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Is their a date yet for when The Amazing Race is on this winter or spring?

They are done and past the angst bit. I think it was a poor decision to push the angst bit at the beginning even because of what you said. But we are way past the family tragedy stuff and on to far more interesting fare at this point.

People were having kids of their own at 14 or 15 years old back throughout most of history.

Remember Emily Procter who played Ainsley Hayes on the show? Just sharing this. I saw here yesterday on MSNBC where she was interviewed about having lost her home in the LA fires. She and all her family got out safely and she seemed pretty poised throughout the interview.

Yeah my internet TV schedule said these shows were new too. Technology lies!

Perhaps but I see Survivor Australia spoilers in the US Survivor episode threads all the time. Now I've never "accessed" the Australian version yet but I don't care if it is casually mentioned since they are all "in the can" even if I get spoiled a bit. It's just too hard to compartmentalize natural conversations without turning stuff into a regimented and awkward tripwire forum. Since the UK series ended in 2023 it seems it is "in the can" too and a done deal. 🤷‍♂️ If it is ruled that spoilers must be used here well whatever but it will seem pretty illogical to me because when is the UK series that ended in what will soon be 2 years ago NOT considered a spoiler anymore? Is there an official date when we can just get rid of the spoiler stuff?

I saw the UK Season 5 long ago. It has been available from other "sources" for a long time for anyone to see. And no big deal for using them either in this day and age. We are way past that point. And since this isn't an episode thread but a comparison of the whole series I just don't see the need for spoiler tags. Now a UK Ghost thread NOT divided up into the different years I could see. But that's just me. 🤷‍♂️

No need for a spoiler tag. The UK show ended in 2023. And yes the last episode was totally terrible. It made zero sense. It's like the Brits cannot handle a happy ending ever. I mean if the baby was the kind that could see ghosts well into their childhood, well what young kid wouldn't have been thrilled to grow up beside all their historic "aunts and uncles" and on one of the most beautiful properties in the UK surrounded by nature? What a magical childhood that would have been. Instead the kid will be stuck in some stupid flat in noisy, polluted London leading a generic, uninteresting life. Yuk.

This is about the new German version story via the BBC. I posted this in the media thread but maybe it is just as well to post it here in case we can ever get this with English subtitles so we can compare all three versions. It includes the official German cast picture, brief (couple of words) descriptions of the German ghosts and the "living" couple, in this case named Emma and Felix. https://www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/bbcstudios/2024/ghosts-set-to-haunt-germany Also this has the German ghosts described in more detail: https://www.denofgeek.com/tv/which-countries-are-getting-ghosts-remakes-new-characters/ This latter makes a few mistakes in the American ghost descriptions referring to Hetty as slightly older than Fanny when she is definitely younger. And of course doing just a lazy one-on-one comparison with the British ghosts. But still a nice article. There is also indication here and elsewhere that a Ghosts Australia is in the works as well as a Ghost Spanish (Spain) version will be coming along as well.

Here is a link from the BBC about the new German version: https://www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/bbcstudios/2024/ghosts-set-to-haunt-germany Also https://www.denofgeek.com/tv/which-countries-are-getting-ghosts-remakes-new-characters/ has more descriptions of the German ghosts. There is more in the Ghosts UK/US comparison thread including news that aside from the German version there will be versions set in Australia and Spain in the near future as well. The whole world will soon be haunted at this rate, lol.

What sitcom changes things up drastically just for the sake of change? Changing for the sake of change only is not only silly but suicidal as well if you have a major hit going. The UK mothership never changed so why should the US version? I mean did Lucy ever become less wacky? Did Mary Tyler Moore's character get married and have 5 kids and give up her career forever? Did Archie Bunker become a liberal or Maude a conservative? Did Hawkeye become a gung-ho supporter of the Korean War? Did Frasier become a blue collar worker? Did Sheldon become the most empathetic and emotional person on planet earth? Of course not. Any of those moves would have destroyed those shows. Also it would have put a lot of people out of work years before those shows ran their natural course. Sitcoms are not cheap, experimental off-Broadway theatre. They are multi-million dollar enterprises and few become major iconic shows so when one hits big time you do NOT mess with success. "Ghosts" is a major hit now and I love the formula. I don't want to be driven away because somebody in the writing room or a producer decided to change up everything radically and go all artsy fartsy for the sake of what? Committing TV show suicide? Nope, never do that.

I know why she told here. I just don't think the writers should have set it up so she had no choice to tell.

Exactly. I thought the show went too far with telling Bela which then lead to Bela's boyfriend already. And he is a loose canon if there ever was one. A big time juicy secret is very hard for people to keep their lips zipped about. The whole show is based on two golden principles: Jay (originally Mike in the UK) can't see the ghosts which is a main pillar of the whole comedic basis for the show and (2) the absolute need for Sam (UK's Allison) not to let other people know she sees them. We don't want Sam assumed to be mentally off by the public after all.

I don't think there is any thing mean spirited at all. Technically that was Mark's nephew he was baby sitting that day. And just adding that now the nephew would be older and probably grown out of his ability to see ghosts as well.

Good catch. It was like the US writers took all of the UK ghosts attributes and spread them around in a hybrid pattern in the most part.