Goosebumps (TV series)
| Goosebumps | |
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Intertitle for the first and second seasons of the Goosebumps TV series
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| Genre |
Supernatural fiction Horror Adventure Suspense Comedy-drama |
| Created by | R. L. Stine |
| Based on |
Goosebumps by R.L. Stine |
| Developed by | Deborah Forte |
| Theme music composer | Jack Lenz |
| Country of origin | Canada United States |
| Original language(s) | English |
| No. of seasons | 4 |
| No. of episodes | 74 (list of episodes) |
| Production | |
| Executive producer(s) | Deborah Forte |
| Running time | 24 minutes (regular) 48 minutes (specials) |
| Production company(s) |
Scholastic Entertainment Gajdecki Visual Effects |
| Distributor |
20th Television (North America) Saban International (outside North America) |
| Release | |
| Original network |
YTV (Canada) Fox Kids (U.S.) NHK (Japan) |
| Original release | 27 October 1995 – 16 November 1998 |
| External links | |
| Website | |
Goosebumps is a Canadian-American horror anthology television series based on R. L. Stine's best-selling Goosebumps book series.
It was filmed in Toronto, Ontario and Bellevue, Washington.
Anthology series about kids, pre-teens and teenagers finding themselves in eerie and unusual situations, typically involving supernatural elements.
Goosebumps originally began airing on YTV (in English) and Canal Famille (in French) in Canada and on Fox Kids in the United States starting in 1995 and ending in 1998, with reruns on Fox Family lasting until 1999 and 2001 respectively. Every October from 2007 to 2009, Cartoon Network aired the episodes. From September 6, 2011 until 2014, The Hub broadcast the series.
When Goosebumps was first broadcast on Fox Kids, an episode of Goosebumps would begin with a warning "Goosebumps is rated GB-7, because it may be too spooky for children under seven." Similar ratings were used on other Fox Kids shows. However, when the V-chip and the U.S. television ratings system took effect in 1996, the GB-7 rating was discontinued and given the TV-Y7 rating for scenes and plot elements considered too scary and/or gross for children under seven. On Cartoon Network, the show was rated TV-PG for scary/disturbing content. The show is now rerated back to TV-Y7 for fantasy violence (FV) on The Hub.
The opening sequence starts with a man dressed in black carrying his briefcase up a hill. The name engraved on the briefcase reveals the mysterious man to be Goosebumps' author, R. L. Stine. A strong wind blows, opening Stine's case, and his papers fly out, one of which turns into a "G" seen on the Goosebumps logo, only it was black shadow, and glides through an unnamed town. The "G" passes by a woman on a billboard, making her unhappy, and passes by a dog on a porch, which causes its eyes to glow demonically (this shot is referenced in the episode "My Hairiest Adventure"; Larry says "Now this seems familiar...". The same shot was also used in continuity links in UK airings on Fox Kids). The "G" then creeps past a tree, down a sidewalk, and into the front door of a house and begins showing a quick montage of clips from several episodes with an announcer growling, "Viewer, beware, you're in for a scare!", remade from the tagline, "Reader, beware, you're in for a scare!" used in the Goosebumps book series.
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