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Ghostwriter

1992 · 4 seasons · 26m per episode · Mystery, Kids, Sci-Fi & Fantasy

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.

Seasons

• Season 1 — 34 episodes (October 4, 1992)
• Season 2 — 28 episodes (September 12, 1993)
• Season 3 — 12 episodes (October 2, 1994)
• Season 4 — 13 episodes

Cast

• Marcella Lowery as Grandma Cece Jenkins
• William Hernandez as Hector Carrero
• Blaze Berdahl as Lenni Frazier
• Todd Alexander Cohen as Rob Baker
• Melissa Gonzalez as Gaby Fernandez
• Spike Lee as Special Agent Pete
• Sheldon Turnipseed as Jamal Jenkins
• Tram-Anh Tran as Tina Nguyen
• Mayteana Morales as Gaby Fernandez
• David López as Alex Fernandez
• Lateaka Vinson as Casey Austin
• Daisy Fuentes as Galaxy Girl

Details

Created by

Liz Nealon

First aired

October 3, 1992

Episodes

87

Genres

Mystery, Kids, Sci-Fi & Fantasy

Network

BBC Two and PBS Kids

Status

Canceled

TMDB score

7.3 / 10 from 18 votes