that her psychic abilities can give them the upper hand when it comes to solving violent and horrifying crimes, whose mysteries often reside with those who lie beyond the grave. Information on certain people or crimes comes to her in dreams or in cryptic visions which often do not mean what they initially suggest.
One challenge is convincing Devalos — and other doubters in the criminal justice system — that her psychic abilities can give them the upper hand when it comes to solving crimes. Information comes to her in dreams or in cryptic visions that sometimes do not mean what they initially suggest. The other is convincing Joe that her nightmares are visions based in reality and that she's not simply neurotic.


Allison is often accompanied by Det. Lee Scanlon ([[David Cubitt]]), who initially did not believe in her "gift". Allison often bends the rules of the law when she is determined to stop a crime about which she's had a vision. Additionally, Allison has helped and been helped by Captain Kenneth Push of the [[Texas Ranger Division|Texas Rangers]] ([[Arliss Howard]]), who is the first law-enforcement person to whom Allison revealed her gift, and Cynthia Keener ([[Anjelica Huston]]) of AmeriTips, a nationwide private detective agency. In season four, it was revealed that Cynthia had a daughter who was missing. Allison's dreams revealed to Cynthia that her daughter was dead. Cynthia made a choice to kill the murderer of her daughter and do time in jail. Keener later appeared in season five to help Allison on a case for the D.A. At that time, it was said that Cynthia has a couple more months to go before she is eligible for parole. During this season, it was also revealed that Lynn DiNovi, Lee's live-in lover and an assistant to the Mayor of Phoenix who occasionally is a liaison with the D.A.'s office, had become pregnant with Lee's child. In the season five finale, Allison discovers that she has a brain tumor located on her [[brainstem]]. In order to prevent apparent murders in the future, Allison risked her life as she postpones the critical surgery out of fear that the surgery would prevent her from solving the case. During her operation the tumor was successfully removed, but her husband, Joe, is told that Allison is in a comatose state, with doubts of her survival. The last scene of season five on NBC is Allison in a hospital bed on life support.
In police investigations, Allison often accompanies Det. Lee Scanlon ([[David Cubitt]]), who initially did not believe in her gift. Allison sometimes bends the rules when she is determined to stop a crime about which she has had a vision. Additionally, Allison has helped and been helped by crochety, phlegmatic Captain Kenneth Push of the [[Texas Ranger Division|Texas Rangers]] ([[Arliss Howard]]), the first law-enforcement person to whom Allison revealed her gift, and, later, Cynthia Keener ([[Anjelica Huston]]) of AmeriTips, a nationwide private detective agency. In season four, it was revealed that Cynthia had a missing daughter. Allison's dreams showed that Cynthia's daughter was dead. Cynthia made a choice to kill the murderer of her daughter and go to prison. Cynthia later appeared in season five to help Allison on a case. Also during this season, it was revealed that Lynn DiNovi ([[Tina DiJoseph]]), Lee's live-in lover and an assistant to the Mayor of Phoenix, had become pregnant with Lee's child. In the season five finale, Allison discovers that she has a tumor on her [[brainstem]]. To prevent the brutal murders of her family in the future, Allison risked her life as she postponed the critical surgery fearing it would prevent her from solving the case. During her operation the tumor was successfully removed, except for a small piece deeply embedded in her brainstem, Joe is told that Allison is in a coma and may not survive.


In the sixth-season premiere episode, Allison awoke from the coma and was suffering the consequences of postponing the surgery. Allison's psychic abilities slowly begin to resurface as a form of [[deja vu|déjà vu]]. At the end of the episode, Allison slowly recovers her abilities.
The sixth season premiered on Friday September 25, 2009 on [[CBS]]. In this episode, Allison had finally gotten out of the coma and was now suffering the consequences for postponing the surgery. Aside from a non-usable right hand and a cane to use while she walks, Allison's abilities slowly begin to resurface (after four months) as a form of [[deja vu|déjà vu]]. At the end of the episode, it is shown that Allison is slowly but surely recovering when her right hand begins working. Since the premiere of the sixth season, many changes have affected the DuBois family positively and negatively. Not only has their eldest daughter Ariel taken the role of a nurturing older sister to siblings Bridgette and Marie, she falls victim to a bodily possession and shortly recovering after Allison's help. After her emergency brainstem surgery, Allison gets back into her normal routine working alongside with D.A. Devalos and Det. Lee Scanlon, with possible side-effects of her surgery affecting her dreams. Also, perennial bachelor Lee proposes to Lynn after a long and stressful relationship. As the season progressed, Ariel's transformation from a young girl into a strong, confident woman was evident in the episode "Time Keeps on Slippin'", where she must solve a crime on her own in the future. A more shocking event occurs in the season finale, when Allison receives a letter from her Neurologist that she needs to be seen about her brain tumor. Meanwhile, Ariel also receives a letter of her own, when she is accepted into the University of her choice away from home. The horror begins when Joe awakens to a deceased Allison in their bed, having died from her tumor during the night. As the family mourns the death of their beloved mother and wife, Ariel is pleased to be contacted by Allison from the otherside, asking her to do one last thing for her before she passes on, but the challenge of succeeding was more than Ariel expected. The episode plunges into a dark and depressing territory as Ariel soon becomes damaged from the serious choices she must make. After giving up on solving the murder and deciding to follow her own path despite her mother's wishes, she begins to wash Allison away with every sip of alcohol. Ariel leaves Phoenix without notice and Allison feels she destroyed her family, taking one last chance to stop this mess. Suddenly, she awakens in her bed the exact morning Joe found her dead, but this time, she wakes him from slumber. Pleased to be alive and that all was just a dream, Allison learns the most important lesson of all, that everyone should follow their dreams and succeed. At the end of the sixth season, Allison, Joe, Ariel, Manuel and his wife, Lily, are seen celebrating Lynn and Lee's wedding, all toasting to their bright futures, ending the season on a high note.


Since the season six premiere, eldest daughter Ariel ([[Sofia Vassilieva]]) has taken the role of nurturing her siblings, Bridgette and Marie, and is feeling overwhelmed. Ariel falls victim to a body possession by a vengeance-seeking spirit but is rescued, with her mother's help. After her surgery, Allison gets back to her normal routine working alongside Devalos and Lee, with possible side effects of her surgery affecting her dreams. Lee proposes to his girlfriend, Lynn.
CBS renewed Medium for a seventh season and it is expected to premiere September 2010.

As the season progresses, Ariel's transformation from a young girl into a mature woman was shown in the episode "Time Keeps on Slippin'", where she solves a crime in the future. In the season finale, Allison receives a letter from her neurologist about her brain tumor. Meanwhile, Ariel receives an acceptance letter from a university away from home. The episode begins when Joe awakens to Allison dead in their bed, having died from her tumor during the night. As the family mourns her death, Allison contacts Ariel from the other side, asking her to do one last thing for her before she passes on. However, Ariel decides to follow her own path. She turns to alcohol and leaves Phoenix without telling anyone. Suddenly, Allison awakens in her bed alive, the same morning Joe found her dead. At the end of the episode, Allison, Joe, Ariel, and Devalos and his wife Lily, are seen celebrating Lynn and Lee's wedding, toasting the engaged couples' bright futures.

In the seventh and final season, a division is created between Allison and Joe because of their desired career paths. At work, Manuel wants to run for Mayor but fears the publicity of his daughter's suicide will be used against his family; however, Lily agrees to help him campaign. Allison wishes to go back to law school because she may lose her job if Manuel is elected. Meanwhile, Joe wants to obtain an MBA, but they cannot afford for both of them to attend school. Despite Allison's wishes, Joe enrolls in school, not knowing that Allison has done the same.

In the episode "Native Tongue" Allison cannot understand anything anyone says to her, testing Joe's patience. At the end of the episode, the two reconcile, but Joe's unhappiness is still evident. Ariel leaves for college. The spirit of Lee Scanlon's deceased evil brother comes to try to entice his "baby brother" into wrongdoing. Scanlon's ensuing actions nearly end his relationship with Allison. In the episode "Blood on the Tracks", Joe's mother Marjorie is diagnosed with brain cancer.

When Joe sees his mother in the hospital, she tells him she knows nothing will happen because Allison, in season four's "Burn Baby Burn", had, to comfort the older woman, lied about Marjorie being around at her granddaughter's wedding. Marjorie accepts her fate and dies. That same night, Allison and the kids join Joe in Michigan, who is staying at his mother's home. In the early morning hours, Allison is visited by Marjorie's spirit, which warns her of upcoming "darkness" in her life. Before she can elaborate, Joe enters the room and Marjorie disappears, leaving Allison very concerned.

In the series finale, Allison receives a phone call from Joe in the midst of a plane crash that leaves no survivors. The episode cuts to seven years later, at which time Allison is an attorney building a case against a Mexican drug dealer. Allison and Marie, now a teenager, live alone. Marie cannot forgive her father for never visiting them as a ghost, something that has plagued Allison all these years. Through her dreams, Allison ostensibly sees that Joe never died, but washed up on the coast of Mexico with amnesia. A crooked cop had concealed Joe's past and was using him as an unsuspecting drug mule to transport narcotics. Against Devalos' orders, Allison strikes a deal with the drug dealer to learn Joe's location. The two are reunited, but at this point Allison wakes up in the present to see Joe's ghost. He informs her that his plane's engine failed after it departed Hawaii and that no one survived the crash. Joe sent Allison a dream of her life seven years in the future to show her that she could live an enriching, independent life.

However, Allison's love for Joe overpowered the original vision and crafted an alternate reality in which she found Joe alive. Joe's ghost leaves as Allison sobs, unable to accept her husband's death. The episode cuts to 41 years later, showcasing photos of the life that Allison has had. As Allison listens to a voice mail from her great-granddaughter, she slumps in her chair. In death, she is reunited with Joe, who has waited for her, and they kiss.


==Family==
==Family==
All of Allison's daughters appear to have inherited her gift. Ariel and Bridgette have visions or dreams, which usually occur when their mother is searching for answers to her own dreams.
All of Allison's daughters appear to have inherited Allison's gift. Ariel ([[Sofia Vassilieva]]) and Bridgette ([[Maria Lark]]) also have visions or dreams, which usually occur when their mother is in a bind in searching for answers to her own dreams. In Season 3, Allison's youngest daughter, Marie (Madison Carabello and Miranda Carabello), also begins to exhibit a paranormal inclination. Currently, she has been shown viewing a premium TV channel that the family does not subscribe to, reading the mind of her optometrist in order to pass her eye exam and unknowingly using paper dolls to predict the future of her father's company. In season 5, Marie had her first "dream", where she saw herself on stage with stage fright during her school's play. In earlier seasons, Bridgette never appears to be bothered by her abilities, but during season 4 she has some moments of frustration either understanding her visions or communicating them to her parents. Ariel usually has a harder time trying to cope with a developing gift she knows very little about. The second season episode "Sweet Child O'Mine" reveals that Allison and Joe lost their first child, a boy they planned to name Bryan. Around the anniversary of his loss each year, Allison has dreams of a life where Bryan had grown up as a part of the family, though often in these dreams he dies in front of her.


In season one, Bridgette plays with a boy on her school playground who no one else sees. He is the ghost of a child who died several years earlier. Several years later she is coached to be a soccer goalie by a deceased school coach.
Allison's younger half brother, Michael "Lucky", has the family gift too, but doesn't like to acknowledge it, since it always seems to bring him trouble. Initially, Allison believed the gift had skipped a generation and her mother had had no psychic abilities. However, she later discovered that her mother had always possessed the gift, but had done everything she could to repress it.


