(NOTE TO EDITORS: Please use this revised storyline for this episode).

MELINDA'S FIRST GHOST REAPPEARS TO SEEK HER HELP, ON "GHOST WHISPERER," FRIDAY, JAN. 27

Academy Award and Golden Globe Award Nominee Anne Archer ("Fatal Attraction") Makes Her First Guest-Starring Appearance as Melinda's Mother

Abigail Breslin ("Little Miss Sunshine," Just Featured at the 2006 Sundance Film Festival, and "Signs") Guest Stars

"Melinda's First Ghost" -- The young spirit of Melinda's first ghost, who died of an illness when she and Melinda were 8 years old, reappears to seek Melinda's help in finding her parents, on GHOST WHISPERER, Friday, Jan. 27 (8:00-9:00 PM, ET/PT) on the CBS Television Network. Peter Werner directed the episode from a script by Catherine Butterfield.

Academy Award and Golden Globe Award nominee Anne Archer ("Fatal Attraction") makes her first guest starring appearance as Melinda's mother. Abigail Breslin ("Little Miss Sunshine," just featured at the 2006 Sundance Film Festival in which she plays a lead role as the 7-year-old aspiring beauty queen, and "Signs") guest stars as Melinda's first ghost, Sarah.

When Melinda's first ghost reappears, her presence triggers Melinda to remember when she first discovered her "gift" and the strain it put on her relationship with her mother, who couldn't understand what she was going through. Now that Melinda is older and has embraced her "gift," she is able to help the ghost find her parents and crossover; however not before Melinda has to reunite with her mother who has information about their whereabouts.

Melinda Gordon: Jennifer Love Hewitt
Jim Clancy: David Conrad
Andrea Moreno: Aisha Tyler
Young Melinda: Grace Fulton
Beth Gordon: Anne Archer
Sarah Applewhite: Abigail Breslin
Jack Applewhite: Brett Cullen
Grace Dowling: Ann Cusack
Melinda's Grandma: June Squibb
Principal Corbett: Tom Everett

RATING: TVPG