Syfy Renews Hit Unscripted Series Ghost Hunters and Paranormal Witness

Each series received a 13 episode order to premiere in 2015. It will mark the 10th season for Ghost Hunters and 4th for Paranormal Witness. The announcement was made on Oct. 29.

Syfy announced the pickups of Ghost Hunters Season 10 and Paranormal Witness Season 4. Both hit paranormal series receive 13 episode orders and will return in 2015 to create a chilling night of original programming for the network.

"We couldn’t be more excited about entering a brand new decade of paranormal investigations with Jason Hawes, a refreshed TAPS team and Ghost Hunters," said Heather Olander, SVP, alternative series development and production for Syfy. "We also eagerly anticipate the return of a revitalized and scarier than ever Paranormal Witness: True Terror, which features shocking firsthand accounts of truly frightening and skin-crawling supernatural experiences – including the real-life story of the hit movie, The Conjuring."

To date, Season 9 of Ghost Hunters has averaged 1.7 million total viewers, 841,000 viewers in Adults 18-49 and 983,000 viewers in Adults 25-54 (all data Live +7). The two-hour, 200th reunion episode, which aired October 22, was watched by 1.3 million total viewers and was the No. 1 unscripted show of the night among Adults 18-49 and Adults 25-54 (all data Live +SD).

Season 3 of Paranormal Witness delivered 1.47 million total viewers, 782,000 Adults 18-49 and 833,000 Adults 25-54 (all data Live +7). The season, which aired in 2013, ranked as Syfy’s No. 3 most-watched unscripted series.

Ghost Hunters is produced for Syfy by Craig Piligian's Pilgrim Studios (Fast N’ Loud, Street Outlaws, The Ultimate Fighter). Piligian, Mike Nichols, Thomas Thayer and Alan David serve as executive producers.

Paranormal Witness: True Terror is produced by Raw TV (Locked Up Abroad and Gold Rush).  Executive Producers are Mark Lewis and Bart Layton.  Series Producer is Rebecca North.

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