In the third season, Marie also begins to exhibit paranormal abilities. She has been shown viewing a premium TV channel that the family does not subscribe to, reading the mind of her optometrist to pass her eye exam, and unknowingly using paper dolls to predict the future of her father's company. In the fifth season, Marie has her first psychic dream, where she sees herself on stage with stage fright during a school play. In earlier seasons, Bridgette appears not to be bothered by her abilities, but during the fourth season she has moments of frustration when trying to understand her visions or communicate them to her parents. Ariel has a harder time coping with her developing gifts.
In the season six finale, Ariel expresses the same feelings that Allison and her own mother once did, wanting to wash away the ghosts with alcohol. This is a symbolic turn for Ariel's character as Allison realizes how much she's grown and how Ariel's inherited gift places a strain on her life.


The second-season episode, "Sweet Child O'Mine", reveals that Allison and Joe lost their first child, a boy they planned to name Brian (played by Noel Fisher). Around the anniversary of his loss each year, Allison has dreams of a life where Brian had grown up as a part of the family, though often in these dreams he dies in front of her.
== Main/recurring cast ==

Allison's younger half-brother, Michael (nicknamed "Lucky"), has the family gift, too, but does not like to acknowledge it.

Initially, Allison believed the gift had skipped a generation and her mother had had no psychic abilities. However, she later discovers that her mother had always possessed the gift but had repressed it.

== Cast and characters ==
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{| class="wikitable"
|-
|-
!width=130px|Actor/Actress
! style="width:130px;"|Actor/Actress
!width=150px|Character
! style="width:150px;"|Character
!width=190px|Role
! style="width:190px;"|Role
!width=190px|Notes
! style="width:190px;"|Notes
!width=190px|Duration
! style="width:190px;"|Duration
|-
|-
|[[Patricia Arquette]]
|[[Patricia Arquette]]
|Allison DuBois
|[[Allison DuBois]]
|The Medium
|The medium
|Protagonist
|Protagonist
|rowspan="5"| Season 1 – present
|rowspan="5"| Season 1–7
|-
|-
|[[Jake Weber]]
|[[Jake Weber]]
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|Manuel Devalos
|Manuel Devalos
|Allison's boss
|Allison's boss
|District Attorney of Phoenix
|District Attorney of Phoenix
|-
|-
|[[Sofia Vassilieva]]
|[[Sofia Vassilieva]]
|Ariel DuBois
|Ariel DuBois
|Oldest DuBois daughter
|Oldest DuBois daughter
|Student
|
|-
|-
|[[Maria Lark]]
|[[Feodor Lark]]{{efn|name=Feodor}}
|Bridgette DuBois
|Bridgette DuBois
|Middle DuBois daughter
|Middle DuBois daughter
|Student
|
|-
|-
|[[David Cubitt]]
|[[David Cubitt]]
|Lee Scanlon
|Lee Scanlon
|Detective
|Detective
|Allison's co-worker
|Allison's co-worker
|Season 1 – present, recurring previously
|Season 2–7<br /> Season 1 (recurring)
|-
|-
|Madison and Miranda Carabello
|Madison and Miranda Carabello
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|Youngest DuBois daughter
|Youngest DuBois daughter
|
|
|Season 1 – present <small>(recurring)</small>
|Season 1–7 <small>(recurring)</small>
|-
|-
|[[Tina DiJoseph]]
|[[Tina DiJoseph]]
|Lynn DiNovi
|Lynn DiNovi
|Mayor's Liaison, later Deputy Mayor
|Mayor's liaison, later Deputy Mayor
| Lee's girlfriend, later wife
| Lee's girlfriend, later wife
|Season 1 – present <small>(recurring)</small>
|Season 1–7 <small>(recurring)</small>
|-
|-
|[[Ryan Hurst]]
|[[Ryan Hurst]]/<br />[[David Arquette]]
|Michael "Lucky" Benoit
|Michael "Lucky" Benoit
|Allison's half-brother
|Allison's half-brother
|Hurst in first three seasons, Arquette in seventh
|
|Seasons 1 – 3 <small>(recurring)</small>
|Seasons 1–3 <small>(recurring)</small><br />Season 7 <small>(recurring)</small>
|-
|-
|[[Arliss Howard]]
|[[Arliss Howard]]
|Kenneth Push
|Kenneth Push
| Captain of the Texas Rangers
| A captain in the Texas Rangers
| meets Allison in the Pilot episode
|
|Seasons 1 – 3 <small>(recurring)</small>
|Seasons 1–3 <small>(recurring)</small>
|-
|-
| [[Holliston Coleman]]
| [[Holliston Coleman]]
| Hannah
| Hannah
|Ariel's best friend
|Ariel's best friend
|
| Student
| Season 1 – 6 <small>(recurring)</small>
| Seasons 1–6 <small>(recurring)</small>
|-
|-
|[[Bruce Gray]]
|[[Bruce Gray]]
|Mr. Dubois
|Mr. Dubois
| Joe's father (deceased)
| Joe's father (already deceased from season 1)
| Ghost
| Ghost
|Season 1 – 6 <small>(recurring)</small>
|Season 1–7 <small>(recurring)</small>
|-
|-
|[[Kathy Baker]]
|[[Kathy Baker]]
|Mrs. Dubois
|Mrs. Dubois
| Joe's mother
| Joe's mother (deceased from season 7)
| Dies from cancer in the season seven episode "Blood on the Tracks"
|
|Season 1 – 6 <small>(recurring)</small>
|Seasons 1–7 <small>(recurring)</small>
|-
|[[Margo Martindale]]
|A psychic whom Allison later depends on
|A friend/mentor of Allison's
|Helped Allison when she was a novice and coming to terms with her special gifts. Started in Episode 1.1
|Seasons 1–4 <small>(recurring)</small>
|-
|[[Olivia Sandoval]]
|Manny's daughter
|A ghost who helps her father
|Her mysterious suicide is a recurring theme. She is played by the real life daughter of Miguel Sandoval
| Seasons 3 and 6 <small>(recurring)</small>
|-
|-
|[[Kurtwood Smith]]
|[[Kurtwood Smith]]
|Edward Cooper
|Edward Cooper
|FBI Agent (deceased)
|FBI agent (deceased) and [[serial killer]]
| Ghost
| Ghost
|Seasons 3 – 5 <small>(recurring)</small>
|Seasons 3–5 <small>(recurring)</small>
|-
|Zak Lee Guarnaccia
|Julian Pierce
|Killer (deceased)
|Julian Pierce ambushed and exchanged fire with Edward Cooper in a hotel room.
|Seasons 3–5 <small>(recurring)</small>
|-
|[[Roxanne Hart]]
|Lily Devalos
|Manuel's wife
|
|Seasons 3–7 <small>(recurring)</small>
|-
|-
|John Prosky
|John Prosky
|Tom Van Dyke
|Tom Van Dyke
|Former District Attorney (deceased)
|Former district attorney and Manuel's rival, later deceased
|Smug and ruthless district attorney who takes over (temporarily) for Devalos. He is diagnosed with cancer and asks for Allison's help. This leads to conciliation at the end of season 4.
|Manuel's Rival
|Seasons 3 & 4 <small>(recurring)</small>
|Seasons 3 & 4 <small>(recurring)</small>
|-
|-
|[[Anjelica Huston]]
|[[Anjelica Huston]]
|Cynthia Keener
|Cynthia Keener
|Allison's employer
|''AmeriTips'' investigator and Allison's employer in season 4
|Arrested for the murder of her daughter's killer
|''AmeriTips'' investigator
|Seasons 4 & 5 <small>(recurring)</small>
|Seasons 4 & 5 <small>(recurring)</small>
|-
|-
|[[Annamarie Kenoyer]]
|[[Annamarie Kenoyer]]
|Ashley Whitaker
|Ashley Whitaker
|Ariel's friend
|Ariel's friend
|
|
|Season 5 & 6 <small>(recurring)</small>
|Seasons 5 & 6 <small>(recurring)</small>
|}
|}

