SyFy has officially renewed their longest running reality series, “Ghost Hunters,” for a tenth season due to hit the network in 2015. Not only that, but the TAPS team were photographed in Pennsylvania investigating The Cumberland County Prison as early as Wednesday. Through its various time slot changes and casting swaps, the show lead by Jason Hawes has remained widely popular since its debut in 2004. Fans were pleased when the fifth part of season nine premiered this past October, but this is where the problem started.
The ninth season of “Ghost Hunters,” for whatever reason, was broken into five pieces: 7 episodes from January 2013 – February 2013, 5 episodes from June 2013 – July 2013, 4 episodes in October 2013, 6 episodes from January 2014 – February 2014, and 4 episodes in October 2014. Still, the premiere episode of piece five was watched by 1,670,000 viewers, showing that TAPS is still the most popular paranormal investigating team on the block. However, fans of “Ghost Hunters” are still outraged over the fact that their show is being aired in such an odd fashion.
After numerous angry messages from fans, Jason Hawes took to his Official Facebook Page yesterday to address the fans on the future of “Ghost Hunters,” the future of TAPS, and to cool them down on all of the above. His letter reads:
“Occasionally I’ll post things about the show and [I] find there are some angered responses due to some short runs of ‘Ghost Hunters’ airing on Syfy as of late. I in no way get angry at the person posting their frustration and no one else should, but I want to clear the air and make sure you have the correct information.
This has NOTHING to do with me, TAPS or Pilgrim Films. NBC/Syfy owns the Syfy channel. They are the ones who make the call on what, when and how many episodes of a show airs on their channel.
I want you all to know that I respect the feelings of those who are annoyed, frustrated, angered, etc. It just shouldn’t be directed towards the TAPS or Ghost Hunters crew. We are out working hard and investigating.
Syfy’s breaking up the season is their choice. If it was my choice, you’d see ‘Ghost Hunters’ on EVERY week. Cases we caught stuff, cases we debunked, daily life of the TAPS crew, etc. We at ‘TAPS, Ghost Hunters’ have been filming new episodes for months. We have brought back some loved TAPS members, investigated some AWESOME locations and more. We’re using some new equipment that has enabled us to catch some of the most incredible evidence we have caught ever.
So, again I want you all to know I appreciate the support and I understand your frustration. TAPS can’t change it. It’s Syfy Channel’s choice. Thanks for the continued support over the years and helping us make the field more respected in so many ways.”
