# What happened to the John Edward show "Crossing Over"? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [November 18, 2005, 8:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happened-to-the-john-edward-show-crossing-over/331702 "2005-11-18T20:41:05Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![dolphinboy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dolphinboy/32/330_2.png) [@dolphinboy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dolphinboy)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2005, 8:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happened-to-the-john-edward-show-crossing-over/331702/1 "2005-11-18T20:41:05Z")
It was all the rage a few years ago… did something happen? ---
**Author:** ![crowmanyclouds](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/crowmanyclouds/32/19884_2.png) [@crowmanyclouds](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/crowmanyclouds)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2005, 8:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happened-to-the-john-edward-show-crossing-over/331702/2 "2005-11-18T20:42:18Z")
I think it died. ---
**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2005, 8:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happened-to-the-john-edward-show-crossing-over/331702/3 "2005-11-18T20:44:36Z")
It, uh… crossed over. Edward might’ve been sufficiently debunked and satirized out of the national TV business, and there are slicker purely-fictional (i.e. they offer no claims of realism) programs like _Medium_ and _Ghost Whisperer_ taking up the slack with much more attractive casts. ---
**Author:** ![dolphinboy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dolphinboy/32/330_2.png) [@dolphinboy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dolphinboy)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2005, 8:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happened-to-the-john-edward-show-crossing-over/331702/4 "2005-11-18T20:44:51Z")
I can’t believe everyone woke up one day and collectively decided it was rubish… ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2005, 8:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happened-to-the-john-edward-show-crossing-over/331702/5 "2005-11-18T20:45:00Z")
> [@crowmanyclouds](#): > > I think it died. nah, it crossed over. by popular demand. Jim ---
**Author:** ![CurtC](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ce73a5/32.png) [@CurtC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CurtC)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2005, 8:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happened-to-the-john-edward-show-crossing-over/331702/6 "2005-11-18T20:45:15Z")
Or I guess you could say it “crossed over.” However, it’s telling me that it’s very peaceful in its new place, and that someone whose name starts with an “M” loves you very much. ---
**Author:** ![crowmanyclouds](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/crowmanyclouds/32/19884_2.png) [@crowmanyclouds](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/crowmanyclouds)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2005, 8:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happened-to-the-john-edward-show-crossing-over/331702/7 "2005-11-18T20:45:25Z")
From his [website.](http://www.johnedward.net/television.htm) > [@](#): > > Universal, the television production arm of Crossing Over, decided not to renew the show for additional seasons. Please check local listings for potential repeats of the show. ---
**Author:** ![Amp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Amp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amp)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2005, 8:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happened-to-the-john-edward-show-crossing-over/331702/8 "2005-11-18T20:48:36Z")
> [@crowmanyclouds](#): > > From his [website.](http://www.johnedward.net/television.htm) > > > [@](#): > > > > Universal, the television production arm of Crossing Over, decided not to renew the show for additional seasons. Please check local listings for potential repeats of the show. So in other words it crossed over. ---
**Author:** ![Duckster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/duckster/32/1244_2.png) [@Duckster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Duckster)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2005, 8:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happened-to-the-john-edward-show-crossing-over/331702/9 "2005-11-18T20:56:00Z")
Perhaps Edwards will find it easier to bilk people in person without having those TV cameras exposing him to outsiders. His [event schedule](http://www.johnedward.net/seminars2004.htm) has him busy through next May, although his latest “shows” were not sold out. ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2005, 8:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happened-to-the-john-edward-show-crossing-over/331702/10 "2005-11-18T20:56:41Z")
Maybe the south park episode of him winning the biggest Douche in the universe did him in. ---
**Author:** ![Zebra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/c0e974/32.png) [@Zebra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zebra)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2005, 9:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happened-to-the-john-edward-show-crossing-over/331702/11 "2005-11-18T21:11:25Z")
Even if you believed in his powers, watching him say the same things over and over gets kind of boring. The only way it would be interesting is if you were getting the reading. In other words, unless you are the lead dog, the view never changes. ---
