Ghosts
It's a Wonderful Christmas Carol: Part One
TV Flash files “It's a Wonderful Christmas Carol: Part One” as hour 81 of 94 in the TV Flash guide — Ghosts (2021–) on CBS, season 5, episode 9, aired 2025-12-18, 29 min.
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How this hour is filed
This leaf is S05E09: listed hour 81 of 94 in the Ghosts guide, hour 9 of 22 in season 5. It aired 2025-12-18 (29 min). The listed hour before it is “The Life and Times of Esther Greene” (S05E08). Next is “It's a Wonderful Christmas Carol: Part Two” (S05E10).
Catalog log
Broadcast listing — not a TV Flash recap.
Sam's big Christmas Eve TV interview with Walter Storm takes an unexpected turn. Meanwhile, Trevor and Patience bond over their mutual disinterest in celebrating Christmas.
Viewer FAQ
Where does It's a Wonderful Christmas Carol: Part One sit in the Ghosts guide?
S05E09 is listed hour 81 of 94 — hour 9 of 22 in season 5, season 5 episode 9.
When did Ghosts S05E09 air?
It's a Wonderful Christmas Carol: Part One aired 2025-12-18 and is listed at 29 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.
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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…
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- 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…