Ghost Hunters on Sci Fi: Renewed And Expanded

If you have DirecTV, then you have the Sci Fi channel, if you have Sci Fi, then you’ve got Ghost Hunters and if you haven’t seen it, you should definitely check it out. Last years season was the most watched of the paranormal series’ career. Now, Sci Fi has announced that the show isn’t just going to be renewed for another season, but that its success has has to an expansion of the franchise and the partnership between the Sci Fi channel and the show’s maker, Pilgrim Films and Television.

The new deal includes a sixth season of “Ghost Hunters,” a second season of “Ghost Hunters International”, plus a six-episode order of the new pilot “Ghost Hunters: New Generation”. On top of all that, Pilgrim Films and Television has been asked to create a whole new series for the Sci Fi Channel which they hope to premiere next year.

Although Ghost Hunters premiered five years ago, it still ranks as one of the most popular shows on television. The show itself revolves around two plumbers living in Rhode Island, Jason Hawes and Grant Wilson. The two work for Roto-Rooter as plumbers during the day and then run the organization that that founded, The Atlantic Paranormal Society (TAPS), in their off time. The Ghost Hunters spin-off, “Ghost Hunters International,” first aired in January of 2008 and has been doing very well in the ratings, which is why it is being welcomed back to DirecTV programming for another round this year.

Their will also be more paranormal investigations afoot this year when season one of Ghost Hunters: New Generation, originally called Ghost Hunters: College Edition, airs for its first exciting season. The new show will revolve around the paranormal adventures of a group of college students and their experienced instructors as they seek out and investigate some of the most renowned haunts in the US and abroad. You won’t want to miss a moment of the great new footage that will be available this season on the Sci Fi channel, and you can count on DirecTV to bring all the spooky action directly to your living room in high definition.

Jon & Kate Plus 8 Is A Great Handful

If you have multiple children, or just love good reality television shows with interesting angles, “Jon & Kate Plus 8” is a good candidate for your viewing time. This highly rated TLC channel reality show is produced here in the United States, and chronicles Jon and Kate Gosselin’s efforts to successfully raise both a set of fraternal twin girls and a set of sextuplets consisting of three fraternal boys and three paternal girls. Talk about a handful!

Although it originally aired on Discovery Health, “Jon & Kate Plus 8” has found its new home on DirecTV’s TLC network (channel 280, or 1280 for the ever so handy Video On Demand Version).

Kate and Jon Gosselin both come from fairly decent sized families, but not anywhere near the size that they have now. Shortly after their married in June of 1999, Jon and Katie discovered that due to Katie’s diagnosis of polycystic ovary syndrome, a fertility specialist would be required if they ever hoped to reproduce. Finally after a successful attempt with intrauterine insemination, Kate became pregnant with twins, and gave birth to Cara Nicole and Madelyn. After a few years they decided that they wanted another child so they went the fertility treatment route again, only this time, sextuplets were discovered. Both Kate and Jon were against any form of selective reduction, so in May of 2004, Kate gave birth to Alexis Faith, Hannah Joy, Aaden Jonathan, Collin Thomas, Leah Hope, and Joel Kevin.

With all the media attention this large family has received, “Jon & Kate Plus 8” has only grown more popular, boosting the TLC network’s rating and turning out to be one of the most hectic but entertaining reality shows on the DirecTV lineup, and with Season five starting before June, viewers and fans will have plenty to look forward to.