== Notable guest stars ==
{{Columns-list|4|
* [[David Arquette]]
* [[Richmond Arquette]]
* [[Rosanna Arquette]]
* [[Morena Baccarin]]
* [[Diedrich Bader]]
* [[Allyce Beasley]]
* [[Neve Campbell]]
* [[David Carradine]]
* [[Margaret Colin]]
* [[James H. Collins Jr.]]
* [[Steven Culp]]
* [[Blythe Danner]]
* [[Gretchen Egolf]]
* [[Oded Fehr]]
* [[Miguel Ferrer]]
* [[Noel Fisher (actor)|Noel Fisher]]
* [[Kyle Gallner]]
* [[Willie Garson]]
* [[Rebecca Gayheart]]
* [[Balthazar Getty]]
* [[Peri Gilpin]]
* [[Adam Goldberg]]
* [[Kelsey Grammer]]
* [[Michael Gross (actor)|Michael Gross]]
* [[Arliss Howard]]
* [[Gregory Itzin]]
* [[Thomas Jane]]
* [[Wallace Langham]]
* [[Chad Lowe]]
* Derek Magyar
* [[Vanessa Marano]]
* [[David Morse (actor)|David Morse]]
* [[Marianne Muellerleile]]
* [[Dean Norris]]
* [[Conor O'Farrell]]
* [[Johnny Pacar]]
* [[Kay Panabaker]]
* [[Cassandra Peterson]]
* [[Tracy Pollan]]
* [[Laura Prepon]]
* [[Kelly Preston]]
* [[Jason Priestley]]
* [[Molly Ringwald]]
* [[Kathleen Robertson]]
* [[William Sadler (actor)|William Sadler]]
* [[Jessy Schram]]
* [[Mark Sheppard]]
* [[Eric Stoltz]]
* [[Jeffrey Tambor]]
* [[Nancy Travis]]
* [[Rumer Willis]]
* [[James Van Der Beek]]
* [[Natalie Zea]]
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== Reception ==
== Reception ==
=== Ratings ===
=== Ratings and broadcasts ===
The series premiere received 16.13 million viewers and a 6.3 rating in the 18–49 demo against ''[[CSI: Miami]]'''s 18.17 million and 6.6 rating.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.mediapost.com/publications/index.cfm?fa=Articles.showArticle&art_aid=26037|publisher=''MediaPost''|accessdate=2009-05-06|title=NBC's Debut Of 'Medium' Sees 'Live People'--Lots of 'Em, As CBS Wins Monday}}</ref> ''Medium'' was a consistent performer throughout its first season and landed in the Nielsen Top 20 with an average of 13.9 million viewers.<ref name="HRwrap2004-05">{{cite news|url=http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/thr/television/feature_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1000937471|publisher=Hollywood Reporter.com|date=May 27, 2005|title=2004–05 Primetime Wrap}}</ref> The series remained in its original time slot for the second season when the network announced its Fall 2005 schedule. Throughout the season, the series experienced a decline in viewership, pulling an average of 11 million viewers.<ref name="HRwrap2005-06">{{cite news|url=http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/hr/search/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1002576393|publisher=Hollywood Reporter.com|date=May 26, 2006|title=2005–06 Primetime Wrap}}</ref> ''Medium'' was renewed for a third season in April 2006,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.zap2it.com/tv/news/zap-nbcpickups0428,0,2174122.story |title=Three More NBC Series Get the Call – 'Vegas', 'Medium,' 'Jordan' all renewed for '06–'07|work=Zap2It.com|accessdate=2009-01-28}}</ref> but was missing from NBC's Fall 2006 schedule. The series was slated to return in early 2007; however, in October it was announced that production would resume immediately for a third season start-up on November 15, 2006, replacing the time slot vacated by ''[[Kidnapped (TV series)|Kidnapped]]''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.zap2it.com/tv/news/zap-medium3lbspremieres,0,2513622.story|title=''Medium'' and ''3 lb.'' Set November Premiers|work=Zap2It.com|accessdate=2008-03-09}}</ref> Its move to the Wednesday time slot opposite CBS' ''[[CSI: NY]]'' and ABC's ''[[Lost (TV series)|Lost]]'' led to some ratings erosion, in comparison to the ratings success of the first two seasons, with year-end ratings for the third season dipping into single-digit millions of viewers.<ref name="HRwrap2006-07">{{cite news|url=http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/hr/content_display/television/features/e3ifbfdd1bcb53266ad8d9a71cad261604f|publisher=HollywoodReporter.com|date=May 25, 2007|title=2006–07 primetime wrap}}</ref><ref name="Good omen">{{cite web|url=http://www.zap2it.com/tv/news/zap-nbcordersextramediumscripts,0,965262.story?coll=zap-tv-headlines|title=A Good Omen for ''Medium'' – No pickup yet, but NBC asks for more scripts|work=Zap2It.com|accessdate=2008-03-09}}</ref> Despite the ratings decline on Wednesdays, the series was seen by the network as a reliable self-starter, building on its then lead-in ''[[Crossing Jordan]]''.<ref name="Forsees renewal">{{cite web|url=http://www.zap2it.com/tv/news/zap-nbcrenewsmediumfor2007-08,0,5057928.story|title=NBC Foresees ''Medium'' Renewal – Show gets fourth season in 2007–08|work=Zap2It.com|accessdate=2008-03-09}}</ref> The ratings decline put the series on the bubble for renewal, but the series showed signs of life when NBC requested six additional scripts in April 2007.<ref name="Good omen"/>
The series premiere received 16.13 million viewers and a 6.3 rating in the 18–49 demo against ''[[CSI: Miami]]'''s 18.17 million and 6.6 rating.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.mediapost.com/publications/article/26037/ |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120906233436/http://www.mediapost.com/publications/index.cfm?fa=Articles.showArticle&art_aid=26037 |url-status=live |archive-date=2012-09-06 |publisher=MediaPost |access-date=2009-05-06 |title=NBC's Debut Of 'Medium' Sees 'Live People' – Lots of 'Em, As CBS Wins Monday }}</ref> ''Medium'' was a consistent performer throughout its first season and landed in the Nielsen Top 20 with an average of 13.9 million viewers.<ref name="HRwrap2004-05">{{cite magazine|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/thr/television/feature_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1000937471 |magazine=[[The Hollywood Reporter]] |date=May 27, 2005 |title=2004–05 Primetime Wrap |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20051226102306/http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/thr/television/feature_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1000937471 |archive-date=December 26, 2005 }}</ref> The series remained in its original time slot for the second season when the network announced its Fall 2005 schedule. Throughout the season, the series experienced a decline in viewership, pulling an average of 11 million viewers.<ref name="HRwrap2005-06">{{cite magazine|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/hr/search/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1002576393 |magazine=[[The Hollywood Reporter]] |date=May 26, 2006 |title=2005–06 Primetime Wrap |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080423041628/http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/hr/search/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1002576393 |archive-date=April 23, 2008 }}</ref> ''Medium'' was renewed for a third season in April 2006,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.zap2it.com/tv/news/zap-nbcpickups0428,0,2174122.story |title=Three More NBC Series Get the Call – 'Vegas', 'Medium,' 'Jordan' all renewed for '06–'07 |work=Zap2It.com |access-date=2009-01-28 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070330051728/http://www.zap2it.com/tv/news/zap-nbcpickups0428%2C0%2C2174122.story |archive-date=2007-03-30 }}</ref> but was missing from NBC's Fall 2006 schedule. The series was slated to return in early 2007; however, in October it was announced that production would resume immediately for a third season start-up on November 15, 2006, replacing the time slot vacated by ''[[Kidnapped (American TV series)|Kidnapped]]''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.zap2it.com/tv/news/zap-medium3lbspremieres,0,2513622.story |title=''Medium'' and ''3 lb.'' Set November Premiers |work=Zap2It.com |access-date=2008-03-09 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081228054728/http://www.zap2it.com/tv/news/zap-medium3lbspremieres%2C0%2C2513622.story |archive-date=2008-12-28 }}</ref> Its move to the Wednesday time slot opposite CBS' ''[[CSI: NY]]'' and ABC's ''[[Lost (2004 TV series)|Lost]]'' led to some ratings erosion, in comparison to the ratings success of the first two seasons, with year-end ratings for the third season dipping into single-digit millions of viewers.<ref name="HRwrap2006-07">{{cite magazine|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/hr/content_display/television/features/e3ifbfdd1bcb53266ad8d9a71cad261604f |magazine=[[The Hollywood Reporter]] |date=May 25, 2007 |title=2006–07 primetime wrap |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100129154626/http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/hr/content_display/television/features/e3ifbfdd1bcb53266ad8d9a71cad261604f |archive-date=January 29, 2010 }}</ref><ref name="Good omen">{{cite web|url=http://www.zap2it.com/tv/news/zap-nbcordersextramediumscripts,0,965262.story?coll=zap-tv-headlines |title=A Good Omen for ''Medium'' – No pickup yet, but NBC asks for more scripts |work=Zap2It.com |access-date=2008-03-09 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080928123515/http://www.zap2it.com/tv/news/zap-nbcordersextramediumscripts%2C0%2C965262.story?coll=zap-tv-headlines |archive-date=2008-09-28 }}</ref> Despite the ratings decline on Wednesdays, the series was seen by the network as a reliable self-starter, building on its then lead-in ''[[Crossing Jordan]]''.<ref name="Forsees renewal">{{cite web|url=http://www.zap2it.com/tv/news/zap-nbcrenewsmediumfor2007-08,0,5057928.story |title=NBC Foresees ''Medium'' Renewal – Show gets fourth season in 2007–08 |work=Zap2It.com |access-date=2008-03-09 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070716180030/http://www.zap2it.com/tv/news/zap-nbcrenewsmediumfor2007-08%2C0%2C5057928.story |archive-date=2007-07-16 }}</ref> The ratings decline put the series on the bubble for renewal, but the series showed signs of life when NBC requested six additional scripts in April 2007.<ref name="Good omen"/>

Renewal for a fourth season of ''Medium'' was announced on May 7, 2007, with an undetermined premiere date and number of episodes.<ref name="TVGuide">{{cite web|url=http://community.tvguide.com/blog-entry/TVGuide-Editors-Blog/Todays-News/Primetime-Premonition-Nbc/800014444 |title=Prime-time Premonition: NBC Brings Back ''Medium'' |work=TVGuide.com |access-date=2007-05-07 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071017121445/http://community.tvguide.com/blog-entry/TVGuide-Editors-Blog/Todays-News/Primetime-Premonition-Nbc/800014444 |archive-date=2007-10-17 }}</ref> It was the seventh series to be renewed by the network, behind solid performers ''[[Heroes (American TV series)|Heroes]]'' and ''[[Law & Order: Special Victims Unit]]''.<ref name="Forsees renewal"/> One week later, the network announced that ''Medium'' would move to the Sunday 9&nbsp;p.m. time slot upon its return in January 2008.<ref name="Flair">{{cite web|url=http://www.zap2it.com/tv/news/zap-nbc2007-08schedule,0,4680646.story |title=NBC Has Flair for the Dramatic |work=Zap2It.com |access-date=2008-03-09 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070520210610/http://www.zap2it.com/tv/news/zap-nbc2007-08schedule%2C0%2C4680646.story |archive-date=2007-05-20 }}</ref> News on the series' return did not come until December 2007 when NBC announced that the fourth season would begin in January in its original Monday 10 p.m. time slot,<ref name="NBC Slots ''Medium''">{{cite web|url=http://www.zap2it.com/tv/news/zap-nbcschedule-mediumpremieredate,0,2251811.story|title=NBC Slots 'Medium,' Firms Up Schedule|work=Zap2It.com|access-date=2008-03-09}}</ref> despite the WGA Strike of 2007, which forced the show to cease production, allowing for only nine segments/episodes to be filmed.<ref name="Strike Chart">{{cite web|url=http://community.tvguide.com/blog-entry/TVGuide-Editors-Blog/Ausiello-Report/Strike-Chart-Long/800026937 |title=Strike Chart |work=TVGuide.com |access-date=2007-11-09 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080517163026/http://community.tvguide.com/blog-entry/TVGuide-Editors-Blog/Ausiello-Report/Strike-Chart-Long/800026937 |archive-date=2008-05-17 }}</ref> Scheduling returning mid-season shows in timeslots where they were previously successful was a pattern for NBC during the strike: ''[[Law & Order]]'' returned to Wednesdays at 10 and ''[[The Apprentice (American TV series)|The Apprentice]]'' was back on Thursdays at 9:00 p.m.<ref name="NBC FALL 2008">{{cite web|url=http://www.thefutoncritic.com/news.aspx?id=20071206nbc01|title=NBC Rolls Out a Full Slate of Original Programming for the First Quarter of 2008|work=thefutoncritic.com|access-date=2007-12-06}}</ref>


With the ratings improvement ''Medium'' demonstrated in its fourth season after returning to Mondays, it was one of the first series to be renewed in an early announcement in April 2008 from NBC regarding its 2008–09 season.<ref name="Medium Renewed">{{cite web|url=http://community.tvguide.com/blog-entry/TVGuide-Editors-Blog/Ausiello-Report/Nbc-Fall-Schedule/800036704 |title=NBC Fall Lineup 08/09 |work=TVGuide.com |access-date=2008-04-02 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080404233957/http://community.tvguide.com/blog-entry/TVGuide-Editors-Blog/Ausiello-Report/Nbc-Fall-Schedule/800036704 |archive-date=2008-04-04 }}</ref> Similar to the previous season, ''Medium'' was initially scheduled to move to the Sunday night line-up; however, a December 2008 press release revealed that the fifth season would air in the series' original Monday night 10 p.m. time slot.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://nbcumv.com/entertainment/release_detail.nbc/entertainment-20081203000000-nbckicks45offa.html|title=NBC Kicks-off a Post-Super Bowl Primetime Schedule with New Mid-season Series Premieres, Popular Series Returns, the "ER" Series Finale and an Original Movie Event|work=nbcumv.com|access-date=2008-12-03}} {{Dead link|date=September 2010|bot=H3llBot}}</ref>
Renewal for a fourth season of ''Medium'' was announced on May 7, 2007, with an undetermined premiere date and number of episodes.<ref name="TVGuide">{{cite web|url=http://community.tvguide.com/blog-entry/TVGuide-Editors-Blog/Todays-News/Primetime-Premonition-Nbc/800014444|title=Prime-time Premonition: NBC Brings Back ''Medium''|work=TVGuide.com|accessdate=2007-05-07}}</ref> It was the seventh series to be renewed by the network, behind solid performers ''[[Heroes (TV series)|Heroes]]'' and ''[[Law & Order: SVU]]''.<ref name="Forsees renewal"/> One week later, the network announced that ''Medium'' would move to the Sunday 9&nbsp;p.m. time slot upon its return in January 2008.<ref name="Flair">{{cite web|url=http://www.zap2it.com/tv/news/zap-nbc2007-08schedule,0,4680646.story|title=NBC Has Flair for the Dramatic|work=Zap2It.com|accessdate=2008-03-09}}</ref> News on the series' return did not come until December 2007 when NBC announced that the fourth season would begin in January in its original Monday 10 p.m. time slot,<ref name="NBC Slots ''Medium''">{{cite web|url=http://www.zap2it.com/tv/news/zap-nbcschedule-mediumpremieredate,0,2251811.story|title=NBC Slots 'Medium,' Firms Up Schedule|work=Zap2It.com|accessdate=2008-03-09}}</ref> despite the WGA Strike of 2007, which forced the show to cease production, allowing for only nine segments/episodes to be filmed.<ref name="Strike Chart">{{cite web|url=http://community.tvguide.com/blog-entry/TVGuide-Editors-Blog/Ausiello-Report/Strike-Chart-Long/800026937|title=Strike Chart|work=TVGuide.com|accessdate=2007-11-09}}</ref> Scheduling returning mid-season shows in timeslots where they were previously successful was a pattern for NBC during the strike: ''[[Law & Order]]'' returned to Wednesdays at 10 and ''[[The Apprentice (U.S. TV series)|The Apprentice]]'' was back on Thursdays at 9:00 p.m.<ref name="NBC FALL 2008">{{cite web|url=http://www.thefutoncritic.com/news.aspx?id=20071206nbc01|title=NBC Rolls Out a Full Slate of Original Programming for the First Quarter of 2008|work=thefutoncritic.com|accessdate=2007-12-06}}</ref>


