Ghosts (2021)

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Season 1
  • Network: CBS
  • Series Premiere Date: Oct 7, 2021
Season #: 5, 4, 3, 2, 1
Metascore
69

Generally favorable reviews - based on 13 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 8 out of 13
  2. Mixed: 5 out of 13
  3. Negative: 0 out of 13
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Critic Reviews

  1. The Guardian
    Reviewed by: Jack Seale
    Nov 21, 2022
    60
    Ghosts US (BBC Three/iPlayer) is a decent showcase for its cast and it can’t kill the charm of the original, but what was delightful in the original show is now just pleasant and what was unique is generic.
  2. The Telegraph
    Reviewed by: Anita Singh
    Nov 21, 2022
    60
    The US version of Ghosts (BBC Three) isn’t bad. It’s a scene-for-scene remake of the original.
  3. The Times
    Reviewed by: Carol Midgley
    Nov 21, 2022
    60
    While it's perfectly OK, watching it is like drinking Aldi cava having tasted champagne.
  5. The Hollywood Reporter
    Reviewed by: Daniel Fienberg
    Oct 7, 2021
    50
    The third Ghosts episode is a big test, because it’s the first to deviate entirely from the source material. I can’t tell if it’s good or bad that this half-hour is essentially more of the same, neither disappointingly stripped of its original voice nor encouragingly refined in its new voice.
  6. Reason.com
    Reviewed by: Glenn Garvin
    Oct 4, 2021
    50
    Ghosts is more cute than funny. Though it must be given credit (if that's the right word) for breaking the broadcast-TV barrier on a particular euphemism for fellatio, which the ghosts use frequently without any awareness of its modern American significance. Now, on to the rusty trombone.

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#57 Most Discussed TV Season of 2021

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User Score
5.8

Mixed or average reviews- based on 18 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 9 out of 18
  2. Mixed: 4 out of 18
  3. Negative: 5 out of 18
  1. Ededed
    Nov 1, 2021
    1
    Another mindless CBS comedy.

    This could have been a decent show except that it is too shallow and banal. Stereotypes abound which makes this    Another mindless CBS comedy.

    This could have been a decent show except that it is too shallow and banal.

    Stereotypes abound which makes this show less than smart, less than interesting, and easy to tune out.

    When will Hollywood learn that smart writing is the key to the success of the classic sitcoms of the past. Unfortunately they keep dishing out this drivel.    … Full Review »
  2. geometrical
    Oct 9, 2021
    1
    This show is an abomination. Yet another doomed American remake of a British show that didn’t need to be made. I should say that I loved RoseThis show is an abomination. Yet another doomed American remake of a British show that didn’t need to be made. I should say that I loved Rose McIver in iZombie, but if the showrunners thought they were capturing what made the original Ghosts special they have failed spectacularly. Please just watch the original BBC Ghosts, there are already three seasons and it’s still airing.… Full Review »
  3. busiek
    Jun 28, 2023
    6
    Not bad at all, just british show was better... This version is too exaggerated.
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