**Author:** ![TV\_time](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/f17d59/32.png) [@TV\_time](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TV_time)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2005, 3:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happened-to-the-john-edward-show-crossing-over/331702/12 "2005-11-19T03:53:45Z")
I noticed that at least four different shows exposed some of the tricks he used to con his audience. I think he realized that if he were to stay on the air he would have no credibility even among the gullible. I also believe the stations carrying his program (or at least his sponsors) felt they were being held up to redicule by continuing to carry his mistic mumbo jumbo. ---
**Author:** ![FisherQueen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/58f4c7/32.png) [@FisherQueen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FisherQueen)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2005, 4:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happened-to-the-john-edward-show-crossing-over/331702/13 "2005-11-19T04:21:18Z")
It didn’t get a lot of press, but it turned out that Edward was not able to talk to the dead as he had claimed. It’s hard to believe, but he was just pretending. ---
**Author:** ![xash](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/c6cbf5/32.png) [@xash](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/xash)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2005, 5:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happened-to-the-john-edward-show-crossing-over/331702/14 "2005-11-19T05:48:55Z")
Moved to CS. - **xash** General Questions Moderator ---
**Author:** ![HPL](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/3da27b/32.png) [@HPL](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HPL)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2005, 7:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happened-to-the-john-edward-show-crossing-over/331702/15 "2005-11-19T07:38:40Z")
The Aliens gave him the biggest Douche in the universe award, causing him to lock himself in his panic room and call the police. ---
**Author:** ![Leaper](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/4bbf92/32.png) [@Leaper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaper)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2005, 7:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happened-to-the-john-edward-show-crossing-over/331702/16 "2005-11-19T07:49:34Z")
It crossed over. (Woo, no one’s done that joke yet… … … D’oh!) ---
**Author:** ![betenoir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/258eb7/32.png) [@betenoir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/betenoir)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2005, 10:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happened-to-the-john-edward-show-crossing-over/331702/17 "2005-11-19T10:58:48Z")
Google ad: "John Edwars tickets. Tickets range from $100 and up for John Edward seminars across the U.S " Sadly it doesn’t seem John Edwards has crossed over. I think it’s probably true that A) It gave people to much opportunity to debunk him which was annoying B) what Zebra said, it got boring for people who weren’t involved. C) It’ has already done it’s job making a name for him, therefore D) He’s better off going back to bilking people in private. Would be nice to think people had just wised up. ---
**Author:** ![clnilsen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ecccb3/32.png) [@clnilsen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/clnilsen)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2005, 2:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happened-to-the-john-edward-show-crossing-over/331702/18 "2005-11-19T14:11:44Z")
> [@dolphinboy](#): > > It was all the rage a few years ago… did something happen? It jumped the shark. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Menocchio](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9de053/32.png) [@Menocchio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Menocchio)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2005, 2:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happened-to-the-john-edward-show-crossing-over/331702/19 "2005-11-19T14:14:29Z")
> [@betenoir](#): > > Google ad: "John Edwars tickets. Tickets range from $100 and up for John Edward seminars across the U.S " > > Sadly it doesn’t seem John Edwards has crossed over. See, I’m seeing tickets for John Edward, the phony medium, and for John Edwards, the real former VP-candidate. Maybe if Kerry ran with Edward he might have been able to win. “Mr. Edward, what is your plan for Iraq?” “I’m talking with someone, I’m seeing a G, followed by a ‘M’ or a ‘N’.” “George Marshall, of the Marshall plan?” “Yes, that’s right! He says we should gradual increase aid and material support as Iraqi forces become stronger and at the same time gradually reduce the number of American troops present in the region. Also, he’s at peace and loves you very much.” “Wow. That is impressive.” ---
**Author:** ![Tapioca\_Dextrin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Tapioca\_Dextrin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tapioca_Dextrin)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2005, 2:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happened-to-the-john-edward-show-crossing-over/331702/20 "2005-11-19T14:57:55Z")
> [@TV time](#): > > I think he realized that if he were to stay on the air he would have no credibility even among the gullible. There’s always plenty of gullible folks out there ready to throw their money at passing conmen, regardless of credibility. ☹ [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happened-to-the-john-edward-show-crossing-over/331702.md?page=2)