After some ratings erosion during its fifth season, NBC renewed ''Medium'' for an [[abridged]] sixth season in early May 2009.<ref name="MRSX">{{cite web|url=https://www.tvguide.com/News/Fall-TV-Medium-1005702.aspx|title=Fall TV: NBC Sizes Up ''Medium'' for a Sixth Season|work=TVGuide.com|access-date=2009-04-03}}</ref> However, within a week negotiations stalled over episode count<ref name="season6">{{cite magazine|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/hr/content_display/news/e3i9ffdbbfa915bd89c8dc2233737eba532 |title='Medium' may go to CBS |magazine=[[The Hollywood Reporter]] |access-date=2009-05-17 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090524150732/http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/hr/content_display/news/e3i9ffdbbfa915bd89c8dc2233737eba532 |archive-date=May 24, 2009 }}</ref> and subsequently NBC decided not to renew the series despite the fact that it outperformed some of the network's renewed shows.<ref name="net feud">{{cite web|url=http://www.deadlinehollywooddaily.com/cbs-nbc-feud-over-medium-winloss/|title=CBS & NBC Feud Over 'Medium' Win/Loss|work=Deadline|date=20 May 2009 |access-date=2009-05-20}}</ref> Within 24 hours of NBC's cancellation, CBS, whose production arm produces the series, renewed the show for a full, 22-episode, sixth season,<ref name="CBS1">{{cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/05/20/AR2009052003381.html?hpid=artsliving|title=You'll Be Channeling CBS to See 'Medium' This Fall, and NBC Is Spooked|newspaper=[[The Washington Post]]|access-date=2009-05-21 | date=May 21, 2009 | first=Lisa | last=de Moraes}}</ref> placing it in the Friday at 9:00&nbsp;p.m. slot between fellow CBS in-house productions ''[[Ghost Whisperer]]'' (which had a similar theme to ''Medium'') and ''[[Numbers (TV series)|Numb3rs]]''.<ref name="CBS2">{{cite web|url=http://tvbythenumbers.com/2009/05/20/cbs-announces-2009-2010-schedule/19145|title=CBS Announces 2009–2010 Schedule|work=TVbytheNumbers.com|access-date=2009-05-20|archive-date=2009-05-23|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090523084656/http://tvbythenumbers.com/2009/05/20/cbs-announces-2009-2010-schedule/19145|url-status=dead}}</ref> CBS first aired this series with a rerun episode on July 21, 2009. The sixth season premiered on Friday, September 25, 2009 at 9pm.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.tvguide.com/News/FallTV-CBS-premieres-1007227.aspx |title=Fall TV: CBS Announces Premiere Dates |work=TVGuide.com|access-date=2009-06-24}}</ref> Throughout its sixth season, ''Medium'' and its lead-in ''Ghost Whisperer'' won their respective time slots on most Fridays, and each show took turns being the most-watched show of the night.<ref name="Timeslot">{{cite web|url=http://crushable.com/entertainment/ratings-report-medium-wins-its-timeslot-on-a-slow-night/|title=Ratings Report: Medium wins its timeslot on a slow night|work=Crushable.com|access-date=2010-03-20|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120312103906/http://crushable.com/entertainment/ratings-report-medium-wins-its-timeslot-on-a-slow-night/|archive-date=2012-03-12|url-status=dead}}</ref> As the season drew to a close, ''Ghost Whisperer'' was considered a definite renewal, whereas ''Medium'' was once again on the bubble for renewal.<ref name="Bubble">{{cite web|url=http://tvbythenumbers.com/2010/01/09/cbs-moonlight-still-canceled-numb3rs-medium-on-the-bubble/38191|title=CBS: Moonlight Still Canceled; Numb3rs, Medium On The Bubble|work=TVbytheNumbers.com|access-date=2010-04-28|archive-date=2010-03-06|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100306172923/http://tvbythenumbers.com/2010/01/09/cbs-moonlight-still-canceled-numb3rs-medium-on-the-bubble/38191|url-status=dead}}</ref> However, in a dramatic move from CBS, the network announced on May 18, 2010, that ''Medium'' was renewed for a seventh season, while seven other series, including ''Ghost Whisperer'', were canceled by the network.<ref name="7Renewal">{{cite web|url=http://www.tv.com/cbs-cleans-house-cancels-seven/story/22961.html?tag=hotspot;gumball;1 |title=CBS Cleans House, Cancels Seven |work=TV.com |access-date=2010-05-31 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100530024032/http://www.tv.com/cbs-cleans-house-cancels-seven/story/22961.html?tag=hotspot%3Bgumball%3B1 |archive-date=2010-05-30 }}</ref> TVbytheNumbers.com speculated that the decision was made because ''Medium'' is fully owned by CBS, while ''Ghost Whisperer'' was split between CBS and ABC.<ref>{{cite web
With the ratings improvement ''Medium'' demonstrated in its fourth season after returning to Mondays, it was one of the first series to be renewed in an early announcement in April 2008 from NBC regarding its 2008–09 season.<ref name="Medium Renewed">{{cite web|url =http://community.tvguide.com/blog-entry/TVGuide-Editors-Blog/Ausiello-Report/Nbc-Fall-Schedule/800036704|title=NBC Fall Lineup 08/09|work=TVGuide.com|accessdate=2008-04-02}}</ref> Similar to the previous season, ''Medium'' was initially scheduled to move to the Sunday night line-up; however, a December 2008 press release revealed that the fifth season would air in the series' original Monday night 10 p.m. time slot.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://nbcumv.com/entertainment/release_detail.nbc/entertainment-20081203000000-nbckicks45offa.html|title=NBC Kicks-off a Post-Super Bowl Primetime Schedule with New Mid-season Series Premieres, Popular Series Returns, the "ER" Series Finale and an Original Movie Event|work=nbcumv.com|accessdate=2008-12-03}}</ref>
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}}</ref> Upon its return in September 2010, ''Medium'' took over the Friday 8 p.m. slot vacated by ''Ghost Whisperer''.


=== Cancellation ===
After some ratings erosion during its fifth season, NBC renewed ''Medium'' for an [[abridged]] sixth season in early May 2009.<ref name="MRSX">{{cite web|url=http://www.tvguide.com/News/Fall-TV-Medium-1005702.aspx|title=Fall TV: NBC Sizes Up ''Medium'' for a Sixth Season|work=TVGuide.com|accessdate=2009-04-03}}</ref> However, within a week negotiations stalled over episode count<ref name="season6">{{cite web|url=http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/hr/content_display/news/e3i9ffdbbfa915bd89c8dc2233737eba532|title='Medium' may go to CBS|work=Hollywoodreporter.com|accessdate=2009-05-17}}</ref> and subsequently NBC decided not to renew the series despite the fact that it outperforms some of the network's renewed shows.<ref name="net feud">{{cite web|url=http://www.deadlinehollywooddaily.com/cbs-nbc-feud-over-medium-winloss/|title=CBS & NBC Feud Over 'Medium' Win/Loss|work=Deadlinehollywooddaily.com|accessdate=2009-05-20}}</ref> Within 24 hours of NBC's cancellation, CBS, whose production arm produces the series, renewed the show for a full, 22-episode, sixth season,<ref name="CBS1">{{cite news|url=http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/05/20/AR2009052003381.html?hpid=artsliving|title=You'll Be Channeling CBS to See 'Medium' This Fall, and NBC Is Spooked|work=Washington Post.com|accessdate=2009-05-21 | date=May 21, 2009}}</ref> placing it in the Friday at 9:00 p.m. slot between fellow CBS in-house productions ''[[Ghost Whisperer]]'' and ''[[Numb3rs]]''.<ref name="CBS2">{{cite web|url=http://tvbythenumbers.com/2009/05/20/cbs-announces-2009-2010-schedule/19145|title=CBS Announces 2009–2010 Schedule|work=TVbytheNumbers.com|accessdate=2009-05-20}}</ref> CBS first aired this series with a rerun episode on July 21, 2009. The sixth season premiered on Friday, September 25, 2009 at 9pm.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.tvguide.com/News/FallTV-CBS-premieres-1007227.aspx |title=Fall TV: CBS Announces Premiere Dates |publisher=TVGuide.com|accessdate=2009-06-24}}</ref> Throughout its sixth season, ''Medium'' and its lead-in ''Ghost Whisperer'' won their respective time slots on most Fridays, and each show took turns being the most-watched show of the night.<ref name="Timeslot">{{cite web|url=http://crushable.com/entertainment/ratings-report-medium-wins-its-timeslot-on-a-slow-night/|title=Ratings Report: Medium wins its timeslot on a slow night|work=Crushable.com|accessdate=2010-03-20}}</ref> As the season drew to a close, ''Ghost Whisperer'' was considered a definite renewal, whereas ''Medium'' was once again on the bubble for renewal.<ref name="Bubble">{{cite web|url=http://tvbythenumbers.com/2010/01/09/cbs-moonlight-still-canceled-numb3rs-medium-on-the-bubble/38191|title=CBS: Moonlight Still Canceled; Numb3rs, Medium On The Bubble|work=TVbytheNumbers.com|accessdate=2010-04-28}}</ref> However, in a dramatic move from CBS, the network announced on May 18, 2010, that ''Medium'' was renewed for a seventh season, while seven other series were canceled by the network.<ref name="7Renewal">{{cite web|url=http://www.tv.com/cbs-cleans-house-cancels-seven/story/22961.html?tag=hotspot;gumball;1|title=CBS Cleans House, Cancels Seven|work=TV.com|accessdate=2010-05-31}}</ref> Upon its return in September 2010, ''Medium'' is scheduled to fill the Friday at 8 p.m. slot vacated by ''Ghost Whisperer''.
On October 26, 2010, CBS ordered the seventh and final season cut from 22 to 13 episodes.<ref name="Medium Slashed">{{cite web|last=Seidman |first=Robert |title=CBS Cuts 'Medium' Order to 13 Episodes |url=http://tvbythenumbers.com/2010/10/26/cbs-cuts-medium-order-to-13-episodes/69822 |date=October 26, 2010 |access-date=October 27, 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101030114710/http://tvbythenumbers.com/2010/10/26/cbs-cuts-medium-order-to-13-episodes/69822 |archive-date=October 30, 2010 }}</ref> On November 15, 2010, Patricia Arquette told ''[[Entertainment Weekly]]'' that the show "got canceled" and had only two more episodes to shoot. She also said the writers were excited that they would be able to end the show properly.<ref name="Medium Canceled 1">{{cite magazine|last=Murphy |first=Shaunna |url=http://insidetv.ew.com/2010/11/15/medium-scoop-we-got-canceled-says-patricia-arquette/?like=1 |title='Medium' scoop: 'We got canceled,' says star &#124; Inside TV &#124; EW.com |magazine=Entertainment Weekly |date=2010-11-15 |access-date=2011-09-20}}</ref> On November 18, 2010, series creator Glenn Gordon Caron posted to both the ''Medium'' [[Facebook]] page and the CBS forums, stating that the show had been canceled and that the series finale would be broadcast on January 21, 2011.<ref name="Medium Canceled 2">{{cite web |last= Seidman |first= Robert |title= Medium Cancelled by CBS |url=http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2010/11/18/medium-canceled-by-cbs/72653 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101121153524/http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2010/11/18/medium-canceled-by-cbs/72653 |url-status=dead |archive-date=November 21, 2010 |date=November 18, 2010 |access-date=November 23, 2010}}</ref> CBS confirmed the cancellation with a press release on December 21, 2010, which also confirmed the series finale date of January 21.<ref name="Medium Canceled 3"/>


=== Seasonal ratings/broadcast history ===
=== Seasonal ratings/broadcast history ===
Seasonal rankings (based on average total viewers per episode) of ''Medium''.
Seasonal rankings (based on average total viewers per episode) of ''Medium''.


