TV Show

Ghostwriter

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.

TV Show Stats +8%

4 seasons

88 episodes total

Status

Canceled

First Aired

1992

Rating

TV Show

7.0/10

14 votes • HD

Season 1

34 episodes
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Ghost Story (1)
Episode 1

Ghost Story (1)

Episode 1 • Oct 04, 1992

Jamal sees some strange masked creatures in the park and finds a THABTO button where the masked creatures were. Also, Jamal's sister, Danitra, goes to college and leaves him her computer. On the first day he gets a weird message asking ""Where are the children, are they OK?"". Lenni Frazier, a school mate of Jamal's, is also contacted by the strange ghost-like creature. Who is this mysterious being? Meanwhile, elementary student Gaby Fernandez gets her backpack stolen on her way to school.

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Ghost Story (2)
Episode 2

Ghost Story (2)

Episode 2 • Oct 11, 1992

Jamal and Lenni learn that the mysterious being is a spirit that wants to be friends. With no memory of where it came from, they nick name it Ghostwriter. Jamal goes to see Alex Fernandez, a friend of Lenni's, to help decipher a coded message he found in his locker and in the park. Now, Ghostwriter decides to write to Alex, too.

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Ghost Story (3)
Episode 3

Ghost Story (3)

Episode 3 • Oct 18, 1992

Alex learns about Ghostwriter. Jamal and Alex figure out that the THABTOS, are who have been stealing backpacks (including Gaby's) and learn that these are the same kids Jamal saw at the park. Gaby, Alex's sister encounters the mysterious being.

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Ghost Story (4)
Episode 4

Ghost Story (4)

Episode 4 • Oct 25, 1992

The team, consisting of Jamal, Lenni, Alex, & Gaby, discover that the backpack thieves are planning a final secret ceremony. They leave a fake message in one their lockers saying that the ceremony is cancelled. Alex goes undercover as one of them but there's one problem: Alex doesn't know which code name to go by.

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Ghost Story (5)
Episode 5

Ghost Story (5)

Episode 5 • Nov 01, 1992

The team, with the help of the robbed kids, set a trap for the backpack thieves at the video arcade. After the theives are caught, the four decide to become the ""Ghostwriter Team"" and vow to try and solve mysteries.

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Who Burned Mr. Brinker's Store? (1)
Episode 6

Who Burned Mr. Brinker's Store? (1)

Episode 6 • Nov 01, 1992

A mysterious man delivers a letter to Brinker. Whatever it says makes Brinker so mad he takes his anger out on Jamal and his friends. Jamal writes a letter to calm Brinker down and delivers it to him on the same night a fire is set.

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Season 2

28 episodes
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Am I Blue? (1)
Episode 1

Am I Blue? (1)

Episode 1 • Sep 12, 1993

Gaby is excited when she learns that her heroine, Galaxy Girl, is making a special show at Hurston. She wants to buy a Galaxy Girl costume to wear at the assembly but she doesn't have enough money, so she borrows some money from her parents cashier planing to return the costume and get a refund. At the show something goes wrong and the model spaceship is stolen. She can't return the costume because it was on sale. Gaby is heart broken when she doesn't get to meet Galaxy Girl. She becomes more worried when the team leaves to confront Calvin but is even more scared when she finds the space ship model in her toy chest.

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Am I Blue? (2)
Episode 2

Am I Blue? (2)

Episode 2 • Sep 12, 1993

Alex and Rob confront Calvin and Jeffery but they say nothing about Gaby's purchasing the costume there. Gaby hides the model in her room making it look normal so no one will find it but someone breaks into the room and messes it up.

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Am I Blue? (3)
Episode 3

Am I Blue? (3)

Episode 3 • Sep 19, 1993

The police connect the cup in Gaby's room to the missing spaceship. The costume is found in the toy chest. Gaby confesses that she got the money from the cashier, but has no idea how the spaceship got in her toy chest. However, no one believes her except Alex. Just as Alex confesses to the police that Gaby didn't steal the spaceship, The producer of Galaxy Girl rushes over to tell the police that he got a note from Galaxy Girl's #1 fans, and the police suspect Gaby again because she is Galaxy Girl's #1 fan.

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Am I Blue? (4)
Episode 4

Am I Blue? (4)

Episode 4 • Sep 26, 1993

Gaby writes an apology letter to her parents while the team learns of the real culprits identities. Gaby is cleared from the suspect list and to show their forgiveness, her parents and the producer of Galaxy Girl surprise Gaby with a visit from the actress who plays Galaxy Girl.

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Get the Message (1)
Episode 5

Get the Message (1)

Episode 5 • Oct 03, 1993

Tina is videotaping Max setting up his instruments when he is nearly killed in a car accident caused by Mr. Fernandez. Fernandez says that he swerved to avoid hitting someone that ran in front of his car, but Max thinks he did it deliberately. Lenni begins accuse Fernandez of being a reckless driver and Alex angrily begins stalking Lenni. Gaby breaks up her friendship with Tina when Tina writes an unpleasant story in the paper.

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Get the Message (2)
Episode 6

Get the Message (2)

Episode 6 • Oct 10, 1993

Jamal goes straight to the art gallery that Ghostwriter read on one of the shirts of the two men that ran in front of the camera. He learns that one of their paintings was stolen. The security guard chased the thief and it was the same place where the accident occurred. The team's feuding causes Ghostwriter to begin fading away.

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Season 3

13 episodes
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Ghostwriter 3-peat Special
Episode 0

Ghostwriter 3-peat Special

Episode 0 • TBA

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A Crime of Two Cities (1)
Episode 1

A Crime of Two Cities (1)

Episode 1 • Oct 02, 1994

Jamal and his family visit London. England. Jamal and his friends discover a plot to kidnap the son of a famous author. Jamal uses Ghostwriter to warn the team about the plot since the author is in New York.

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A Crime of Two Cities (2)
Episode 2

A Crime of Two Cities (2)

Episode 2 • Oct 09, 1994

Jamal finds out that the code was written by someone named Wise Rita. He tells his friends in New York about the mystery, and they get involved as well.

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A Crime of Two Cities (3)
Episode 3

A Crime of Two Cities (3)

Episode 3 • Oct 16, 1994

Jamal, Becky and Sam find out that the bicyclist's real name is Danny Winkler, and Wise Rita is his aunt. Then Becky and Sam discover something...They can see Ghostwriter! Jamal gets captured by Danny Winkler, and they read the Sophie Madison books for clues to solve the mystery.

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A Crime of Two Cities (4)
Episode 4

A Crime of Two Cities (4)

Episode 4 • Oct 23, 1994

The team tracks down where the author is reading a Sophie Madison book, and where the kidnapping is held. The kidnapper is Danny Winkler's brother.

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Four Days of the Cockatoo (1)
Episode 5

Four Days of the Cockatoo (1)

Episode 5 • Oct 30, 1994

Gaby finds a bird in a dumpster while looking for cans to recycle for her school. She makes a pact with her father to take care of the bird and keep it in her room.

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Season 4

13 episodes
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Loosing Bet
Episode 1

Loosing Bet

Episode 1 • TBA

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For Art's Sake
Episode 2

For Art's Sake

Episode 2 • TBA

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Flagrant Foul
Episode 3

Flagrant Foul

Episode 3 • TBA

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Disappearing Act
Episode 4

Disappearing Act

Episode 4 • TBA

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Moving Parts
Episode 5

Moving Parts

Episode 5 • TBA

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Past Tense
Episode 6

Past Tense

Episode 6 • TBA

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