"Pilot"/"Hello!" -- Samantha and Jay throw both caution and money to the wind when they decide to convert a rundown country estate they inherited into a bed & breakfast -- only to find it's inhabited by the many opinionated spirits of deceased residents who now call it home. Also, when Sam thinks she's crazy because she continues to see the ghosts of Woodstone Manor, she tries to ignore them, making them even more determined to get her to acknowledge they're real, on the special one-hour series premiere of the new CBS Original comedy GHOSTS, Thursday, Oct. 7 (9:01-10:00 PM, ET/PT) on the CBS Television Network, and available to stream live and on demand on Paramount+. The one-hour premiere will be seamless with back-to-back episodes. Pictured (Front Row L-R ) Utkarsh Ambudkar as Jay and Rose McIver as Samantha (Back Row L-R) Sheila Carrasco as Flower, Devan Chandler Long as Thorfinn, Rebecca Wisocky as Hetty, Richie Moriarty as Pete, Brandon Scott Jones as Isaac, Romn Zaragoza as Sasappis, Danielle Pinnock as Alberta and Asher Grodman as Trevor Photo: Cliff Lipson/CBS 2020 CBS Broadcasting, Inc. All Rights Reserved.

Best-bets for Dec. 16: dramas, dogs and comedy reruns

1) “Ghosts,” 9 p.m., CBS. It’s been a long time since anyone held a dinner party in this big old house. When the new owners (shown here, foreground) invite the nosy neighbors, the ghosts want to join in; they soon create problems … and a solution. That’s in a fairly good, all-rerun night for the CBS comedies, starting with “Young Sheldon” being a lab assistant. Read more…

1) “Ghosts,” 9 p.m., CBS. It’s been a long time since anyone held a dinner party in this big old house. When the new owners (shown here, foreground) invite the nosy neighbors, the ghosts want to join in; they soon create problems … and a solution. That’s in a fairly good, all-rerun night for the CBS comedies, starting with “Young Sheldon” being a lab assistant.

2) “Station 19,” 8 p.m., ABC. This holiday episode has some quick crises and a chance for a Christmas miracle. But overriding everything is the recent death of Dean Miller, a popular firefighter. Ben (the doctor-turned-firefighter) promised ro raise Dean’s daughter; Bailey (Ben’s wife and the chief of surgery on “Grey’s Anatomy”) is hesitant. That leads into “Grey’s” at 9: Meredith nears a milestone in her research. Also, Link wants to spend Christmas with his ex-lover Amelia and their young son.

3) “MacGruber” debut, any time, Peacock. It’s the third life for this show, which has Will Forte as an overzealous version of MacGyver. This started as popular short films on “Saturday Night Live,” became an unpopular 2010 movie and now returns as an eight-part streaming series. Maya Rudolph has an opening song that catches us up; for sheer fun, also catch the Kristen Wiig song. The rest tries a difficult balancing act – being an action film, while mocking their excesses.

4) “Women of Worth,” 8 p.m., NBC. Here are non-celebrities making a difference: A med student works on solutions to the rising bias against Asian-Americans … a public relations person brings attention to the underreporting of missing Blacks … a mom honors her late son by bringing attention to depression among youths. Those and seven more are interviewed in Paris and their home towns.

5) “Dogs of the Year,” 8 p.m., CW. We meet Levi, the official dog of Pennsylvania … and Ricochet the surfing pup … and Sampson, the only dog with access to a University of Illinois chemistry lab. There are others, including Mercy (scent-detection), Clover (a hero) and more

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