Ghostwriter is an American children's television series created by Liz Nelson and produced by the Children's Television Workshop (now known as Sesame Workshop) and BBC One. It premiered on PBS on October 4, 1992, and the final episode aired on February 12, 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. The ghost 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.
Jamal releases Ghostwriter while cleaning the basement. Jamal, Alex, Lenni, and Gaby come together through the bond of Ghostwriter's mysterious messages to them all. They all come together to solve a rash of mysterious backpack thefts and their connection to a group of gamers calling themselves the THABTOs, an acronym for Two Heads Are Better Than One.
Guest stars: Samuel L. Jackson as Jamal's dad, Wil Horneff as Calvin Ferguson, and Mark Linn-Baker as the policeman
Jamal is angered when Mr. Brinker (Max Wright), owner of the local electronics store, yells at him. But that night, when Brinker's burns down, the shopkeeper accuses Jamal of arson to cover up his own involvement in the fire, which itself was a cover for a much more serious crime that he committed. Ghostwriter reveals himself to both Craig and Tina.
Guest stars: Samuel L. Jackson as Jamal's dad, Jeremy Miller as Craig, and Lou Albano as the taxi driver interviewed by Gaby and Tina
Alex has aspirations to become class president, but one of his competitors starts a smear campaign, putting up fliers with embarrassing personal secrets. One of the initial suspects is new transfer student Rob, because of his withdrawn nature, but that status changes once Ghostwriter reveals himself to him. Eventually Alex realizes that one of his many pen pals might be involved in the dirty politics, and might be leaking info to the real dirty politician, Calvin Ferguson (Joey Shea), whose main goal is to keep Alex from winning.