Today was a good day for several series on CBS, Hulu, and ABC.
I will start the news off with CBS. The network picked up Tracker, Georgie & Mandy’s First Marriage, Hollywood Squares, Elsbeth, Fire Country, NCIS, NCIS: Origins, and NCIS: Sydney for another season.
But that is only eight shows. What is #9? Ghosts will haunt us for two more seasons.
Those nine join returning shows Matlock, FBI, Survivor, and The Amazing Race, new shows Fire County spinoff Sheriff Country, Blue Bloods spinoff Boston Blue, and singing competition The Road.
Over at Hulu, Dan Fogleman’s Paradise, which stars his This Is Us star Sterling K. Brown, will remain underground for another season.
Finally, ABC loves 9-1-1 so much that they are adding Nashville to the franchise next season. But before then, we are going to get a 9-1-1/Doctor Odyssey crossover in March. According to Variety, the episode takes part during Casino week, and “unexpected guest Athena Grant suspects two passengers are targeting the ship’s vault. Enlisting Max’s help, Athena raises the stakes in a dangerous game where not everyone will end up with a winning hand.”
I wish ABC and Ryan Murphy had picked someone else to take the cruise because it seems
unrealistic that she would get back on a ship so quickly after last year’s water disaster.
Even though we are seven months away from the 2025-2026 season, I can’t wait for it to start.
Tonight at 8p on CBS, we are getting a one-hour Ghosts event!
It is Christmas, and Jay’s (Utkarsh Ambudkar) parents (Bernard White Sakina Jaffrey) are coming for a visit. However, Jay’s mom is not a fan of Sam (Rose McIver). So, Sam is going to do everything she can to win her over and get into the family text chain.
As Sam and Jay are getting the bed and breakfast ready, the water heater breaks. Luckily, the basement ghosts know how to fix it, so Nancy (Betsy Sodaro) offers to help, and the upstairs ghosts come down to watch. What could go wrong?
Sam and Jay forget to shut off the power, and they get a shock. Not just any shock, but one that knocks them backwards into Pete (Richie Moriarty) and Nancy. And you know what that means? Sam becomes Nancy, and Jay is possessed by Pete.
It seems like an easy fix. Sam and Jay just have to drive their car off the property, and Nancy and Pete will pop out of their bodies. But…
Jay’s parents show up before they can, and Nancy is not leaving Sam’s body. So, the ghosts have to convince her to be on her best behavior around them. And we know that Nancy is the opposite of Sam in every way.
Then there is the problem that Pete can leave the property, so they can’t get him out of Jay without an exorcism. And Pete wants to do is spend the holiday with his daughter and grandson.
Will Sam and Jay get their bodies back? Will Sam finally get added to the family group chat? Will it be a merry Christmas at Woodstone Manor?
You are just going to have to watch another episode of the show that has you dying with laughter every week.
And did I mention we will learn something shocking that we never knew about Sass (Román Zaragoza) tonight which is the cherry on top of another great episode?
Ever since the pilot, Ghosts has been teasing Isaac Higgintoot’s archnemesis, Alexander Hamilton. We are going to meet him early next year, and he will be played by Nat Faxon.
How the CBS sitcom will incorporate him into the storyline, we do not know. What I do know is I can’t wait to see him get his shot!
I hope you give Ghosts a shot over the next two weeks because the two-part Christmas episodes are a true gift.
The Ghosts might be dead, but they still love to watch television. Pete, Thorafinn, and Hetty’s new favorite show is Survivor. And they want to let everyone know! So, they shot two commercials to promote the reality show that is younger than they are,
Even though Jeff Probst is much younger than Hetty, she gets the sitting on a washing machine in action feels. But then again, she likes them young, like Trevor.
Hetty, I mean Rebecca Wisocky is such a fan that she inspired this promotion. The actress told the CBS marketing staff at San Diego Comic-Con that she is a huge fan of Survivor, and that got the wheels spinning. And these ads are the product of that discussion.
You can watch Ghosts on Thursdays at 8:30p and to see the second promo, then click here!
Most celebrities love hearing that they are a clue on Jeopardy, but not Devan Chandler Long. And he has a good reason.
Ken Jennings asked the contestants, “Devan Chandler Long tried out for the Carolina Panthers but ended up dying to be a Viking playing Thorfinn on the CBS sitcom.” The answer is Ghosts.
When Long found out about it, he had a message for the game show: “Hey Jopardy, Just want to say thank you for reminding me and the world that I failed at becoming a football player. That means a lot. I got to get some therapy now.”
Of course, the oldest ghost on Ghosts was joking. He is thankful for being included.
And I am thankful that Ghosts is back with all new episodes on Thursday at 8:30p.
Devan, Football’s loss is our gain. And don’t forget, The Rock also failed at becoming a football player, and look at him now.
