‘Ghosts’ Leans Into Rose McIver’s ‘Christmas Prince’ Roots, Sets Double Holiday Episode in Season 2 (EXCLUSIVE)
variety.comEmily Longeretta Fans who love Rose McIver in holiday programming (see “The Christmas Prince” and its sequels) as much as they love her in “Ghosts” are in for a Yuletide treat.
This season, the CBS comedy will include a special double holiday episode, Variety has exclusively learned. The back-to-back episodes will air Thursday, Dec.
15. Per the official description, “When Jay’s sister Bela (Punam Patel) returns to Woodstone Mansion for a holiday visit and brings along a platonic male friend, Samantha, inspired by the holiday rom-coms she adores, makes it her mission to spark a holiday romance between them.
Meanwhile, the ghosts have conjured up a very different holiday plan — also involving Bela.” “Ghosts” co-showrunners and executive producers Joe Port and Joe Wiseman told Variety that they were excited to lean into the holidays with their hit show. “We thought it would be fun to have our holiday episode be our version of one of those Hallmark Christmas movies, because Sam is very into Christmas and rom-coms, and it’s also a fun nod to Rose McIver’s real life history with those sorts of films, having starred in the ‘Christmas Prince’ trilogy,” Port said. “But because this is ‘Ghosts,’ it has a very ‘Ghosts’ twist to it, which turns the holiday into something very far from the wholesome family affair Sam envisioned.
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