''Note: Each U.S. network television season generally starts in late September and ends in late May (except for the fifth season), which coincides with the completion of May [[sweeps]]. Times mentioned in this section are in Eastern Time''.
Each U.S. network television season generally starts in late September and ends in late May (except for the fifth season), which coincides with the completion of May [[sweeps]]. Times mentioned in this section are in Eastern Time.


{| class="wikitable"
{| class="wikitable"
|- style="background-color:#E0E0E0"
|- style="background:#e0e0e0;"
! | Season
! | Season
! | Network
! | Network
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! | Season premiere
! | Season premiere
! | Season finale
! | Season finale
! | Episode<br> count
! | Episode<br /> count
! | TV season
! | TV season
! | Season<BR/>rank
! | Season<br />rank
! | Viewers<BR/>(in millions)<BR/>DVR not included
! | Viewers<br />(in millions)
|- style="background-color:#F9F9F9"
|- style="background:#f9f9f9;"
! style="background:#F9F9F9;text-align:center;font-weight:normal" | 1
! style="background:#F9F9F9;text-align:center;font-weight:normal" | '''[[Medium (season 1)|1]]'''
! rowspan="5" style="background:#F9F9F9;text-align:center;font-weight:normal" | NBC
! rowspan="5" style="background:#F9F9F9;text-align:center;font-weight:normal" | NBC
! rowspan="2" style="background:#F9F9F9;text-align:center;font-weight:normal" | Monday 10:00 pm
! rowspan="2" style="background:#F9F9F9;text-align:center;font-weight:normal" | Monday 10:00 pm
| January 3, 2005
| January 3, 2005
| May 23, 2005
| May 23, 2005
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! style="text-align:center;font-weight:normal" | #19
! style="text-align:center;font-weight:normal" | #19
! style="text-align:center;font-weight:normal" | 13.9<ref name="HRwrap2004-05"/>
! style="text-align:center;font-weight:normal" | 13.9<ref name="HRwrap2004-05"/>
|- style="background-color:#F9F9F9"
|- style="background:#f9f9f9;"
! style="background:#F9F9F9;text-align:center;font-weight:normal" | 2
! style="background:#F9F9F9;text-align:center;font-weight:normal" | '''[[Medium (season 2)|2]]'''
| September 19, 2005
| September 19, 2005
| May 22, 2006
| May 22, 2006
| style="background:#F9F9F9;text-align:center;font-weight:normal" | 22
| style="background:#F9F9F9;text-align:center;font-weight:normal" | 22
! style="background:#F9F9F9;text-align:center;font-weight:normal" | 2005–2006
! style="background:#F9F9F9;text-align:center;font-weight:normal" | 2005–2006
! style="text-align:center;font-weight:normal" | #31
! style="text-align:center;font-weight:normal" | #31
! style="text-align:center;font-weight:normal" | 11.2<ref name="HRwrap2005-06"/>
! style="text-align:center;font-weight:normal" | 11.2<ref name="HRwrap2005-06"/>
|- style="background-color:#F9F9F9"
|- style="background:#f9f9f9;"
! style="background:#F9F9F9;text-align:center;font-weight:normal" | 3
! style="background:#F9F9F9;text-align:center;font-weight:normal" | '''[[Medium (season 3)|3]]'''
! rowspan="1" style="background:#F9F9F9;text-align:center;font-weight:normal" | Wednesday 10:00 pm
! style="background:#f9f9f9; text-align:center; font-weight:normal;"| Wednesday 10:00 pm
| November 15, 2006
| November 15, 2006
| May 16, 2007
| May 16, 2007
| style="background:#F9F9F9;text-align:center;font-weight:normal" | 22
| style="background:#F9F9F9;text-align:center;font-weight:normal" | 22
! style="background:#F9F9F9;text-align:center;font-weight:normal" | 2006–2007
! style="background:#F9F9F9;text-align:center;font-weight:normal" | 2006–2007
! style="text-align:center;font-weight:normal" | #51
! style="text-align:center;font-weight:normal" | #51
! style="text-align:center;font-weight:normal" | 8.3<ref name="HRwrap2006-07"/>
! style="text-align:center;font-weight:normal" | 8.3<ref name="HRwrap2006-07"/>
|- style="background-color:#F9F9F9"
|- style="background:#f9f9f9;"
! style="background:#F9F9F9;text-align:center;font-weight:normal" | 4
! style="background:#F9F9F9;text-align:center;font-weight:normal" | '''[[Medium (season 4)|4]]'''
! rowspan="2" style="background:#F9F9F9;text-align:center;font-weight:normal" | Monday 10:00 pm
! rowspan="2" style="background:#F9F9F9;text-align:center;font-weight:normal" | Monday 10:00 pm
| January 7, 2008
| January 7, 2008
| May 12, 2008
| May 12, 2008
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! style="background:#F9F9F9;text-align:center;font-weight:normal" | 2007–2008
! style="background:#F9F9F9;text-align:center;font-weight:normal" | 2007–2008
! style="text-align:center;font-weight:normal" | #41
! style="text-align:center;font-weight:normal" | #41
! style="text-align:center;font-weight:normal" | 10.5<ref>{{cite web |url=http://abcmedianet.com/web/dnr/dispDNR.aspx?id=052808_06|format=PDF|title=Season 3 Program Rankings|publisher=ABCMedianet.com|accessdate=2008-06-02}}</ref>
! style="text-align:center;font-weight:normal" | 10.47<ref>{{cite web|url=http://abcmedianet.com/web/dnr/dispDNR.aspx?id=052808_06 |format=PDF |title=Season 3 Program Rankings |work=ABCMedianet.com |access-date=2008-06-02 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100413172935/http://abcmedianet.com/web/dnr/dispDNR.aspx?id=052808_06 |archive-date=April 13, 2010 }}</ref>
|- style="background-color:#F9F9F9"
|- style="background:#f9f9f9;"
! style="background:#F9F9F9;text-align:center;font-weight:normal" | 5
! style="background:#F9F9F9;text-align:center;font-weight:normal" | '''[[Medium (season 5)|5]]'''
| February 2, 2009
| February 2, 2009
| June 1, 2009
| June 1, 2009
| style="background:#F9F9F9;text-align:center;font-weight:normal" | 19
| style="background:#F9F9F9;text-align:center;font-weight:normal" | 19
! style="background:#F9F9F9;text-align:center;font-weight:normal" | 2008–2009
! style="background:#F9F9F9;text-align:center;font-weight:normal" | 2008–2009
! style="text-align:center;font-weight:normal" align="center"| #61
! style="text-align:center; font-weight:normal; text-align:center;"| #61
! style="text-align:center;font-weight:normal" align="center"| 8.5<ref>{{cite web|url=http://abcmedianet.com/web/dnr/dispDNR.aspx?id=060209_05|title=Season 4 Program Rankings|publisher=ABCMedianet.com|accessdate=2009-06-02}}</ref>
! style="text-align:center; font-weight:normal; text-align:center;"| 8.45<ref>{{cite web|url=http://abcmedianet.com/web/dnr/dispDNR.aspx?id=060209_05 |title=Season 4 Program Rankings |work=ABCMedianet.com |access-date=2009-06-02 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140410204904/http://abcmedianet.com/web/dnr/dispDNR.aspx?id=060209_05 |archive-date=2014-04-10 }}</ref>
|- style="background-color:#F9F9F9"
|- style="background:#f9f9f9;"
! style="background:#F9F9F9;text-align:center;font-weight:normal" | 6
! style="background:#F9F9F9;text-align:center;font-weight:normal" | '''[[Medium (season 6)|6]]'''
! rowspan="2" style="background:#F9F9F9;text-align:center;font-weight:normal" | CBS
! rowspan="2" style="background:#F9F9F9;text-align:center;font-weight:normal" | CBS
! style="background:#F9F9F9;text-align:center;font-weight:normal" | Friday 9:00 pm
! style="background:#F9F9F9;text-align:center;font-weight:normal" | Friday 9:00 pm
| September 25, 2009
| September 25, 2009
| May 21, 2010
| May 21, 2010
| style="background:#F9F9F9;text-align:center;font-weight:normal" | 22
| style="background:#F9F9F9;text-align:center;font-weight:normal" | 22
! style="background:#F9F9F9;text-align:center;font-weight:normal" | 2009–2010
! style="background:#F9F9F9;text-align:center;font-weight:normal" | 2009–2010
! style="text-align:center;font-weight:normal" | #52
! style="text-align:center;font-weight:normal" | #53
! style="text-align:center;font-weight:normal" |7.9<ref name="Deadline.com 2009-2010 Series Rankings">{{cite news |url=http://www.deadline.com/2010/05/full-series-rankings-for-the-2009-10-broadcast-season/ |source=Deadline.com |date=May 27, 2010 |title=Deadline.com: Full Series Rankings for The 2009–2010 Broadcast Season}}</ref>
! style="text-align:center;font-weight:normal" |7.79<ref name=2010final>{{cite web|url=http://tvbythenumbers.com/2010/06/16/final-2009-10-broadcast-primetime-show-average-viewership/54336 |title=Final 2009–10 Broadcast Primetime Show Average Viewership |date=June 16, 2010 |last=Gorman |first=Bill |work=TV by the Numbers |access-date=September 8, 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100619131409/http://tvbythenumbers.com/2010/06/16/final-2009-10-broadcast-primetime-show-average-viewership/54336 |archive-date=June 19, 2010 }}</ref>
|- style="background-color:#F9F9F9"
|- style="background:#f9f9f9;"
! style="background:#F9F9F9;text-align:center;font-weight:normal" | 7
! style="background:#F9F9F9;text-align:center;font-weight:normal" | '''[[Medium (season 7)|7]]'''
! style="background:#F9F9F9;text-align:center;font-weight:normal" | Friday 8:00 pm
! style="background:#F9F9F9;text-align:center;font-weight:normal" | Friday 8:00 pm
| September 24, 2010
| September 24, 2010
| May, 2011
| January 21, 2011
| style="background:#F9F9F9;text-align:center;font-weight:normal" | 22
| style="background:#F9F9F9;text-align:center;font-weight:normal" | 13
! style="background:#F9F9F9;text-align:center;font-weight:normal" | 2010–2011
! style="background:#F9F9F9;text-align:center;font-weight:normal" | 2010–2011
! style="text-align:center;font-weight:normal" |
! style="text-align:center;font-weight:normal" | #57
! style="text-align:center;font-weight:normal" | 7.8<ref>{{cite web|url=http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2011/06/01/2010-11-season-broadcast-primetime-show-viewership-averages/94407/ |title=2010–11 Season Broadcast Primetime Show Viewership Averages |work=Tvbythenumbers.com |date=June 1, 2011 |access-date=June 1, 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110625190807/http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2011/06/01/2010-11-season-broadcast-primetime-show-viewership-averages/94407/ |archive-date=June 25, 2011 }}</ref>
! style="text-align:center;font-weight:normal" |
|}
|}


