The story will jump five years into the future with Melinda (Jennifer) and Jim (David Conrad) now the parents of a 5-year-old son, Aidan (played by newcomer Connor Gibbs). The season premiere on September 25 will show what happened over the past five years-including an abnormal delivery scene with "intense ghost activity," Love says. Much like Bewitched characters Samantha and Darrin's curiosity over their little Tabitha, Melinda and Jim will likewise question Aidan's special abilities. "We haven't fully discovered what he's going to be able to do," she hints. "He doesn't have her gift-he sort of has his own gift. People should pay attention to him, because he is a very special kid in every shape and form." The similarities to Bewitched don't stop there. Love is looking for an actress to play Aidan's unusual nanny. "Think Endora," she says. Her first choice: Shirley MacLaine, who played Endora in the 2005 Nicole Kidman big-screen remake. "I'm certainly going to try to get her." That might require some real magic! Shirley's agent, Tom Burke, says the 75-year-old reincarnation expert has seen the show and is awaiting a script: "It's definitely possible."

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