The Real Ghostbusters

The Real Ghostbusters
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Created by	Dan Aykroyd Harold Ramis
Developed by	Columbia Pictures Television DiC Enterprises
Starring	Lorenzo Music (seasons 1–2) Maurice LaMarche Frank Welker Arsenio Hall (seasons 1–3) Dave Coulier (seasons 3–7) Buster Jones (seasons 4–7) Laura Summer (seasons 1–2) Kath Soucie (seasons 3–7) Jeff Altman
Theme music composer	Ray Parker Jr.
Opening theme	"Ghostbusters" by John Smith
Composer(s)	Haim Saban Shuki Levy (1986–89) Thomas Chase Jones Steve Rucker (1990–91)
Country of origin	United States
Original language(s)	English
No. of seasons	7
No. of episodes	140 33 (Slimer! Spin-off shorts) (list of episodes)
Production
Executive producer(s)	Joe Medjuck Micheal C. Gross
Producer(s)	Jean Chalopin Andy Heyward Richard Raynis Tetsuo Katayama
Running time	14–24 minutes
Production company(s)	DiC Enterprises Columbia Pictures Television Coca-Cola Telecommunications (Season 2)
Distributor	Sony Pictures Television
Release
Original network	ABC (1986-1991) Syndicated (1987)
Picture format	480i SDTV
Audio format	Stereo
Original release	September 13, 1986 – September 5, 1992
Chronology
Followed by	Extreme Ghostbusters

The Real Ghostbusters is an American animated television series, a spinoff of the 1984 comedy movie Ghostbusters. The series ran from September 13, 1986 to October 5, 1991, and was produced by Columbia Pictures Television, DiC Enterprises, and Coca-Cola Telecommunications. J. Michael Straczynski was story editor, and wrote episodes for every season except four and seven. "The Real" was added to the title after a dispute with Filmation and its Ghost Busters properties. The series continues the adventures of paranormal investigators Dr. Peter Venkman, Dr. Egon Spengler, Dr. Ray Stantz, Winston Zeddemore, their secretary Janine Melnitz and their mascot ghost Slimer.

There also were two ongoing Real Ghostbusters comics, one published monthly by Now Comics in the United States and the other published weekly (originally biweekly) by Marvel Comics in the United Kingdom, and a popular toy line manufactured by Kenner.

The series follows the continuing adventures of the four Ghostbusters, their secretary Janine, their accountant Louis, and their mascot Slimer, as they chase and capture rogue spirits around New York and various other areas of the world.

At the start of the fourth season in 1988, the show was retitled to Slimer! and the Real Ghostbusters. It aired in a one-hour time slot, which the show began doing under its original name earlier that same year in January. In addition to the regular thirty-minute Real Ghostbusters episode, a half-hour Slimer sub-series was added that included 2–3 short animated segments focusing on the character Slimer. Animation for the Slimer! cartoons was handled by Wang Film Productions. At the end of its seven-season run, 147 episodes had aired, including the syndicated episodes and 13 episodes of Slimer, with multiple episodes airing out of production order.