== Awards and nominations ==
The series began a syndication run on the cable network [[Lifetime Television|Lifetime]] on March 26, 2006.
{| class="wikitable"

|+ Awards and nominations for ''Medium''
== Awards ==
|-

{| class="wikitable"
! Year !! Group !! Award !! Result !! Recipient(s)
! Year !! Group !! Award !! Result !! Recipient(s)
|-
|-
| rowspan="5" | 2005
| rowspan="5" | 2005
| BMI Film & TV Awards
| BMI Film & TV Awards
| BMI TV Music Award
| BMI TV Music Award
| style="background: #ddffdd" | Won
| style="background:#dfd;"| Won
| Mychael Danna, Jeff Beal
| Mychael Danna, Jeff Beal
|-
|-
| [[Emmy Award]]
|[[Primetime Emmy Award|Emmy Award]]
| Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series
|[[Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series|Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series]]
| style="background: #ddffdd" | Won
| style="background:#dfd;"| Won
| Patricia Arquette
| Patricia Arquette
|-
|-
| [[Imagen Foundation Awards]]
| [[Imagen Foundation Awards]]
| Best Actor – Television
| Best Actor – Television
| style="background: #ffdddd" | Nominated
| style="background:#fdd;"| Nominated
| Miguel Sandoval
| Miguel Sandoval
|-
|-
| rowspan="2" |[[Satellite Award]]
| rowspan="2" |[[Satellite Award]]
| Outstanding Actress in a Series, Drama
| Outstanding Actress in a Series, Drama
| style="background: #ffdddd" | Nominated
| style="background:#fdd;"| Nominated
| Patricia Arquette
| Patricia Arquette
|-
|-
| Outstanding Actor in a Series, Drama
| Outstanding Actor in a Series, Drama
| style="background: #ffdddd" | Nominated
| style="background:#fdd;"| Nominated
| Jake Weber
| Jake Weber
|-
|-
| rowspan="7" | 2006
| rowspan="7" | 2006
| ASCAP Film and Television Music Awards
| ASCAP Film and Television Music Awards
| ASCAP Award – Top TV Series
| ASCAP Award – Top TV Series
| style="background: #ddffdd" | Won
| style="background:#dfd;"| Won
| Sean Callery
| Sean Callery
|-
|-
| [[Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films]]
| [[Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films]]
| Saturn Award – Best Actress in a Television Program
| Saturn Award – Best Actress in a Television Program
| style="background: #ffdddd" | Nominated
| style="background:#fdd;"| Nominated
| Patricia Arquette
| Patricia Arquette
|-
|-
| [[Golden Globes]]
|[[Golden Globe Award]]
| Best Performance by an Actress in a Television Series – Drama
|[[Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Television Series Drama|Best Actress in a Television Series – Drama]]
| style="background: #ffdddd" | Nominated
| style="background:#fdd;"| Nominated
| Patricia Arquette
| [[Patricia Arquette]]
|-
|-
| [[Motion Picture Sound Editors]]
| [[Motion Picture Sound Editors]]
| Golden Reel Award – Best Sound Editing in Television Short Form – Music
| Golden Reel Award – Best Sound Editing in Television Short Form – Music
| style="background: #ddffdd" | Won
| style="background:#dfd;"| Won
| Robert Cotnoir (music editor) <small> For "The Song Remains the Same"</small>
| Robert Cotnoir (music editor) <small> For "The Song Remains the Same"</small>
|-
|-
| [[Screen Actors Guild]]
| [[Screen Actors Guild]]
| Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Drama Series
| Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Drama Series
| style="background: #ffdddd" | Nominated
| style="background:#fdd;"| Nominated
| Patricia Arquette
| Patricia Arquette
|-
|-
| rowspan="2" |[[Young Artist Awards]]
| rowspan="2" |[[Young Artist Awards]]
| Best Performance in a TV Series (Drama) – Supporting Young Actress
| Best Performance in a TV Series (Drama) – Supporting Young Actress
| style="background: #ddffdd" | Won
| style="background:#dfd;"| Won
| Sofia Vassilieva
| Sofia Vassilieva
|-
|-
| Best Performance in a TV Series (Comedy or Drama) – Young Actress Age Ten or Younger
| Best Performance in a TV Series (Comedy or Drama) – Young Actress Age Ten or Younger
| style="background: #ffdddd" | Nominated
| style="background:#fdd;"| Nominated
| Maria Lark
| Maria Lark
|-
|-
| rowspan="6" |2007
| rowspan="6" |2007
| [[ALMA Awards]]
| [[ALMA Awards]]
| Outstanding Supporting Actor – Television Series, Mini-Series or Television Movie
| Outstanding Supporting Actor – Television Series, Mini-Series or Television Movie
| style="background: #ffdddd" | Nominated
| style="background:#fdd;"| Nominated
| Miguel Sandoval
| Miguel Sandoval
|-
|-
| Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films
| Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films
| Saturn Award – Best Actress in a Television Program
| Saturn Award – Best Actress in a Television Program
| style="background: #ffdddd" | Nominated
| style="background:#fdd;"| Nominated
| Patricia Arquette
|[[Patricia Arquette]]
|-
|-
| Emmy Award
|[[Primetime Emmy Award|Emmy Award]]
| Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series
|[[Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series|Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series]]
| style="background: #ffdddd" | Nominated
| style="background:#fdd;"| Nominated
| Patricia Arquette
|[[Patricia Arquette]]
|-
|-
| Golden Globes
|[[Golden Globe Award]]
| Best Performance by an Actress in a Television Series – Drama
|[[Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Television Series Drama|Best Actress in a Television Series – Drama]]
| style="background: #ffdddd" | Nominated
| style="background:#fdd;"| Nominated
| Patricia Arquette
|[[Patricia Arquette]]
|-
|-
| Screen Actors Guild
| Screen Actors Guild
| Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Drama Series
| Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Drama Series
| style="background: #ffdddd" | Nominated
| style="background:#fdd;"| Nominated
| Patricia Arquette
| Patricia Arquette
|-
|-
| Young Artist Awards
| Young Artist Awards
| Best Performance in a TV Series (Comedy or Drama) – Young Actress Age Ten or Younger
| Best Performance in a TV Series (Comedy or Drama) – Young Actress Age Ten or Younger
| style="background: #ddffdd" | Won
| style="background:#dfd;"| Won
| Maria Lark
| Maria Lark
|-
|-
| rowspan="4" | 2008
| rowspan="4" | 2008
| BMI Film & TV Awards
| BMI Film & TV Awards
| BMI TV Music Award
| BMI TV Music Award
| style="background: #ddffdd" | Won
| style="background:#dfd;"| Won
| Mychael Danna
| Mychael Danna
|-
|-
| Golden Globes
|[[Golden Globe Award]]
| Best Performance by an Actress in a Television Series – Drama
|[[Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Television Series Drama|Best Actress in a Television Series – Drama]]
| style="background: #ffdddd" | Nominated
| style="background:#fdd;"| Nominated
| Patricia Arquette
|[[Patricia Arquette]]
|-
|-
| Emmy Award
|[[Primetime Emmy Award|Emmy Award]]
| Outstanding Guest Actress in a Drama Series
|[[Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actress in a Drama Series|Outstanding Guest Actress in a Drama Series]]
| style="background: #ffdddd" | Nominated
| style="background:#fdd;"| Nominated
| Anjelica Huston
| Anjelica Huston
|-
|-
| [[TV Land Awards]]
| [[TV Land Awards]]
| Favorite Character From the Other Side
| Favorite Character From the Other Side
| style="background: #ffdddd" | Nominated
| style="background:#fdd;"| Nominated
| Patricia Arquette
| Patricia Arquette
|-
|-
| rowspan="1" | 2010
|| 2010
| [[Screen Actors Guild]]
| [[Screen Actors Guild]]
| Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Drama Series
| Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Drama Series
| style="background: #ffdddd" | Nominated
| style="background:#fdd;"| Nominated
| Patricia Arquette
| Patricia Arquette
|-
|}
|}


== DVD releases ==
==Home media==
[[CBS Home Entertainment|CBS DVD]] (distributed by [[Paramount Home Entertainment|Paramount]]) has released the first 4 seasons of ''Medium'' on DVD in Regions 1, 2 & 4. Season 5 was released in Region 1 on October 6, 2009.
[[CBS Home Entertainment|CBS DVD]] (distributed by [[Paramount Home Entertainment|Paramount]]) has released all 7 seasons of ''Medium'' on DVD in Regions 1, 2 & 4.


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{| class="wikitable"
|-
|-
! rowspan="2" | Season
! rowspan="2" | Season
! rowspan="2" | Ep #
! style="width:5%;" rowspan="2"| Ep #
! rowspan="2" | Discs
! rowspan="2" | Discs
! colspan="4" | Release Dates
! colspan="3" | DVD Release dates
! rowspan="2" | Bonus material (Region 1)
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| June 13, 2006
| June 13, 2006
| August 14, 2006
| August 14, 2006
| November 2, 2006
| September 7, 2006
| September 7, 2006
| Extended version Of The "Pilot", Cast and Crew Commentaries On Select Episodes, Deleted Scenes On Select Episodes, The Making of ''Medium'', The Story of ''Medium'', Interpreting Allison DeBois, Gag Reel, TV Spots.
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| Deleted scenes, cast and crew commentaries on select episodes, The Story of ''Medium'' Season 2, ''Medium'' in Another Dimension, A Day in the Life of the Dubois Daughters, The Museum of Television & Radio Q&A with Cast and Creative Team, gag reel.
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| July 9, 2008
| Cast And Crew Commentaries On Select Episodes, Drawing On Dreams, Directing With David Arquette, Acting Is My "Racquet", The Story Of Medium, Season 3, Gag Reel, The Making of "Medium" : Season 3.
| Cast and crew commentaries on select episodes, Drawing on Dreams, Directing with David Arquette, Acting Is My "Racquet", The Story of ''Medium'' Season 3, gag reel, The Making of ''Medium'' Season 3.
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| Deleted scenes with commentary by Glenn Gordon Caron and Larry Teng, "Joe's Crayon Dream", "Introducing Cynthia Keener", "The Making of ''Medium'' season 4", Gag reel
| Deleted scenes with commentary by Glenn Gordon Caron and Larry Teng, "Joe's Crayon Dream", "Introducing Cynthia Keener", "The Making of ''Medium'' Season 4", Gag reel
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| August 30, 2010
| August 30, 2010<ref name="seven">{{cite web|url=http://www.play.com/DVD/DVD/4-/12160843/-/Product.html|title=Medium: Season 5}}</ref>
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| July 1, 2010
| July 1, 2010
| Script to Screen "Apocalypse...Now?" , Curious Maria, The Making of ''Medium'' : Season 5, Jake & Patricia Q & A
| Script to Screen "Apocalypse...Now?", Curious Maria, The Making of ''Medium'' Season 5, Jake & Patricia Q & A
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| July 25, 2011<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.amazon.co.uk/Medium-Season-6-DVD/dp/B0050A52JY/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1306180926&sr=8-1 |title=Medium – Season 6 [DVD&#93;: Amazon.co.uk: Patricia Arquette, Miguel Sandoval, Jake Weber: Film & TV |date=25 July 2011 |via=Amazon.co.uk |access-date=2011-09-20}}</ref>
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| July 21, 2011<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.ezydvd.com.au/item.zml/819889 |title=Medium – The 6th Season (5 Disc Set) |work=Ezydvd.com.au |date=2011-07-20 |access-date=2011-09-20 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110619204159/http://www.ezydvd.com.au/item.zml/819889 |archive-date=2011-06-19 }}</ref>
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| The Mind Behind ''Medium'', The 100th Episode of ''Medium'': A Celebration, Zombies on the Loose: The Making of 'Bite Me', The Music of Medium, Non-Fat Double Medium
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|July 16, 2012<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.amazon.co.uk/Medium-Season-The-Final-DVD/dp/B007Q1GJJC/ref=sr_1_3?s=dvd&ie=UTF8&qid=1336233358&sr=1-3 |title=Medium – Season 7, The Final Season [DVD&#93;: Amazon.co.uk: Patricia Arquette, Miguel Sandoval, Sofia Vassilieva, Maria Lark, Jake Weber, David Cubitt, Miranda Carabello, Tina DiJoseph, Gina St. John, Lesley Boone: DVD & Blu-ray |date=16 July 2012 |via=Amazon.co.uk |access-date=2018-09-18}}</ref>
|July 18, 2012
|The Making of ''Medium'': Season 7, Memories of ''Medium'', ''Medium'': Shadows and Light, Meet Detective Lee Scanlon, ''Medium'' Around the World, Bloopers/Gag reel<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.tvshowsondvd.com/news/Medium-Season-7/15208 |title=Medium DVD news: Announcement for Medium – The Final Season |work=TVShowsOnDVD.com |access-date=2011-09-20 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110916053202/http://www.tvshowsondvd.com/news/Medium-Season-7/15208 |archive-date=2011-09-16 }}</ref>
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==See also==
* [[List of ghost films]]

== Notes ==
{{notelist}}


== References ==
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* {{official|http://www.cbs.com/medium/}} from CBS
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Medium
Medium intertitle
Genre
Created byGlenn Gordon Caron
Starring
Narrated byPatricia Arquette
Composers
Country of originUnited States
Original languageEnglish
No. of seasons7
No. of episodes130 (list of episodes)
Production
Executive producers
ProducerLaurie Seidman
Running time45 minutes
Production companies
Original release
NetworkNBC[1]
ReleaseJanuary 3, 2005 (2005-01-03) –
June 1, 2009 (2009-06-01)
NetworkCBS[1]
ReleaseSeptember 25, 2009 (2009-09-25) –
January 21, 2011 (2011-01-21)

Medium is an American supernatural procedural drama series created by Glenn Gordon Caron that originally aired on NBC for five seasons from January 3, 2005, to June 1, 2009, and on CBS for two more seasons from September 25, 2009, to January 21, 2011.

