Ghosts – WISE Score & Parent Review | Screenwise

Ghosts

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show2019

73%

WISE Score

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A broke couple inherits a crumbling manor full of dead people who won't leave—hijinks and heart ensue.

96%

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Ghosts

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TV-14, 2019

73%

WISE Score

Avg. Tomatometer

A broke couple inherits a crumbling manor full of dead people who won't leave—hijinks and heart ensue.

96%

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Screenwise Verdict

This is that rare sitcom that's actually good—funny, warm, well-written, and genuinely entertaining for the whole family once kids hit middle school age. The ghost premise is clever without being scary, and the diverse cast of spirits creates natural teaching moments about history and empathy.

That said, it's firmly in the 12+ camp. The sexual innuendo is mild but consistent, the profanity is regular, and death is a constant comedic backdrop. If your tween can handle jokes about how someone died via bear attack and doesn't giggle uncontrollably at a pantsless ghost, you're golden.

The 96% critic score isn't inflated—this is legitimately well-crafted comedy that parents will enjoy as much as kids. It's not brain rot, it's not educational PBS fare, it's just solid entertainment that happens to model acceptance and growth. A rare win for family viewing that doesn't feel like homework.

Age Fit

Best for ages 12+ who can handle sexual innuendo, profanity, and death humor without getting freaked out. The 96% RT score and broad appeal mean it's genuinely entertaining for teens and adults—this isn't kids' stuff masquerading as family viewing.

WISE Breakdown

Wholesome

The show centers on a couple learning to coexist with a diverse cast of ghosts, modeling acceptance, friendship, and growth. The humor is generally light-hearted with themes of kindness and letting go of the past. However, it includes mild sexual innuendo (orgy jokes, sleeping arrangement gags), frequent profanity (damn, hell, crap, bastard), and repeated references to death circumstances (gunshot, bear attack). The tone is warm but the content skews older than typical family fare.

Imaginative

The premise of a young couple inheriting a manor full of ghosts from different historical periods (Viking, Victorian lady, 1970s hippie, Native American, colonialist) offers creative storytelling and invites curiosity about history and cultural differences. The supernatural-meets-domestic-comedy setup provides fresh scenarios each episode, though it's more about character-driven humor than world-building or inspiring creative expression in viewers.

Safe

Common Sense Media rates it 12+, citing mild sexual references, profanity, and death-related humor. One ghost character wears no pants (blurred when necessary), and ghosts discuss their deaths in comedic context. The show includes visual cues like an arrow through a throat and occasional blurred nudity. No graphic gore or truly traumatic content, but the death jokes, innuendo, and language mean parents need to know what they're getting into. Not a 'surprise scary moment' show, but definitely not safe for younger kids to stumble upon.

Enriching

The diverse ghost cast can spark conversations about history, mortality, cultural differences, and empathy. The show explores themes of acceptance, growth as a couple, and learning from the past. It's entertaining and well-crafted (96% RT critic, 92% audience, 8.4 IMDb), offering genuine laughs alongside moments of heart. However, it's primarily a sitcom—enriching in emotional intelligence and historical curiosity, but not deeply educational or skill-building.

Parent Info

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Why It Might Be Great

Genuinely funny with stellar reviews (96% RT critics, 92% audience)—this is a well-crafted comedy that adults will actually enjoy watching with tweens/teens
Diverse cast of ghosts from different eras creates natural opportunities to talk about history, cultural differences, and mortality in a non-scary way
Models acceptance, empathy, and relationship growth as the living couple learns to navigate life with their supernatural roommates
Light-hearted supernatural premise that makes death feel less taboo without being morbid or traumatic

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What to Watch For

Mild sexual innuendo throughout (orgy jokes, bedroom humor)—nothing explicit, but enough that you'll want kids 12+ who can handle it
Profanity includes damn, hell, crap, bastard—not constant, but regular enough to note
Ghosts discuss how they died (gunshot, bear attack, arrow through throat) in comedic context—played for laughs, not scares, but death is a recurring theme
One ghost wears no pants (blurred when necessary)—it's a running gag that younger kids might fixate on

Conversation Starters

"Which ghost would you want to hang out with? What would you ask them about their time period?"
"The show makes jokes about death—does that feel weird or does it actually make the topic less scary?"
"If you could be a ghost stuck in one place forever, where would you pick and why?"
"Sam and Jay have to learn to share their house with people (well, ghosts) who are really different from them. When have you had to do something similar?"

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