(NOTE TO EDITORS: The following episode of GHOST WHISPERER has been substituted for the one previously scheduled for Dec. 30).

MELINDA HELPS A TROUBLED SPIRIT FIND OUT WHY SHE DIED DURING ROUTINE SURGERY, ON A REBROADCAST OF "GHOST WHISPERER," FRIDAY, DEC. 30

"Hope and Mercy" -- Melinda helps the spirit of a woman find out why she died during routine surgery, on a rebroadcast of GHOST WHISPERER, Friday, Dec. 30 (8:00-9:00 PM, ET/PT) on the CBS Television Network. Bill Norton directed the episode from a script by John Wirth. (Originally broadcast 11/4/05)

After Jim is involved in a car accident, Melinda visits him in the hospital where she meets a young woman who recently died of complications during a routine surgery. Melinda agrees to help the woman find out why she died, only to discover some devastating information.

Melinda Gordon: Jennifer Love Hewitt
Jim Clancy: David Conrad
Andrea Moreno: Aisha Tyler
Hope Paulson: Erica Leerhsen
Brad Paulson: Christian Camargo
Derrik Lee: Eugene Byrd
Stephen Devine: Richard Herd
Margaret Devine: Jenny O'Hara
Bobby Tooch: Dariush Kashani
Anthony deAngelo: Paul Leyden
Waiter: Nate Torrence
Tattooed man/crash victim: Robert Lasardo
Nurse heather: Karen Maruyama

RATING: TVPG-L