The series stars Patricia Arquette as Allison DuBois, a medium employed as a consultant for the Phoenix, Arizona, district attorney's office, in fictional "Mariposa County" (Phoenix is actually in Maricopa County). Allison and her husband Joe (Jake Weber) are the parents of three daughters (Sofia Vassilieva, Feodor Lark, and Madison and Miranda Carabello), all of whom inherited Allison's gift. The show was initially based on the experiences of medium Allison DuBois, who claims she has worked with law enforcement agencies across the country in criminal investigations.

Medium was created by Glenn Gordon Caron and was produced by his company Picturemaker Productions and Kelsey Grammer's Grammnet Productions in association with Paramount Network Television from 2005 to 2006, CBS Paramount Network Television from 2006 to 2009 (after the split of Viacom and CBS Corporation), and finally CBS Television Studios from 2009 until the series ended in 2011.

On November 18, 2010, CBS announced the show's cancellation.[2] The series finale aired on January 21, 2011.

Episodes

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Main article: List of Medium episodes
SeasonEpisodesOriginally releasedRankRating
First releasedLast releasedNetwork
116January 3, 2005 (2005-01-03)May 23, 2005 (2005-05-23)NBC189.1
222September 19, 2005 (2005-09-19)May 22, 2006 (2006-05-22)——
322November 15, 2006 (2006-11-15)May 16, 2007 (2007-05-16)——
416January 7, 2008 (2008-01-07)May 12, 2008 (2008-05-12)——
519February 2, 2009 (2009-02-02)June 1, 2009 (2009-06-01)——
622September 25, 2009 (2009-09-25)May 21, 2010 (2010-05-21)CBS——
713September 24, 2010 (2010-09-24)January 21, 2011 (2011-01-21)——

Allison DuBois (Patricia Arquette), a mother of three, has the gift of being able to talk to dead people, as well as foresee events and witness past events in her dreams. When she begins working for Phoenix District Attorney Manuel Devalos (Miguel Sandoval) as an intern, she has a dream related to a murder in Texas, the successful solving of which convinces Devalos and others working in the D.A.'s office – as well as herself and her husband Joe (Jake Weber) – that her gift is real.

One challenge is convincing Devalos — and other doubters in the criminal justice system — that her psychic abilities can give them the upper hand when it comes to solving crimes. Information comes to her in dreams or in cryptic visions that sometimes do not mean what they initially suggest. The other is convincing Joe that her nightmares are visions based in reality and that she's not simply neurotic.

In police investigations, Allison often accompanies Det. Lee Scanlon (David Cubitt), who initially did not believe in her gift. Allison sometimes bends the rules when she is determined to stop a crime about which she has had a vision. Additionally, Allison has helped and been helped by crochety, phlegmatic Captain Kenneth Push of the Texas Rangers (Arliss Howard), the first law-enforcement person to whom Allison revealed her gift, and, later, Cynthia Keener (Anjelica Huston) of AmeriTips, a nationwide private detective agency. In season four, it was revealed that Cynthia had a missing daughter. Allison's dreams showed that Cynthia's daughter was dead. Cynthia made a choice to kill the murderer of her daughter and go to prison. Cynthia later appeared in season five to help Allison on a case. Also during this season, it was revealed that Lynn DiNovi (Tina DiJoseph), Lee's live-in lover and an assistant to the Mayor of Phoenix, had become pregnant with Lee's child. In the season five finale, Allison discovers that she has a tumor on her brainstem. To prevent the brutal murders of her family in the future, Allison risked her life as she postponed the critical surgery fearing it would prevent her from solving the case. During her operation the tumor was successfully removed, except for a small piece deeply embedded in her brainstem, Joe is told that Allison is in a coma and may not survive.

In the sixth-season premiere episode, Allison awoke from the coma and was suffering the consequences of postponing the surgery. Allison's psychic abilities slowly begin to resurface as a form of déjà vu. At the end of the episode, Allison slowly recovers her abilities.

Since the season six premiere, eldest daughter Ariel (Sofia Vassilieva) has taken the role of nurturing her siblings, Bridgette and Marie, and is feeling overwhelmed. Ariel falls victim to a body possession by a vengeance-seeking spirit but is rescued, with her mother's help. After her surgery, Allison gets back to her normal routine working alongside Devalos and Lee, with possible side effects of her surgery affecting her dreams. Lee proposes to his girlfriend, Lynn.

As the season progresses, Ariel's transformation from a young girl into a mature woman was shown in the episode "Time Keeps on Slippin'", where she solves a crime in the future. In the season finale, Allison receives a letter from her neurologist about her brain tumor. Meanwhile, Ariel receives an acceptance letter from a university away from home. The episode begins when Joe awakens to Allison dead in their bed, having died from her tumor during the night. As the family mourns her death, Allison contacts Ariel from the other side, asking her to do one last thing for her before she passes on. However, Ariel decides to follow her own path. She turns to alcohol and leaves Phoenix without telling anyone. Suddenly, Allison awakens in her bed alive, the same morning Joe found her dead. At the end of the episode, Allison, Joe, Ariel, and Devalos and his wife Lily, are seen celebrating Lynn and Lee's wedding, toasting the engaged couples' bright futures.

In the seventh and final season, a division is created between Allison and Joe because of their desired career paths. At work, Manuel wants to run for Mayor but fears the publicity of his daughter's suicide will be used against his family; however, Lily agrees to help him campaign. Allison wishes to go back to law school because she may lose her job if Manuel is elected. Meanwhile, Joe wants to obtain an MBA, but they cannot afford for both of them to attend school. Despite Allison's wishes, Joe enrolls in school, not knowing that Allison has done the same.

In the episode "Native Tongue" Allison cannot understand anything anyone says to her, testing Joe's patience. At the end of the episode, the two reconcile, but Joe's unhappiness is still evident. Ariel leaves for college. The spirit of Lee Scanlon's deceased evil brother comes to try to entice his "baby brother" into wrongdoing. Scanlon's ensuing actions nearly end his relationship with Allison. In the episode "Blood on the Tracks", Joe's mother Marjorie is diagnosed with brain cancer.

When Joe sees his mother in the hospital, she tells him she knows nothing will happen because Allison, in season four's "Burn Baby Burn", had, to comfort the older woman, lied about Marjorie being around at her granddaughter's wedding. Marjorie accepts her fate and dies. That same night, Allison and the kids join Joe in Michigan, who is staying at his mother's home. In the early morning hours, Allison is visited by Marjorie's spirit, which warns her of upcoming "darkness" in her life. Before she can elaborate, Joe enters the room and Marjorie disappears, leaving Allison very concerned.

In the series finale, Allison receives a phone call from Joe in the midst of a plane crash that leaves no survivors. The episode cuts to seven years later, at which time Allison is an attorney building a case against a Mexican drug dealer. Allison and Marie, now a teenager, live alone. Marie cannot forgive her father for never visiting them as a ghost, something that has plagued Allison all these years. Through her dreams, Allison ostensibly sees that Joe never died, but washed up on the coast of Mexico with amnesia. A crooked cop had concealed Joe's past and was using him as an unsuspecting drug mule to transport narcotics. Against Devalos' orders, Allison strikes a deal with the drug dealer to learn Joe's location. The two are reunited, but at this point Allison wakes up in the present to see Joe's ghost. He informs her that his plane's engine failed after it departed Hawaii and that no one survived the crash. Joe sent Allison a dream of her life seven years in the future to show her that she could live an enriching, independent life.

However, Allison's love for Joe overpowered the original vision and crafted an alternate reality in which she found Joe alive. Joe's ghost leaves as Allison sobs, unable to accept her husband's death. The episode cuts to 41 years later, showcasing photos of the life that Allison has had. As Allison listens to a voice mail from her great-granddaughter, she slumps in her chair. In death, she is reunited with Joe, who has waited for her, and they kiss.

Family

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All of Allison's daughters appear to have inherited her gift. Ariel and Bridgette have visions or dreams, which usually occur when their mother is searching for answers to her own dreams.

In season one, Bridgette plays with a boy on her school playground who no one else sees. He is the ghost of a child who died several years earlier. Several years later she is coached to be a soccer goalie by a deceased school coach.

In the third season, Marie also begins to exhibit paranormal abilities. She has been shown viewing a premium TV channel that the family does not subscribe to, reading the mind of her optometrist to pass her eye exam, and unknowingly using paper dolls to predict the future of her father's company. In the fifth season, Marie has her first psychic dream, where she sees herself on stage with stage fright during a school play. In earlier seasons, Bridgette appears not to be bothered by her abilities, but during the fourth season she has moments of frustration when trying to understand her visions or communicate them to her parents. Ariel has a harder time coping with her developing gifts.

The second-season episode, "Sweet Child O'Mine", reveals that Allison and Joe lost their first child, a boy they planned to name Brian (played by Noel Fisher). Around the anniversary of his loss each year, Allison has dreams of a life where Brian had grown up as a part of the family, though often in these dreams he dies in front of her.

Allison's younger half-brother, Michael (nicknamed "Lucky"), has the family gift, too, but does not like to acknowledge it.

Initially, Allison believed the gift had skipped a generation and her mother had had no psychic abilities. However, she later discovers that her mother had always possessed the gift but had repressed it.

