MUST SEE TV
Ghostbusters On Television
This is a list of Ghostbusters-related programs that are currently airing on United States television.
Listings of special showings are occassionally posted to the Firehouse Forum.
Ghostbusters
"Ghostbusters" airs occassionally on television. To see if it's going to be on anytime soon in your area of the United States, search TV Guide's listings.
Please Note: When the film is shown on broadcast and basic cable TV, it is usually edited and has alternate footage.
Ghostbusters II
"Ghostbusters II" airs occassionally on television. To see if it's going to be on anytime soon in your area of the United States, search TV Guide's listings.
Please Note: When the film is shown on broadcast and basic cable TV, it is usually edited and has alternate footage.
The Real Ghostbusters
"The Real Ghostbusters" is currently airing on the Fox Family cable channel (Monday - Friday at 2:30 PM EST & PST, Saturday & Sunday at 12:00 PM EST & PST). For further listing information, and to find out if you get the Fox Family Channel in your area of the United States, search TV Guide's listings.
Contact Info:
Fox Family Channel Feedback
P.O. Box 1550
Hollywood, CA 90078
foxfamily@foxfreaks.com
Be Forwarned: The Fox Family Channel ruins RGB in the following ways:
- The beginning title sequence is edited. It normally runs 59 seconds, FFC cut it down to 29 seconds.
- FFC sticks commercials in where they don't belong. RGB was designed for three commercial breaks -- after the beginning titles, in the middle of the show, and right before the end credits. FFC doesn't stick the commercials in the first and last break areas, but rather in the middle of the first half of the show and in the middle of the second half of the show (as well as the one in the middle of the show -- where one should be). I'm not sure why they do this, since they air "Heathcliff" (coincidentally, another DIC animated series) with the commercial breaks in the correct places.
- The end credits are altered. No longer will you see the RGB dancing down the street. Instead, you'll see the credits typed up on the right side of the screen and a montage of clips from "Ghosts R Us" and "Take Two" on the left side of the screen (with the RGB theme song playing over it). Most of the time, you won't even see this montage, but rather commercials for FFC's other shows.
- On rare occassions, they won't even show the episode title screen.
- The show, itself, is edited a little bit. How little depends upon the episode. "Look Homeward, Ray" had 1 minute 52 seconds cut from it, "Venkman's Ghost Repellers" had 6 seconds cut from it, and "A Fright At The Opera" had 3 seconds cut from it. The edits usually occur around the areas where the commercials are placed and at the very end of the show (just before the end credits).
- Some episodes, especially latter season episodes, are sped-up/time-compressed.
Extreme Ghostbusters
"Extreme Ghostbusters" is currently airing in syndication. To find out the station(s) and airdates in your area of the United States, search TV Guide's listings.
Pop-Up Video -- Ghostbusters
Ghostbusters is mentioned in Blues Traveler's "The Mountains Win Again" music video, which airs in Show 4.
The Ghostbusters music video gets the Pop-Up Video treatment in Show 104.
To find out when a Pop-Up Video show is going to air on VH-1, check the official Pop-Up Video Airdates list.
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