While CBS’s Ghosts has fared well when it comes to the show’s ratings, the same cannot be said for every attempt to remake a classic British sitcom in America. In 2007, Richard Ayoade reprised his role as Moss in a remake of The IT Crowd. However, the pilot’s poor reception resulted in the show never making it to air, and the leaked episode proved that this was because the series stuck far too close to the original show’s sense of humor, pacing, tone, and style. MTV’s short-lived and critically derided remake of The Inbetweeners suffered the same fate.
CBSs Ghosts began confidently altering elements of the original shows setup from the beginning.
While Ghosts season 3’s unsolved mysteries prove the series isn’t perfect, the remake has largely avoided this issue. CBS’s Ghosts began confidently altering elements of the original show’s setup from the beginning, turning knights into ‘50s greasers and a caveman into a Viking. As the series progressed, the differences between the original show’s characters and their replacements resulted in dynamics that were nowhere to be found in the original show. Much like The Office’s Dwight and Jim feud doesn’t have an identical eqivalent in the UK show, the relationship between Isaac and Nigel is unique to the US show.
While they both died in similarly embarrassing ways, Trevor and Julian share some pivotal differences.
