CBS’ Ghosts pauses production after positive COVID case on set
The ensemble comedy starring Rose McIver and Utkarsh Ambudkar will resume filming in January
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The CBS comedy Ghosts has shut down production after an individual tested positive while working on set. The show was in the middle of filming in Montreal, and will remain halted until early January.
According to sources at Variety, CBS declined comment on whether an actor on the show had contracted COVID, citing confidentiality. Ghosts is not the only production facing shutdowns in the wake of the new Omicron COVID-19 variant.
On Broadway, numerous shows have cancelled upcoming dates in the face of the next wave of cases, including Mrs. Doubtfire: The Musical, MJ The Musical, Tina: The Tina Turner Musical, Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, Ain’t Too Proud, Freestyle Love Supreme, and Hamilton. And across the pond, The Crown wrapped for holidays early after positive cases on set.
Ghosts was actually the most-watched new comedy for CBS this season, with 7.76 million total viewers. The single-camera comedy stars Rose McIver and Utkarsh Ambudkar as Samantha and Jay. Samantha is a freelance journalist and Jay is an up-and-coming chef from the city. The pair throw both caution and money to the wind when they decide to convert a huge rundown country estate they inherited into a bed & breakfast. However, they quickly discover that they have bitten off more than they can chew as this home is inhabited by a full crew of spirits, and Samantha is the first person who can see them.
The show’s cast of Ghosts include a Prohibition-era lounge singer (Danielle Pinnock); a pompous 1700s Militiaman (Brandon Scott Jones); a ‘60s hippie fond of hallucinogenics (Sheila Carrasco); an upbeat ‘80s scout troop leader (Richie Moriarty); a cod-obsessed Viking explorer from 1009 (Devon Chandler Long); a slick ‘90s finance bro (Asher Grodman); a sarcastic and witty Native from the 1500s (Román Zaragoza); and a society woman and wife of an 1800’s robber baron who is Samantha’s ancestor (Rebecca Wisocky).
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The program isn’t awful but it doesn’t hold a candle to the UK original.
We gave it a shot randomly on HBO Max and enjoyed it immensely, such a great show.
God, just the one ep where they go house shopping and those two desperately lonely airplane ghosts right out the window…we couldn’t stop laughing.
“Hallo!”
Does it have to be either (as good as the original or awful) to be allowed to exist? I just find it a relief among the wall of shitty multicams that is CBS’s sitcom lineup these days.
I love this show but I haven’t seen the original so no basis of comparison. Where can I stream the original?
HBO Max
HBO Max, and it’s absolutely wonderful!
CBC Gem if you’re Canadian/have access to a Canadian IP address.
If only there had been a way to prevent this surge, somehow. Oh well…
Ghosts can catch COVID now?
BOOVID
Anyone sad they can’t watch new episodes of this should binge the original on HBO Max.
I’m not paying for another streaming service.
I agree with the sentiment, but it really is the best one
Production shut down today “and will remain halted until early January”. So basically their regular Christmas break? I am more (mildly) curious if they all quarantining in Montreal or are headed to their various homes for the break.
It’s not great art, but there are fun characters and some of the writing is quite clever.