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.

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