A haunting hoot! GhostsThis is not your typical sitcom. However, the transformations of the actors are part of the fun.
The CBS series follows Sam (a married couple) and premiered on October 20, 2121.Rose McIverJay (Utkarsh AmbudkarAfter inheriting a country estate, they become a couple. They plan to turn the historic home into bed and breakfast. But their situation becomes more complicated after Sam experiences near-death in the house and suddenly gains the ability to see ghosts.
The personalities of the spirits can range from a Viking singer to a Prohibition-era musician to a flower kid. Their knowledge (and costumes!) are amazing. They span centuries, as they all died on the same property and never moved on to the afterlife.
Joe WisemanIn October 2021, he explained how he was and his fellow showrunners Joe PortThey created the ghost characters.
“The first thing we did was look at the macro and we thought of American archetypes and what kind of characters were from what period,” Wiseman told Entertainment TonightIt was at that time. “We sort of landed on the Northeast, where the Hudson Valley is and where the show is located, because we felt like that had American history baked into it.”
One character, in particular, dictated the background of the show’s entire ensemble, as the executive producers were set on including Thorfinn, played by Devan Chandler Long.
“One thing early on that we decided we wanted was a Viking,” Wiseman recalled. “And we just thought that would be a fun character to have. We had to be more specific about the location of the characters, so we did lots of research. We wanted things to be historically accurate as much as possible because it’s just as easy to be accurate and funny as it is to make things up.”
Following “a lot of research about Vikings,” the creative team discovered that some sailed “down the coast from Canada and did exploratory missions inland,” Wiseman said. “So it rang true that one would be in the Hudson Valley.”
The key to the show’s charm was to build a diverse cast of undead characters. “The fact that these people who never would have met in real life from all different kinds of people, from all different kinds of places, but also from different eras who literally weren’t even alive at the same time,” Port told the outlet. “It’s a very interesting world where, even though they’re very different, because they’re forced together, they become friends and learn a lot from each other.”
Scroll through the gallery to see the stars of the show. GhostsLook like in real life