TV series

Ghostwriter

1992–1995 · 4 seasons

A cozy, gentle puzzle to solve alongside a friendly group of kids, more encouraging than scary.

Overview: 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.
How it feels: Warm, earnest, light and eerie. Measured and easy to follow.
About: Friendship, mystery, found family, coming-of-age
Content: Mild violence. No gore, sexual content or swearing.
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Tone: warmstrength 2 of 3
earneststrength 2 of 3
lightstrength 2 of 3
eeriestrength 1 of 3
Pacing: measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: easy-watch, 2 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: friendship
mystery
found family
coming-of-age
education
Places: big city
school
home
Era: contemporary
Audience: kids
Form: serialised
ensemble
Content intensity: Gore none
Language none
Violence mild
Sex none