GHOSTS Post-Mortem: Joe Port and Joe Wiseman Share Insight Into That Delightful Jay Twist
December 19, 2024 by Marisa Roffman
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“A Very Arondekar Christmas Part 1” and “A Very Arondekar Christmas Part 2” – A leaky water heater mishap threatens to ruin holiday plans as Sam and Jay prepare to host Jay’s hard-to-please dad, Mahesh (Bernard White), difficult-to-impress mom, Champa (Sakina Jaffrey), and sister Bela (Punam Patel), on a one-hour GHOSTSMAS special of the CBS Original series GHOSTS, Thursday, Dec. 19 (8:00-9:01 PM, ET/PT) on the CBS Television Network, and streaming on Paramount+ (live and on demand for Paramount+ with SHOWTIME subscribers, or on demand for Paramount+ Essential subscribers the day after the episode airs)*. Pictured (L-R): Rose McIver as Samantha, Utkarsh Ambudkar as Jay, Betsy Sodaro as Nancy, Richie Moriarty as Pete, Brandon Scott Jones as Isaac, and Danielle Pinnock as Alberta. Photo: Bertrand Calmeau/CBS ©2024 CBS Broadcasting, Inc. All Rights Reserved.
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The GHOSTS Showrunners on Keeping the Season 2 Cliffhanger Mystery Alive
February 15, 2024 by Marisa Roffman
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When GHOSTS ended its sophomore season, it ended with one heck of a cliffhanger: One ghost was, well, sucked off. (For those not well-versed in the show’s mythology, that means moving on from their current undead limbo.)
GHOSTS Showrunners Joe Port and Joe Wiseman Pick Their Favorite Season 1 Moments
June 23, 2022 by Marisa Roffman
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Pictured (L-R) Danielle Pinnock as Alberta, Rebecca Wisocky as Hetty, Devan Chandler Long as Thorfinn, Rose McIver as Samantha, Asher Grodman as Trevor, Utkarsh Ambudkar as Jay, Brandon Scott Jones as Isaac, Richie Moriarty as Pete, Sheila Carrasco as Flower and Román Zaragoza as Sasappis. Photo: Bertrand Calmeau/CBS ©2021 CBS Broadcasting, Inc. All Rights Reserved.
GHOSTS, quite simply, is fantastic.
The CBS comedy—an adaptation of the British series by the same name—follows Sam (Rose McIver), a young woman whose life is turned upside when an accident leaves her with an unexpected gift: the ability to see (and communicate with) ghosts. That complicates things as she and her husband, Jay (Utkarsh Ambudkar), try to turn the estate they inherited into a charming bed and breakfast…all while a gaggle of spirits (ranging from a Viking warrior to a ’90s finance bro) have some very strong opinions about what’s being done to their home.
Naturally, fun mayhem follows. Sam and the ghosts form a bond as they get to know each other. And though Jay can’t see what’s going on around him, thanks to a temporary possession and Sam as his go-between, he manages to forge his own special connections with their unexpected roommates, too.
The series—which finished up its first season in April; season 2 was ordered in January—came out of the gate strong, somehow balancing its ten-person ensemble with laugh-out-loud moments, emotional backstories, and unexpected mysteries. It’s the perfect dose of joy, whether you watch it weekly or saved it all to binge. (The first season is reairing Thursdays at 9/8c over the summer on CBS; additionally, the episodes are streaming on Paramount+.)
With production of season 2 just getting started, showrunners Joe Port and Joe Wiseman looked back at the first season of the series, sharing their favorite moments from each cast member (so far)—and offered a couple of teases about what’s to come…
GHOSTS EPs Joe Wiseman and Joe Port on Their Strategy for Revealing the Ghost Rules
December 23, 2021 by Marisa Roffman
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“Possession” – Hetty accidentally possesses Jay’s body just as he and Sam are to about show Woodstone Mansion to a renowned wedding planner, on the CBS Original series GHOSTS, Thursday, Dec. 9 (9:01-9:30 PM, ET/PT) on CBS Television Network, and available to stream live and on demand on Paramount+*
Picture (L-R) Utkarsh Ambudkar as Jay, Richie Moriarty as Pete, Danielle Pinnock as Alberta, Rose McIver as Samantha, Brandon Scott Jones as Isaac and
Asher Grodman as Trevor
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Throughout the first season of the delightful CBS comedy GHOSTS, the writers have slowly revealed the backstory of the non-living characters inhabiting Woodstone Mansion—and also sharing the limitations to their life after death.
But with so many rules in play (be it possession or the ability to interact with physical objects), how many of these were plotted from the start versus being set as they come up?
