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CBS used its San Diego Comic-Con 2025 panel to drop a brand-new look at Ghosts Season 5, giving fans their first glimpse of what’s coming when the show returns this October. The updated visuals feature a full cast lineup, with Sam and Jay front and center, surrounded by the increasingly restless ghosts of Woodstone Manor.
The sneak peek included new promotional art and a short teaser that played during the panel in Ballroom 20, where cast members and showrunners talked about what lies ahead. The season officially premieres on Thursday, October 16, 2025, at 8:30 PM ET/PT on CBS.
According to the panel, fans can expect more ghost-human tension, expanded character arcs—especially for Bela—and a long-awaited supernatural showdown that was teased as far back as Season 3. The show has already been renewed for Season 6, and the Comic-Con reveal was designed to build excitement well ahead of its fall debut.
The room erupted in loud cheers when the teaser played, confirming just how much of a pop culture phenomenon Ghosts has become over the past four years. CBS clearly knows its audience, and they’re not done yet.
Comic-Con panel unveils first look at Ghosts Season 5
The Ghosts Season 5 panel at San Diego Comic-Con didn’t hold back. CBS came prepared with a packed Ballroom 20 session that included cast appearances, a teaser clip, and the reveal of new promo art for the upcoming season. The footage wasn’t a full trailer, but rather a short montage showing the ghosts in increasingly chaotic situations at Woodstone Manor.
One of the bigger takeaways was the shift in tone, which remained comedic but was a little more chaotic and supernatural than in past seasons. Showrunner Joe Wiseman hinted during the Q&A that they’re playing more with the idea of power dynamics among the ghosts this time, especially after the Season 4 finale shook up some of their long-held routines.
The biggest character news came in the form of Bela, played by Punam Patel. According to Wiseman, Bela is expected to have a significantly larger presence this season. She won’t just be visiting the manor anymore; she’s becoming a more permanent part of the story.
That change sets off a new thread where the boundary between the living and dead becomes less clear, and Bela ends up caught in the middle of a storyline that includes new rules about which humans can interact with ghosts. It’s not a romance plot yet, but Wiseman said:
“It gets complicated.”
Other cast members like Rose McIver and Utkarsh Ambudkar spoke briefly about how Sam and Jay will have to balance their dream of running a peaceful bed-and-breakfast with the ghosts interfering at every turn.
Pete’s obsession with customer service will become a running gag. Alberta might be looking into her own murder again. Sasappis, played by Román Zaragoza, could finally get a whole episode that dives into his life before he died, something fans have been asking for since Season 2.
The teaser clip also included a brief moment that appeared to be a direct follow-up to the Season 4 cliffhanger, where a ghostly door opened. At Comic-Con, one of the showrunners confirmed that the door’s appearance will be addressed in the premiere. They wouldn’t say who it was for, but mentioned that it could change the group dynamic permanently, depending on who left or entered through it. It’s one of the few concrete mysteries the show has planted that will finally be answered.
CBS also confirmed that Season 5 will keep its Thursday 8:30 PM slot, leading out of Georgie & Mandy’s First Marriage. The show will also stream the next day on Paramount+, just as it has in previous seasons. Ratings-wise, Ghosts has remained one of the most-watched comedies on network TV, and that’s likely why CBS has already renewed it through Season 6. That kind of early renewal is rare these days, especially for sitcoms, but Ghosts continues to pull solid numbers across live and streaming platforms.
The cast finished the panel by posing in front of the new promo art, which features a darker color palette and some visual nods to ghost lore. There’s no sign that the show is slowing down. If anything, Season 5 looks like it’s ready to shake things up more than ever.
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