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Ghostwriter (1991)

Family · Fantasy · Horror

Ghostwriter is an American television program created by Liz Nealon and produced by the Children's Television Workshop and BBC One. It began airing on PBS on October 4, 1992, and the final episode aired on February 13, 1995. The series revolves around a close knit circle of friends from Brooklyn who solve neighborhood crimes and mysteries as a team of young detectives with the help of an invisible ghost named Ghostwriter. Ghostwriter can communicate with the kids only by manipulating whatever text and letters he can find and using them to form words and sentences. The series was filmed on location in Fort Greene, Brooklyn.

IMDb rating
7.8 (3,079 votes)
Seasons
3
Language
EN
Type
TV series

Ratings refreshed Jul 3, 2026 · 3 seasons indexed

Cast

Seasons

Season 1 (1992)

7.79 avg 25 episodes 7.4 → 8.7 26 min avg

Ep 1: 7.4 · 39 votesEp 2: 7.0 · 23 votesEp 3: 6.8 · 21 votesEp 4: 7.0 · 18 votesEp 5: 7.2 · 21 votesEp 6: 8.2 · 27 votesEp 7: 7.7 · 18 votesEp 8: 8.5 · 15 votesEp 9: 8.3 · 17 votesEp 10: 7.2 · 13 votesEp 11: 7.7 · 10 votesEp 12: 7.5 · 10 votesEp 13: 7.3 · 11 votesEp 14: 7.1 · 17 votesEp 15: 8.2 · 10 votesEp 16: 7.8 · 9 votesEp 17: 7.8 · 11 votesEp 18: 8.0 · 11 votesEp 23: 7.4 · 9 votesEp 24: 7.4 · 9 votesEp 25: 8.2 · 9 votesEp 26: 8.9 · 11 votesEp 32: 8.7 · 11 votesEp 33: 8.7 · 11 votesEp 34: 8.7 · 12 votes
Season 1 episodes — IMDb ratings
#TitleRatingVotes
1Ghost Story: Part 17.439
2Ghost Story: Part 27.023
3Ghost Story: Part 36.821
4Ghost Story: Part 47.018
5Ghost Story: Part 57.221
6Who Burned Mr. Brinker's Store?: Part 18.227
7Who Burned Mr. Brinker's Store?: Part 27.718
8Who Burned Mr. Brinker's Store?: Part 38.515
9Who Burned Mr. Brinker's Store?: Part 48.317
10To Catch a Creep: Part 17.213
11To Catch a Creep: Part 27.710
12To Catch a Creep: Part 37.510
13To Catch a Creep: Part 47.311
14Into the Comics: Part 17.117
15Into the Comics: Part 28.210
16Into the Comics: Part 37.89
17Into the Comics: Part 47.811
18To the Light: Part 18.011
23Who's Who: Part 17.49
24Who's Who: Part 27.49
25Who's Who: Part 38.29
26Who's Who: Part 48.911
32Building Bridges: Part 28.711
33Building Bridges: Part 38.711
34Building Bridges: Part 48.712

Season 2 (1993)

8.30 avg 11 episodes 8.4 → 7.2

Ep 1: 8.4 · 9 votesEp 5: 8.5 · 9 votesEp 9: 8.3 · 14 votesEp 10: 8.6 · 8 votesEp 11: 8.8 · 8 votesEp 13: 8.6 · 8 votesEp 16: 8.0 · 8 votesEp 17: 8.6 · 15 votesEp 20: 8.0 · 10 votesEp 21: 8.3 · 9 votesEp 23: 7.2 · 8 votes
Season 2 episodes — IMDb ratings
#TitleRatingVotes
1Am I Blue?: Part 18.49
5Get the Message: Part 18.59
9Just in Time: Part 18.314
10Just in Time: Part 28.68
11Just in Time: Part 38.88
13Lost in Brooklyn: Part 18.68
16Lost in Brooklyn: Part 48.08
17Who Is Max Mouse?: Part 18.615
20Who Is Max Mouse?: Part 48.010
21Don't Stop the Music: Part 18.39
23Don't Stop the Music: Part 37.28

Season 3 (1994)

7.96 avg 5 episodes 8.3 → 8.1

Ep 1: 8.3 · 11 votesEp 9: 8.6 · 19 votesEp 10: 7.5 · 14 votesEp 11: 7.3 · 12 votesEp 12: 8.1 · 15 votes
Season 3 episodes — IMDb ratings
#TitleRatingVotes
1A Crime of Two Cities: Part 18.311
9Attack of the Slime Monster: Part 18.619
10Attack of the Slime Monster: Part 27.514
11Attack of the Slime Monster: Part 37.312
12Attack of the Slime Monster: Part 48.115