Four to six years after The Real Ghostbusters dropped off the air completely (depending on where you lived), rumors began to fly over the possibility of a third Ghostbusters movie. Several comparable franchises had gotten another chance, and it only seemed right that Ghostbusters should follow suit. While fans waited for a third movie to develop, Sony brought us Extreme Ghostbusters.

Egon Spengler, Janine, and Slimer return in the series, gathering together four of Egon's students in a return to the ghost-busting buisness. This ragtag new team of college students includes Kylie a goth girl obsessed with the paranormal, Eduardo a cocky slacker, Roland the sensible brains, and Garrett the wheelchair-bound rush junkie from Brooklyn Heights.

When there are extreme new ghosts trying to take over the world, who ya gonna call? The Extreme Ghostbusters, of course!

The series was produced by Sony and brought back much of the original cast from The Real Ghostbusters. This led to many stories being connected to the original series, such as a return of The Grundel and even a return of the entire original cast for a two-part special.

While many fans complained about P.C. character cliches and the pointlessly updated equipment (which was at first shown to be a necessity, although the old equipment was later used to complete success), the stories were fairly solid and showed plenty of promise. Sadly, Sony and the company that was given the rights to distribute the cartoon did everything wrong when it came to promoting the show and giving it good time slots for airing. Many areas aired the show well into the morning when the older fans were at work; further, the age group for which the show was suited was at school, leaving only preschool children with the available time to watch it on a daily basis.

Sadly, the show ran for only one 40-episode season. That said, the cartoon did seem to last past its prime, with a run of toys and video games that stayed on shelves long after the show was over.

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The series spanned a total of 40 episodes from Sept 2007 to Dec. 2007. They were aired in Syndication mostly on UPN or Fox Stations & later on the Sci-Fi Channel.

#	Episode Name	Air Date
1	Darkness at Noon: Part 1	Sept. 1, 1997
2	Darkness at Noon: Part 2	Sept. 2, 1997
3	True Face of a Monster	Sept. 3, 1997
4	Fear Itself	Sept. 4, 1997
5	Deadliners	Sept. 5, 1997
6	Casting the Runes	Sept. 8, 1997
7	The Infernal Machine	Sept. 9, 1997
8	Home Is Where The Horror Is	Sept. 10, 1997
9	Killjoys	Sept. 11, 1997
10	The Unseen	Sept. 12, 1997
11	The Crawler	Sept. 22, 1997
12	Ghost Piper of Manhattan	Sept. 23, 1997
13	Be Careful What You Wish For	Sept. 24, 1997
14	Greased	Sept. 25, 1997
15	The Jersey Devil Made Me Do It	Sept. 26, 1997
16	Dry Spell	Sept. 29, 1997
17	Sonic Youth	Sept. 30, 1997
18	Ghost Apocalyptic Future	Oct. 1, 1997
19	Bird of Prey	Oct. 2, 1997
20	Seeds of Destruction	Oct. 3, 1997
21	The Luck Of The Irish	Nov. 3, 1997
22	The Ghostmakers	Nov. 4, 1997
23	Slimer's Sacrafice	Nov. 5, 1997
24	Grundelesque	Nov. 6, 1997
25	In Your Dreams	Nov. 7, 1997
26	Moby Ghost	Nov. 10, 1997
27	Fall Out	Nov. 12, 1997
28	Eyes of a Dragon	Nov. 13, 1997
29	Till Death Do Us Start	Nov. 14, 1997
30	Glutton for Punishment	Nov. 24, 1997
31	Ghost in the Machine	Nov. 25, 1997
32	Dog Days	Nov. 26, 1997
33	Mole People	Nov. 27, 1997
34	Temporary Insanity	Nov. 28, 1997
35	Rage	Dec. 1, 1997
36	Heart of Darkness	Dec. 2, 1997
37	Back in the Saddle: Part 1	Dec. 3, 1997
38	Back in the Saddle: Part 2	Dec. 4, 1997
39	The Sphinx	Dec. 5, 1997
40	Witchy Woman	Dec. 8, 1997

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