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. TVLine
    Reviewed by: Dave Nemetz
    Oct 4, 2021
    91
    The result is an inspired mix of Beetlejuice and The Money Pit, with a spooky, goofy energy that isn’t remotely like anything else on broadcast TV...The chorus of ghosts is a comedic masterstroke.
  2. Wall Street Journal
    Reviewed by: John Anderson
    Oct 5, 2021
    90
    There are certainly no shows on TV more spirited than “Ghosts” right now and there may be none funnier. ... The juxtaposition of the modern and the ancient—in technology as well as attitudes—is just one of the show’s reservoirs of mirth.
  3. TV Guide Magazine
    Reviewed by: Matt Roush
    Nov 5, 2021
    80
    Witty throwback. ... Perky Rose McIver and droll Utkasrsh Ambudkar are perfect foils. [8 - 21 Nov 2021, p.9]
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  5. Pittsburgh Tribune-Review
    Reviewed by: Rob Owen
    Sep 20, 2021
    75
    The ghosts begin as well-drawn archetypes (Viking, Scout troop leader, Prohibition-era singer, Wall Street bro) and the comedy is broad but often quite funny.
  6. Paste Magazine
    Reviewed by: Alexis Gunderson
    Oct 7, 2021
    73
    It’s incredibly cheesy, but it is still fun.
  7. Decider
    Reviewed by: Joel Keller
    Oct 7, 2021
    70
    During the final third, things settle down and Ghosts shows some funny potential of where it can go.
  8. CNN
    Reviewed by: Brian Lowry
    Oct 6, 2021
    70
    For now, though, Ghosts -- which premieres with back-to-back episodes -- milks enough laughs from the sharpness of its writing and sheer goofiness to warrant a look. Whether that translates into a long-term stay remains to be seen, but unlike a lot of new sitcoms, at least this one doesn't look dead on arrival.
  9. Variety
    Reviewed by: Caroline Framke
    Oct 6, 2021
    70
    It’s admittedly rare for a sitcom to find its feet as quickly as the American “Ghosts” does, no doubt because it’s got a fairly malleable outline to follow that’s already proven successful. So while it’s genuinely jarring to watch this iteration of “Ghosts” if you’ve seen its British inspiration, if you have not [seen the original] … well, it’s charming enough to merit sticking around, anyway, especially as it begins to find its own way in a third episode completely divorced from the show’s source material.

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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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