Margaret Cho To Guest Star On ‘Ghost Whisperer’

Melinda (Jennifer Love Hewitt) will come face to face with the ultimate Halloween legend on tonight’s ‘Ghost Whisperer‘, as a headless horseman terrorizes the town.

Who’s the horseman looking for, how did he lose his head - and what does Melinda’s son Aiden (Connor Gibbs) have to do with the visit?

The show’s executive producer P.K. Simonds previewed tonight and chatted with us about another big guest star - Margaret Cho - and an important episode that can’t be missed.

Read on for more.

Tonight we meet the ultimate guest star, the headless horseman! What can we look forward on tonight’s Halloween episode?
We’ve been gradually dropping hints and clues along the way. Tonight we get our first real glimpse of what Aiden can see. We learn a lot and take a big step forward. What’s the nature of this other dimension that he can look into that no one else can, and what kind of threat might these other beings pose to the other people?

Melinda will also fear for her son’s safety. So he will be in danger tonight?
It doesn’t happen too often. There a ghost in town, and they’re not sure who it is. He’s a pretty fearsome and angry ghost. And on top of that there’s mysterious things that Aiden is responding to and she’s not really sure what the rules are so she’s worried. You really don’t wanna miss it. You’ll actually get a glimpse of new beings and it’s terrifying.

There’s a pretty freaky episode coming up November 20th.
In two weeks, something hits the fan. It’s scary and intense. A very direct threat - and Aiden’s life is in real jeopardy. He basically disappears and so literally the entire town is pulled into this mission of searching for him. He ends up being embroiled in a battle with these dark forces. People don’t want to miss this one. It’s just a roller coaster ride and terrifying. All the episodes are important though, but that’s the one where the lid comes off Pandora’s box. It’s everything they have been waiting to find out about all season in terms of what Aiden is seeing. What are these beings? How do they work? What threat do they pose?

What special guest stars do you have coming up?
We just signed Margaret Cho on a bunch of episodes starting in the winter. We are really  excited to have her. She is playing a professor of Ned’s who works in the realm of the paranormal - a little like Professor Payne (Jay Mohr). We meet her under different circumstances and find out she’s been personally impacted by ghosts and the beyond. We’re thrilled to have her, she’s a very talented and funny actress.

Is her character a believer?

Well, she teaches the subject so she’s knowledgeable about it, but she has a complicated relationship in terms of her belief system, and it’s affected by her personal story.

Is she gonna get to be funny?
Oh yeah, we’re tailoring the role for her. We cast her for the part before we had written the role. Most of the time, you find someone who is right for  a role you might write. But this time we were so excited about having her that we did it the other way around. We cast her and are writing the role for her. She is a huge comic talent. She will be in three episodes. And we’ll see, maybe we can do more, but at this point definitely three.

Watch tonight’s special Halloween ‘Ghost Whisperer’ on CBS at 8pm.

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