Ghosted is a new half-hour comedy coming to Fox on October 1st. Starring and Executive Produced by Adam Scott and Craig Robinson, the show certainly has the comedic pedigree to succeed. Adam Scott has featured in arguably two of the best sitcoms of the last 20 years: Parks and Recreation and the oft-overlooked Party Down, and Robinson is perhaps best known for his role on another comedy juggernaut: The Office. Their past projects speak not only to the talent of the two stars but also their taste level, which could bode well for their new Fox comedy.
Those working behind the scenes on Ghosted have impressive resumes as well: director Jonathan Krisel counts SNL, Portlandia, and Baskets among his projects, and writer Kevin Etten has worked on Scrubs, The Late Show with David Letterman, and Workaholics.
Of course, there are countless examples of talented people taking major missteps (Book of Henry may have just cost Colin Trevorrow his Star Wars job), and even a good product doesn’t necessarily translate into good ratings. Up against NBC’s Sunday Night Football, CBS’ Wisdom of the Crowd (new, premiering Oct 1) and ABC’s To Tell the Truth, Ghosted is the only sitcom in its 8:30p timeslot. This counter-programming strategy has had mixed results for Fox on Sunday nights, so we’ll have to wait and see whether Ghosted can succeed where so many others have failed.
