‘Ghosts’ spooked up viewership with its holiday themed episode 

With its holiday-themed show on Thursday, Ghosts frightened up a record viewership. The CBS comedy’s special hour-long episode averaged 7M viewers, according to Nielsen data collected live plus same-day.

That represents an increase of +7% over Season 2’s average viewership for the show.

The episode generated over 119M potential social impressions, the highest totals since the season 2 debut on September 29, according to CBS. It also performed well on social media. That represents a weekly increase in social impressions of around 22%.

Ever since it debuted last year, Ghosts has gained a lot of popularity. Season 2’s debut in September attracted 6.15 million viewers on the same day, winning its half-hour, and up 11% from Season 1’s debut.

The Season 2 debut attracted more than 10 million people after being delayed for 35 days, making it the only broadcast comedy to accomplish so. The sophomore series ranked sixth among the top 30 season premieres.

The show, which features Rose McIver and Utkarsh Ambudkar, centres on a struggling young couple named Samantha (played by McIver) and Jay (played by Ambudkar), who discover their ideal home is in disrepair and still home to many of the deceased prior occupants.

It is produced by Joe Port & Joe Wiseman, CBS Studios, BBC Studios, and Lionsgate Television. Asher Grodman, Danielle Pinnock, Devan Chandler Long, Brandon Scott Jones, Richie Moriarty, Sheila Carrasco, and Román Zaragoza are also included as co-stars.

Thursdays at 8:30 p.m. ET/PT, CBS broadcasts Ghosts.