Ghostbusters (later called
Filmation's Ghostbusters) is a 1986 American
animated television series created by
Filmation and distributed by
Tribune Entertainment, serving as the sequel to Filmation's 1975
live-action television show
The Ghost Busters.
[
It is not to be confused with
Columbia Pictures' 1984 film
Ghostbusters or that film's subsequent animated television show
The Real Ghostbusters, which premiered five days later.
[2] When making their film, Columbia Pictures needed to obtain rights to use the name from Filmation.
The success of Columbia's (unrelated) film spurred Filmation to resurrect their own property, producing an animated series based on the characters from the earlier TV show.
[3] This animated series ran from September 8 to December 5,
1986 in daytime syndication, and produced 65 episodes. The series is technically called simply
Ghostbusters, but home video releases used the name
Filmation's Ghostbusters to avoid confusion. In the U.S., reruns of the show previously aired on
CBN Cable; The Family Channel,
Qubo's
Qubo Night Owl block from 2010 to 2013;
[4][5][6] and most recently on the
Retro Television Network until 2015.
[7][8]
In the '80s,
ABC aired the series in Australia