CBS Sitcom ‘Ghosts’ Takes Its Time Finding Own Charming Voice Outside British Original: TV Review

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CBS Sitcom ‘Ghosts’ Takes Its Time Finding Own Charming Voice Outside British Original: TV Review
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As far as hangout sitcoms go, throwing a misfit group of ghosts from completely different time periods together in one crumbling old house is a smart way to get new mileage out of a time-worn conce…

, by way of former “Zoey’s Extraordinary Playlist” producers Joe Port and Joe Wiseman, seized the opportunity to use this premise, which is as fantastical as it is economical. As originally conceived for the BBC by a collection of “Horrible Histories” writers, “Ghosts” made room for screwball comedy and jokes ranging from extremely silly to unexpectedly profound. dreams of turning the estate into a bed and breakfast, while her skeptical husband Jay does his best not to doubt her.

Most interesting, but not coincidentally the least fleshed out, are entirely new ghosts like Danielle Pinnock’s dramatic flapper singer Alberta, Sheila Carrasco’s wayward hippie Flower, and Román Zaragoza’s deadpan Native American. Each of these characters represents a very specific new American archetype for the show to explore, and will hopefully get a greater chance to do so in episodes yet to come.

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