Button Home is closing its doorways.
The hit BBC comedy Ghosts, on which the Rose McIver-led CBS sitcom relies, will finish with Season 5. The announcement was made in a joint statement by govt producers Mathew Baynton, Simon Farnaby, Martha Howe-Douglas, Jim Howick, Laurence Rickard and Ben Willbond, which reads as follows:
“After 5 unimaginable years haunting the halls of Button Home, we now have determined that the time is true to let our beloved sitcom Ghosts relaxation in peace. We’ve got simply wrapped filming on our fifth and ultimate sequence and may’t wait to share it with you all later this yr. We might by no means have imagined the reception the present has loved, or the enjoyable we now have had making it, and we wish to thank our superb forged and crew in addition to everybody at BBC Comedy, BBC1 and Monumental Tv for his or her tireless help. However most of all we’d wish to thank everybody who watches.”
The UK Ghosts first premiered in April 2019, and produced 24 episodes over its first 4 seasons. Seasons 1-3 can be found to stream Stateside on HBO Max; a launch date for Season 4 is TBD. The sequence stars YOU‘s Charlotte Ritchie as Alison, Kiell Smith-Bynoe as Mike, Lolly Adefope as Kitty, Baynton as Thomas, Farnaby as Julian, Howe-Douglas as Fanny, Howick as Pat, Rickard as Robin, Willbond as Captain and Katy Wix as Mary.
The U.S. model, in the meantime, resumes Season 2 on Thursday, April 13 (CBS, 8:30/7:30c). It was beforehand renewed for Season 3.
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