Summary

• Ghosts season 3 is officially underway after months of delay, following the resolution of the WGA writer's strike in September 2023.
• CBS considers Ghosts a high priority and plans to rush production alongside other hit series like NCIS, and Ghosts will air starting Feb 15th, 2024.
• While the full cast for season 3 has not been confirmed, main characters Sam and Jay will return, along with other significant ghosts from previous seasons.

Ghosts season 3 has been confirmed, and information regarding the cast, story, and more has been forthcoming since that announcement in January 2023. The CBS sitcom is an American adaptation of the British show of the same name. Ghosts follows a married couple in New York who move into a large sprawling mansion, thanks to an inheritance, only to find the home is already occupied by ghosts who died around the home's grounds. After a near-death experience, Samantha “Sam” Arondekars (Rose McIver) discovers she can communicate with the undead, and together, she and her husband Jay (Utkarsh Ambudkar) learn to live alongside their spectral house guests.

The original Ghosts premiered on BBC One in April 2019 and has run for four seasons with a fifth in development. An American version was quickly ordered, and the inaugural season premiered on CBS on October 7, 2021. The first two seasons of Ghosts, which have a 96% critic score on funny ensemble cast of Ghosts and relationships between people — and spirits — who are forced to live with one another. With a mansion filled with unfulfilled spirits, Ghosts season 3 is sure to explore similar dynamics and delve even deeper into Sam and Jay’s understanding of this ghostly world.

Ghosts Season 3 Latest News

The latest update regarding the hit CBS show is that Ghosts season 3 will release Feb 15th, 2024. The new season was delayed due to the SAG/AFTRA strikes, but with the resolution and return to work, CBS has announced release dates for multiple series starting in February. Ghosts will arrive mid-month, starting on 8:30pm Thurs Feb 15, 2024.

The SAG/AFTRA strike was resolved on November 9th, 2023.

Ghosts Season 3 Release Date

Season 3 of Ghosts has been confirmed, via TV Line. The Entertainment President of CBS, Amy Reisenbach, announced in January 2023 that the studio would be renewing Ghosts for its third season. Reisenbach pointed to the series’ excellent viewer numbers and the show's continued exploration of the ghosts as some of the reasons for the decision.

Now, the season has been given a confirmed release date, with the show returning Feb 15, 2024. This is only one of many shows that CBS has announced a February release date for, including many other hugely popular shows for the network like NCIS, FBI, and Young Sheldon.

Ghosts Season 3 Cast

There has not been any news regarding the cast for season 3 of Ghosts​​​​​​, but the ending of season 2 gives a good idea about who will be returning. The two main characters, Sam (Rose McIver) and Jay (Utkarsh Ambudkar), will of course be back for season 3 and will continue to deal with their bed and breakfast filled with ghosts. As for the ghosts, most of the same characters should return for the next season. Other cast expected to return in season 3 include Brandon Scott Jones (The Good Place) as Isaac Higgintoot and Danielle Pinnock (Young Sheldon) as Alberta Haynes, both significant characters in the story.

Rounding out the rest of the cast playing the best and worst spirits in Ghost, as well as their human counterparts are:

Ghosts Season 3 Story Details

Story details for Ghosts season 3 have not been revealed, but some possibilities can be gleaned from the end of season 2 and the general trend of the series. At the end of season 2, Sam and Jay have settled into their lives alongside the ghosts and have even come to appreciate their situation. The ghosts have also managed to settle some business of their own and Hetty, Alberta, and Isaac have all made major strides in growing in life after death. Ghosts could see more backstories explored in season 3 and show more of the spectral characters discovering the causes of their deaths.

One story beat that will definitely be explored in season 3 of Ghosts came at the very end of season 2. Sam and Jay saw a bright light going up from their home into the sky, which means one of the ghosts has ed on to the afterlife. This only happens when a ghost manages to solve a long unresolved issue for themselves. The season ends before Jay and Sam reveal who it is who left. Depending on who it is who has gone on, the humans and ghosts will have to deal with a missing member of their makeshift “family” in Sophia Woodstone’s manor home, for better or worse.