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“Ghosts” on CBS Review by Suzanne 10/10/21
I really want to love this show, but it’s just not funny enough for me. This is based on a British show of the same name, which you watch on HBO Max and Daily Motion. Frankly, I find the British one a little funnier. Neither one is hilarious, though. To me, the main goal of a sitcom is to make me laugh. If I just sit here and smile, or chuckle occasionally, that’s not good enough. It’s not worth my time.
Rose McIver (“iZombie”) plays Samantha, and Utkarsh Ambudkar plays her husband, Jay. She inherits a big old house, so they decide to invest all of their money into fixing it up and making it into a bed and breakfast. Unbeknownst to Sam and Jay, the house is haunted by many ghosts from the past. When Sam hits her head, she can suddenly see and hear the ghosts. They become very annoying to her and her husband.
I do like shows about supernatural creatures, so that’s why I really wanted to like it. I like the characters, too. One ghost, Hetty, is a Victorian older woman (played by the marvelous Rebecca Wisocky). The ghost that stands out the most is Thorfin, a Viking (Devan Chandler Long). In the UK version, he was a caveman. This version of the show has a native American, Sasappis (Román Zaragoza), who seems very interesting. I want to learn more about them, and that’s the main reason I added it to my DVR.
I’m crossing my fingers that it gets funnier as it goes along.
MORE INFORMATION:
GHOSTS is a single-camera comedy about Samantha and Jay, a cheerful freelance journalist and up-and-coming chef from the city, respectively, who throw both caution and money to the wind when they decide to convert a huge rundown country estate they inherited into a bed & breakfast—only to find it’s inhabited by the many spirits of deceased residents who now call it home. The departed souls are a close-knit, eclectic group that includes a saucy Prohibition-era lounge singer (Danielle Pinnock); a pompous 1700’s Militiaman (Brandon Scott Jones); a ‘60s hippie fond of hallucinogens (Sheila Carrasco); an overly upbeat ‘80s scout troop leader (Richie Moriarty); a cod-obsessed Viking explorer from 1009 (Devon Chandler Long); a slick ‘90s finance bro (Asher Grodman); a sarcastic and witty Native from the 1500s (Román Zaragoza); and a society woman and wife of an 1800’s robber baron who is Samantha’s ancestor (Rebecca Wisocky), to name a few. If the spirits were anxious about the commotion a renovation and B&B will create in their home, it’s nothing compared to when they realize Samantha is the first live person who can see and hear them.
| Premiered Thursday, Oct. 7 on the CBS Television Network and available to stream live and on demand on the CBS app and Paramount+. |
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ON AIR: |
Thursday (9:00-9:30 PM, ET/PT) |
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ORIGINATION: |
Montreal |
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FORMAT: |
Comedy (Filmed in HD) |
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STARRING: |
Rose McIver | (Samantha) |
| Utkarsh Ambudkar | (Jay) | |
| Brandon Scott Jones | (Isaac) | |
| Richie Moriarty | (Pete) | |
| Danielle Pinnock | (Alberta) | |
| Asher Grodman | (Trevor) | |
| Román Zaragoza | (Sasappis) | |
| Sheila Carrasco | (Flower) | |
| Rebecca Wisocky | (Hetty) | |
| Devan Chandler Long | (Thorfinn) |
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PRODUCED BY: |
CBS Studios in association with Lionsgate Television and BBC Studios’ Los Angeles production arm. |
| EXECUTIVE PRODUCERS: | Joe Port & Joe Wiseman, Mathew Baynton, Jim Howick, Simon Farnaby, Laurence Rickard, Ben Willbond and Martha Howe-Douglas; Alison Carpenter, Debra Hayward, and Alison Owen (Monumental Television); Angie Stephenson (BBC Studios); and Trent O’Donnell (pilot only) |
Website: https://www.cbs.com/shows/ghosts/
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Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/GhostsCBS/
Proofread and Edited by Brenda
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