Ghost Town/Broadcast

A more detailed insight to the broadcast of Ghost Town over time and throughout the world.

Season one
Due to being a British series, every episode of Ghost Town has aired in the UK before any other country. The series was originally slated to premiere on November 13, 2015, with episodes airing weekly, however it was ultimately decided to bring the premiere forward to October 31, 2015 to air as part of Dessin Spookfest 2K15 due to the supernatural themes of the series. It premiered at 8pm, and the rest of the first season began to air weekly from November 20 at 8pm as originally planned. The series took a midseason break after its seventh episode, before returning on May 6, 2016 and airing weekly until the finale on June 10.

This timeslot of Fridays at 8pm was a staple for the series in its early years, with reruns of the series airing in the slot. The series also aired reruns on Mondays at 9pm from November 16 onwards, which would also be used for an encore of the previous Friday's episode while new episodes were airing, as well as on weekends at 5pm.

Season two
The second season premiered on October 31, 2016 at 8pm, again part of the Dessin Spookfest block. This was due to the episode being a Halloween special. The series returned on March 3, 2017, retaining its Friday at 8pm slot. The series went on a break after the seventh episode on April 7. It returned on October 6, however due to the new fortnightly Friday Films block on Dessin episode 11 (October 27) was moved to 6pm to avoid clashing with films. Season 2 ended on November 10, 2017.

Following the end of its second season the series began to rerun throughout the week for the first time, with reruns airing on weekdays at 6pm, in addition to its Monday at 9pm and weekends at 5pm slot, although its Friday at 8pm slot was retired after the season ended.

Season three
The series returned for its third season on August 2, 2018. To avoid further clashes with Friday Films, premieres moved to Thursdays at 8pm. The third season was the longest so far with 16 episodes compared to the first and second seasons which each had 13 episodes. The first eight episodes premiered weekly before the midseason break after the eighth episode premiered on September 8.

The series returned on February 14 in the same timeslot, airing weekly until the season ended on April 4, 2019.

Due to the higher amount of episodes available to air after the season ended, the number of reruns were bumped up. It retained its previous slots (weekdays at 6pm, Mondays at 9pm and weekends at 5pm), and the weekend slot was bumped up to double bills rather than single episodes, as well as a late night slot on weekends at 12:30am being added.

Season four
The fourth season premiered on December 12, 2019 at 8pm. Similarly to season three, it consisted of 16 episodes, airing in two sets of eight episodes. No episode premiered on December 26 so the first set aired over nine weeks, with the midseason break beginning after the eighth episode premiered on February 6, 2020.

The series returned on July 16, 2020, airing weekly until the season ended on September 3.

Season five
The fifth season had originally been slated for release in Q2 2021, but on September 23, 2020 BaconMatthew announced on social media that the season would be delayed until later in the year due to the effect of the COVID-19 pandemic. A teaser trailer released on April 2, 2021 revealed the premiere date to be September 9, 2021. The season made its premiere on that date at 8pm, again containing 16 episodes. The first eight episodes aired weekly until October 28 for the midseason break.

The series returned for its ninth episode, a Christmas special, which aired on December 24, 2021 at 7pm as part of Dessin's Christmas Eve block. The season is slated to return in February 2022 for its final seven episodes.

Current
The series currently airs 16 times per week on Dessin. Its current timeslots are:


 * Weekdays at 6pm
 * Weekdays at 9:30pm
 * Weekends at 2pm (double bill)
 * Weekends at 12:30am

United States
All times mentioned are in ET.

Season one
The series was picked up in the United States by Cartoon Network's late night block Adult Swim. The series premiered on Tuesday October 4, 2016 at 11pm, with new episodes airing in double bills every Tuesday. The season concluded on November 5, 2016, with reruns beginning from then onwards, with episodes usually airing on Tuesdays and Wednesdays at 1:30am.

Season two
The second season premiered as a part of Adult Swim's Halloween 2017 marathon, with the first episode airing on October 30, 2017 at 11:30pm. Further new episodes began airing from November 2, 2017, with double bills airing on Thursdays at 11pm. The season finale on December 7, 2017 was followed by a mini-marathon, with four fan-favourite episodes airing from 12-2am.

Season three
The series returned to Adult Swim for its third season on January 10, 2019, retaining the second season's timeslot of Thursdays at 11pm but airing single episodes rather than double bills to avoid overtaking the UK in broadcasting episodes. The season ended on April 25, 2019.

Season four
The fourth season began airing on Adult Swim on March 12, 2020, airing on Thursdays at 11:30pm. To avoid overtaking the UK, the season took a break after its eighth episode aired on April 30. The series returned on August 27, airing in the same timeslot until the end of the season on October 15.

The series currently airs reruns sporadically on Adult Swim. Two episodes are shown each week, almost always on Tuesday and Thursday, with the timeslot varying from anywhere between 11pm and 5am.

Canada
All times are in ET.

Similarly to the United States, the series was picked up by Adult Swim in Canada. The series premiered on November 16, 2016 at 7pm. This Wednesdays at 7pm timeslot has remained a constant for the series' new episodes, and has been used ever since. The series tends to rerun on weekends at 8pm, as well as various late night slots.