Airdate: Ghosts (US)
US adaptation of British comedy will premiere later this month.
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The US adaptation of Ghosts will premiere on Paramount+ later this month.
The comedy centres around Samantha (Rose McIver) and Jay (Utkarsh Ambudkar) wjo believe that their dreams have come true in receiving a beautiful country house, only to find that it is falling apart and inhabited by a number of deceased previous residents.
It also features Brandon Scott Jones, Richie Moriarty and Asher Grodman.
It debuted in the US last week (UK series is currently on ABC TV Plus).
Samantha a cheerful freelance journalist and Jay, an up-and-coming chef from the city, throw caution and money to the wind when they decide to convert a huge rundown country estate they inherited, into a bed and breakfast — only to find it’s inhabited by the many spirits of deceased residents, who now call it home!
The departed souls are a close-knit, eclectic group that includes a saucy Prohibition-era lounge singer, a pompous 1700’s Militiaman, a ‘60s hippie fond of hallucinogens, an overly upbear ‘80s scout troop leader, a codobsessed Viking explorer from 1009, a slick ‘90s finance bro, a sarcastic and witty Native from the 1500s, and a society woman and wife of an 1800’s robber baron, who is Samantha’s ancestor, to name a few.
If the spirits were anxious about the commotion a renovation and B&B will create in their home, it’s nothing compared to when they realise Samantha is the first live person who can see and hear them.
Saturday, 23 October on Paramount+.
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I gave up on the US series less than 5 mins into the second episode. The slight chuckles (not laughs) were few and far between.
But is Ghosts a rip-off of Australian series Spirited?
I’d give it a chance if it wasn’t blatantly obvious they are just ripping off the UK ghost characters. Honestly just looks like a bad parody sketch of the UK version.
I’m not sure what you mean by “blatantly copying”. I mean, this is a licensed version of the UK series. They credit the British creators in the show, in the same way that the US version of ‘The Office’ credit the British version. There is no ripoff at all.
Agreed. A licensed adaptation is not rip off.
I mean as in the characters look way too similar to their UK counterparts. There’s the pantless politician, the caveman, the guy with the arrow through his neck. They could have at least come up with their own ghost characters.
British comedy is not always culturally understood in America, using the highly popular Fawlty Towers as an example, the U.S. made three attempts at creating an American version of the show but all were cancelled.