Ghosts · Season 1 · CBS
Ghosts Season 1
Ghosts Season 1 is a WORTH-IT, BollyMeter 7.8/10. 18 episodes on CBS from 7 October 2021.
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What BollyAI Thinks
The US adaptation of the BBC's Ghosts launched on CBS in October 2021 and quickly became a rare network comedy success story. Developers Joe Port and Joe Wiseman transplanted the British format to a Hudson Valley mansion, populating it with American historical ghosts - a Revolutionary War soldier, a 1990s finance bro, a Lenape tribesman, a Jazz Age singer. Rose McIver and Utkarsh Ambudkar anchored the living-couple dynamic with warmth that avoided the format's obvious sentimentality traps. Critics at 87 percent on Rotten Tomatoes praised the ensemble's range. Decider highlighted the characters' storyline potential. The Pittsburgh Tribune-Review noted well-drawn archetypes and broad but often quite funny comedy. Season 1's 18-episode order allowed the ghost ensemble to develop individual comic identities before the format had fully settled.
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The Room
“Ghosts is not only funny, but its characters show potential for fun storylines right off the bat.”
Decider
Standout Episodes
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- E1Pilot7.6
Samantha and Jay inherit Woodstone Mansion and discover it is haunted after Samantha's near-death accident grants her the ability to see ghosts. The premiere introduces the full ensemble and establishes the show's core comic engine: the gulf between ghost-world logic and living-world practicality.
The moment: Samantha's first conversation with the full ghost ensemble - each demanding her attention for utterly different reasons - establishes the show's ensemble comedy rhythm.
“Ghosts is not only funny, but its characters show potential for fun storylines right off the bat.” - Decider