These days, local stations generally aren’t interested in off-network sitcoms unless they were created by Chuck Lorre or ...

“Ghosts” returns for Season 5 with the premiere episode “Soul Custody” on Thursday, Oct. 16, on CBS. New episodes of “Ghosts” will premiere on Thursdays at 8:30-9:00 p.m. ET.

“Ghosts” may be the unlikeliest comedy hit in recent CBS history. It’s a single-camera half-hour, adapted from a cult U.K. series, and it’s not from Chuck Lorre. Yet the show, which was just renewed ...