Ghosts
Pilot
TV Flash files “Pilot” as a desk essential hour — Ghosts (2021–) on CBS, season 1, episode 1, aired 2021-10-07, 30 min.
From the desk
How this hour is filed
This leaf is S01E01: listed hour 1 of 94 in the Ghosts guide, first listed hour of season 1. It aired 2021-10-07 (30 min). No earlier hour is listed in this guide. Next is “Hello!” (S01E02).
Essential hour: “Pilot”. The pilot as Thanksgiving-quote contract: U.S. remake that became the thing you cite, multi-cam mansion, living couple stuck hosting a century of punchlines.
Catalog log
Broadcast listing — not a TV Flash recap.
Samantha and Jay throw both caution and money to the wind when they decide to convert a rundown country estate they inherited into a bed and breakfast – only to find it's inhabited by the many opinionated spirits of deceased residents who now call it home.
Viewer FAQ
Where does Pilot sit in the Ghosts guide?
S01E01 is listed hour 1 of 94 — first listed hour of season 1, season 1 episode 1.
When did Ghosts S01E01 air?
Pilot aired 2021-10-07 and is listed at 30 minutes.
Do I need the BBC Ghosts first?
No. This is the U.S. remake that became the quote-at-Thanksgiving version for many viewers: CBS multi-cam, mansion ensemble, lovability as structure.
In the series
Why this series still plays
Proof a U.S. remake can become the thing you actually quote at Thanksgiving. CBS multi-cam in a haunted mansion: a Viking, a twenties singer, a scoutmaster, and the living couple stuck hosting them. Watch for lovability as structure — not a brand note — and for network comedy that suddenly felt easy again.
A couple inherits a country estate packed with ghosts only one of them can see, which is an older haunted-house night than streaming will copyright. Joe Port and Joe Wiseman's CBS sitcom, 2021 onward, makes Rose McIver's Samantha and Utkarsh Ambudkar's Jay hosts to a Viking, a twenties singer, a scoutmaster, and a mansion ensemble including Brandon Scott Jones's Captain Isaac and Danielle Pinnock's Alberta. U.S. remake of a haunted-house multi-cam that became a quiet ratings and affection hit. Lovability as…
Filed against
- Rose McIver as Samantha
Rose McIver's Samantha hosts Ghosts as the living half of a haunted-mansion multi-cam — a Viking, a twenties singer, a scoutmaster, CBS proof a U.S. remake can become the thing you quote at Thanksgiving. Lovability as structure. TV Flash…
- Utkarsh Ambudkar as Jay
Utkarsh Ambudkar’s Jay made CBS’s Ghosts the living half of a haunted-mansion multi-cam — a U.S. remake you actually quote at Thanksgiving, Viking and twenties singer and scoutmaster upstairs, a couple stuck hosting them. Lovability as…
- Brandon Scott Jones as Captain Isaac
Brandon Scott Jones plays Captain Isaac on Ghosts, the 1920s scoutmaster stuck in a CBS mansion with a Viking, a jazz singer, and a living couple who cannot evict any of them. Multi-cam lovability as architecture, not a brand note. TV…
- Danielle Pinnock as Alberta
Danielle Pinnock’s Alberta made Ghosts the thing you quote at Thanksgiving — CBS multi-cam in a haunted mansion, a twenties singer among a Viking and a scoutmaster, lovability as structure. Proof a U.S. remake can actually land. TV Flash…