It’s been a good month for British comedy being remade in America. BBC show Ghosts has been renewed for a second series on CBS after a successful first one. The American remake of Ghosts has been renewed for a second series after proving a smash with viewers.
The show,which stars Rose McIver and Utkarsh Ambudkar as the couple who inherit the haunted house, has scored around 8.1 million viewers per episode, good news for its British creators and starsMathew Baynton, Jim Howick, Simon Farnaby, Laurence Rickard, Ben Willbond, and Martha Howe-Douglas who also executive produce the US shows.
Kelly Kahl, president of CBS Entertainment said: “Joe Port and Joe Wiseman, together with a breakout cast and exceptional writers, have done a superb job of adapting Ghosts for the US and absolutely making it their own.
“This smart and charming show is delivering new creative highs, not to mention scaring up new audience highs, every week.”