Cast and characters

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Actor/Actress Character Role Notes Duration
Patricia Arquette Allison DuBois The medium Protagonist Season 1–7
Jake Weber Joe DuBois Allison's husband Engineer
Miguel Sandoval Manuel Devalos Allison's boss District Attorney of Phoenix
Sofia Vassilieva Ariel DuBois Oldest DuBois daughter Student
Feodor Lark[a] Bridgette DuBois Middle DuBois daughter Student
David Cubitt Lee Scanlon Detective Allison's co-worker Season 2–7
Season 1 (recurring)
Madison and Miranda Carabello Marie DuBois Youngest DuBois daughter Season 1–7 (recurring)
Tina DiJoseph Lynn DiNovi Mayor's liaison, later Deputy Mayor Lee's girlfriend, later wife Season 1–7 (recurring)
Ryan Hurst/
David Arquette 		Michael "Lucky" Benoit Allison's half-brother Hurst in first three seasons, Arquette in seventh Seasons 1–3 (recurring)
Season 7 (recurring)
Arliss Howard Kenneth Push A captain in the Texas Rangers meets Allison in the Pilot episode Seasons 1–3 (recurring)
Holliston Coleman Hannah Ariel's best friend Student Seasons 1–6 (recurring)
Bruce Gray Mr. Dubois Joe's father (already deceased from season 1) Ghost Season 1–7 (recurring)
Kathy Baker Mrs. Dubois Joe's mother (deceased from season 7) Dies from cancer in the season seven episode "Blood on the Tracks" Seasons 1–7 (recurring)
Margo Martindale A psychic whom Allison later depends on A friend/mentor of Allison's Helped Allison when she was a novice and coming to terms with her special gifts. Started in Episode 1.1 Seasons 1–4 (recurring)
Olivia Sandoval Manny's daughter A ghost who helps her father Her mysterious suicide is a recurring theme. She is played by the real life daughter of Miguel Sandoval Seasons 3 and 6 (recurring)
Kurtwood Smith Edward Cooper FBI agent (deceased) and serial killer Ghost Seasons 3–5 (recurring)
Zak Lee Guarnaccia Julian Pierce Killer (deceased) Julian Pierce ambushed and exchanged fire with Edward Cooper in a hotel room. Seasons 3–5 (recurring)
Roxanne Hart Lily Devalos Manuel's wife Seasons 3–7 (recurring)
John Prosky Tom Van Dyke Former district attorney and Manuel's rival, later deceased Smug and ruthless district attorney who takes over (temporarily) for Devalos. He is diagnosed with cancer and asks for Allison's help. This leads to conciliation at the end of season 4. Seasons 3 & 4 (recurring)
Anjelica Huston Cynthia Keener AmeriTips investigator and Allison's employer in season 4 Arrested for the murder of her daughter's killer Seasons 4 & 5 (recurring)
Annamarie Kenoyer Ashley Whitaker Ariel's friend Seasons 5 & 6 (recurring)

Reception

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Ratings and broadcasts

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The series premiere received 16.13 million viewers and a 6.3 rating in the 18–49 demo against CSI: Miami's 18.17 million and 6.6 rating.[3] Medium was a consistent performer throughout its first season and landed in the Nielsen Top 20 with an average of 13.9 million viewers.[4] The series remained in its original time slot for the second season when the network announced its Fall 2005 schedule. Throughout the season, the series experienced a decline in viewership, pulling an average of 11 million viewers.[5] Medium was renewed for a third season in April 2006,[6] but was missing from NBC's Fall 2006 schedule. The series was slated to return in early 2007; however, in October it was announced that production would resume immediately for a third season start-up on November 15, 2006, replacing the time slot vacated by Kidnapped.[7] Its move to the Wednesday time slot opposite CBS' CSI: NY and ABC's Lost led to some ratings erosion, in comparison to the ratings success of the first two seasons, with year-end ratings for the third season dipping into single-digit millions of viewers.[8][9] Despite the ratings decline on Wednesdays, the series was seen by the network as a reliable self-starter, building on its then lead-in Crossing Jordan.[10] The ratings decline put the series on the bubble for renewal, but the series showed signs of life when NBC requested six additional scripts in April 2007.[9]

Renewal for a fourth season of Medium was announced on May 7, 2007, with an undetermined premiere date and number of episodes.[11] It was the seventh series to be renewed by the network, behind solid performers Heroes and Law & Order: Special Victims Unit.[10] One week later, the network announced that Medium would move to the Sunday 9 p.m. time slot upon its return in January 2008.[12] News on the series' return did not come until December 2007 when NBC announced that the fourth season would begin in January in its original Monday 10 p.m. time slot,[13] despite the WGA Strike of 2007, which forced the show to cease production, allowing for only nine segments/episodes to be filmed.[14] Scheduling returning mid-season shows in timeslots where they were previously successful was a pattern for NBC during the strike: Law & Order returned to Wednesdays at 10 and The Apprentice was back on Thursdays at 9:00 p.m.[15]

With the ratings improvement Medium demonstrated in its fourth season after returning to Mondays, it was one of the first series to be renewed in an early announcement in April 2008 from NBC regarding its 2008–09 season.[16] Similar to the previous season, Medium was initially scheduled to move to the Sunday night line-up; however, a December 2008 press release revealed that the fifth season would air in the series' original Monday night 10 p.m. time slot.[17]

After some ratings erosion during its fifth season, NBC renewed Medium for an abridged sixth season in early May 2009.[18] However, within a week negotiations stalled over episode count[19] and subsequently NBC decided not to renew the series despite the fact that it outperformed some of the network's renewed shows.[20] Within 24 hours of NBC's cancellation, CBS, whose production arm produces the series, renewed the show for a full, 22-episode, sixth season,[21] placing it in the Friday at 9:00 p.m. slot between fellow CBS in-house productions Ghost Whisperer (which had a similar theme to Medium) and Numb3rs.[22] CBS first aired this series with a rerun episode on July 21, 2009. The sixth season premiered on Friday, September 25, 2009 at 9pm.[23] Throughout its sixth season, Medium and its lead-in Ghost Whisperer won their respective time slots on most Fridays, and each show took turns being the most-watched show of the night.[24] As the season drew to a close, Ghost Whisperer was considered a definite renewal, whereas Medium was once again on the bubble for renewal.[25] However, in a dramatic move from CBS, the network announced on May 18, 2010, that Medium was renewed for a seventh season, while seven other series, including Ghost Whisperer, were canceled by the network.[26] TVbytheNumbers.com speculated that the decision was made because Medium is fully owned by CBS, while Ghost Whisperer was split between CBS and ABC.[27] Upon its return in September 2010, Medium took over the Friday 8 p.m. slot vacated by Ghost Whisperer.

Cancellation

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On October 26, 2010, CBS ordered the seventh and final season cut from 22 to 13 episodes.[28] On November 15, 2010, Patricia Arquette told Entertainment Weekly that the show "got canceled" and had only two more episodes to shoot. She also said the writers were excited that they would be able to end the show properly.[29] On November 18, 2010, series creator Glenn Gordon Caron posted to both the Medium Facebook page and the CBS forums, stating that the show had been canceled and that the series finale would be broadcast on January 21, 2011.[30] CBS confirmed the cancellation with a press release on December 21, 2010, which also confirmed the series finale date of January 21.[2]

Seasonal ratings/broadcast history

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Seasonal rankings (based on average total viewers per episode) of Medium.

Each U.S. network television season generally starts in late September and ends in late May (except for the fifth season), which coincides with the completion of May sweeps. Times mentioned in this section are in Eastern Time.

Season Network Time slot Season premiere Season finale Episode
count 		TV season Season
rank 		Viewers
(in millions)
1 NBC Monday 10:00 pm January 3, 2005 May 23, 2005 16 2004–2005 #19 13.9[4]
2 September 19, 2005 May 22, 2006 22 2005–2006 #31 11.2[5]
3 Wednesday 10:00 pm November 15, 2006 May 16, 2007 22 2006–2007 #51 8.3[8]
4 Monday 10:00 pm January 7, 2008 May 12, 2008 16 2007–2008 #41 10.47[31]
5 February 2, 2009 June 1, 2009 19 2008–2009 #61 8.45[32]
6 CBS Friday 9:00 pm September 25, 2009 May 21, 2010 22 2009–2010 #53 7.79[33]
7 Friday 8:00 pm September 24, 2010 January 21, 2011 13 2010–2011 #57 7.8[34]

Awards and nominations

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Awards and nominations for Medium
Year Group Award Result Recipient(s)
2005 BMI Film & TV Awards BMI TV Music Award Won Mychael Danna, Jeff Beal
Emmy Award Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series Won Patricia Arquette
Imagen Foundation Awards Best Actor – Television Nominated Miguel Sandoval
Satellite Award Outstanding Actress in a Series, Drama Nominated Patricia Arquette
Outstanding Actor in a Series, Drama Nominated Jake Weber
2006 ASCAP Film and Television Music Awards ASCAP Award – Top TV Series Won Sean Callery
Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films Saturn Award – Best Actress in a Television Program Nominated Patricia Arquette
Golden Globe Award Best Actress in a Television Series – Drama Nominated Patricia Arquette
Motion Picture Sound Editors Golden Reel Award – Best Sound Editing in Television Short Form – Music Won Robert Cotnoir (music editor) For "The Song Remains the Same"
Screen Actors Guild Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Drama Series Nominated Patricia Arquette
Young Artist Awards Best Performance in a TV Series (Drama) – Supporting Young Actress Won Sofia Vassilieva
Best Performance in a TV Series (Comedy or Drama) – Young Actress Age Ten or Younger Nominated Maria Lark
2007 ALMA Awards Outstanding Supporting Actor – Television Series, Mini-Series or Television Movie Nominated Miguel Sandoval
Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films Saturn Award – Best Actress in a Television Program Nominated Patricia Arquette
Emmy Award Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series Nominated Patricia Arquette
Golden Globe Award Best Actress in a Television Series – Drama Nominated Patricia Arquette
Screen Actors Guild Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Drama Series Nominated Patricia Arquette
Young Artist Awards Best Performance in a TV Series (Comedy or Drama) – Young Actress Age Ten or Younger Won Maria Lark
2008 BMI Film & TV Awards BMI TV Music Award Won Mychael Danna
Golden Globe Award Best Actress in a Television Series – Drama Nominated Patricia Arquette
Emmy Award Outstanding Guest Actress in a Drama Series Nominated Anjelica Huston
TV Land Awards Favorite Character From the Other Side Nominated Patricia Arquette
2010 Screen Actors Guild Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Drama Series Nominated Patricia Arquette

Home media

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CBS DVD (distributed by Paramount) has released all 7 seasons of Medium on DVD in Regions 1, 2 & 4.

Season Ep # Discs DVD Release dates Bonus material (Region 1)
Region 1 Region 2 Region 4
1 16 5 June 13, 2006 August 14, 2006 September 7, 2006 Extended version of the "Pilot", cast and crew commentaries on select episodes, deleted scenes on select episodes, The Making of Medium, The Story of Medium, Interpreting Allison DeBois, gag reel, TV spots.
2 22 6 October 3, 2006 July 9, 2007 June 6, 2007 Deleted scenes, cast and crew commentaries on select episodes, The Story of Medium Season 2, Medium in Another Dimension, A Day in the Life of the Dubois Daughters, The Museum of Television & Radio Q&A with Cast and Creative Team, gag reel.
3 22 6 October 16, 2007 July 7, 2008 July 9, 2008 Cast and crew commentaries on select episodes, Drawing on Dreams, Directing with David Arquette, Acting Is My "Racquet", The Story of Medium Season 3, gag reel, The Making of Medium Season 3.
4 16 4 September 9, 2008 June 15, 2009 June 3, 2009 Deleted scenes with commentary by Glenn Gordon Caron and Larry Teng, "Joe's Crayon Dream", "Introducing Cynthia Keener", "The Making of Medium Season 4", Gag reel
5 19 5 October 6, 2009 August 30, 2010 July 1, 2010 Script to Screen "Apocalypse...Now?", Curious Maria, The Making of Medium Season 5, Jake & Patricia Q & A
6 22 6 October 5, 2010 July 25, 2011[35] July 21, 2011[36] The Mind Behind Medium, The 100th Episode of Medium: A Celebration, Zombies on the Loose: The Making of 'Bite Me', The Music of Medium, Non-Fat Double Medium
7 13 4 June 21, 2011 July 16, 2012[37] July 18, 2012 The Making of Medium: Season 7, Memories of Medium, Medium: Shadows and Light, Meet Detective Lee Scanlon, Medium Around the World, Bloopers/Gag reel[38]
1–7 130 35 May 5, 2020 —

See also

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Notes

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  1. ^ a b Credited as Maria Lark

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