The total wife, Nise and I love us some Ghost Hunters. We’ve been with these guys since the beginnings. Through their spotty broadcast schedules and their not terribly interesting foray into the rest of the world, Ghost Hunters International, we’ve been with them, squinting at way dark IR footage, straining to hear faint EVPs through cracks and pops in the digital audio. As a matter of fact, just last night we ventured out to the University of New Hampshire and sat among the other paranormal dorks to see Grant and Jason get down and lecture about the paranormal and their experience. It was a good time. Their chemistry is the real deal. It’s no wonder that they’re one of the biggest shows on Sci-Fi. They showed a lot of footage from the show and played some of the bigger EVPs from the show, so the real money came in the form of stuff from before their TV ghost hunting days, namely a clip of Grant getting slammed comically out of frame by a chain link fence gate swung by an unseen hand. It was hilarious. The clip of the night. We love these guys.
The Hollywood Reporter is, um, reporting that Sci-Fi still can’t get enough and that a new spinoff pilot is in the wings, getting ready to roll out, tentatively titled Ghost Hunters: College Edition. I’ve made my opinion of that other college themed paranormal show pretty well known in that I think that Ryan Buell is a fucking sensationalist asshole, so it’s nice to see that the paranormal TV yardstick is putting their hat in the ring to show everyone how it’s done.
One experienced investigator is to lead college students around the country, much like Ghost Hunters, checking out this haunt or that. You can expect nothing new except some new locations and what sounds like an almost entirely new cast of players. It’s probably a safe assumption that the show will fill in any gaps left by Ghost Hunters and International in order to keep the paranormal rotation going without end since the show is so incredibly affordable and massively popular. Through four seasons, it continues to grow in popularity and maintains its number two position in the network’s ratings after Sanctuary.
