List of Halloween television specials

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This is a list of Halloween television specials and Halloween-themed television episodes.

Children and family[edit]

Cartoon Network/Boomerang/Discovery Family[edit]

Adventure Time[edit]

  • "Slumber Party Panic" (2010)
  • "The Creeps" (2011)
  • "From Bad to Worse" (2011)
  • "No One Can Hear You" (2011)
  • "Ghost Fly" (2014)
  • "Blank-Eyed Girl" (2016)

The Cartoon Network Minecraft Show[edit]

  • "Happy Halloween!" (2016)
  • "Friday the 13th" (2017)
  • "The Monster!" (2017)
  • "The Costume Contest!" (2018)
  • "Flapjack's Halloween" (2019)
  • "Zombie Gumball!" (2020)
  • "The Halloween Heist!" (2020)
  • "The Zombie Apocalypse!" (2021)
  • "Saw" (2022)
  • "Saw II" (2022)
  • "Saw III" (2022)
  • "Frankenstein!" (2022)
  • "Nightmare on Chowder Street" (2022)
  • "Grup's Big Halloween!" (2022)
  • "Scream!" (2023)
  • "Grup's Exorcism" (2023)
  • "Saw IV" (2023)
  • "Child's Play" (2023)
  • "The Texas Chainsaw Massacre!" (2023)
  • "The Monster Mash!" (2023)
  • "Five Nights at Freddy's!" (2023)
  • "It" (2023)
  • "The Halloween Purge" (2023)
  • "Five Nights at Freddy's 2" (2023)
  • "Five Nights at Freddy's 3" (2023)
  • "Five Nights at Freddy's 4" (2023)

Courage the Cowardly Dog[edit]

  • "Courage Meets Bigfoot" (1999)
  • "The Demon in the Mattress" (1999)
  • "Night of the Weremole" (1999)
  • "Shirley the Medium" (2000)
  • "King Ramses' Curse" (2000)
  • "Courage Meets the Mummy" (2001)

Regular Show[edit]

  • "Terror Tales of the Park" (2011)
  • "Terror Tales of the Park II" (2012)
  • "Terror Tales of the Park III" (2013)
  • "Terror Tales of the Park IV" (2014)
  • "Terror Tales of the Park V" (2015)
  • "Terror Tales of the Park VI" (2016)

Teen Titans Go![edit]

  • "Halloween" (2014)
  • "Scary Figure Dance" (2015)
  • "Halloween v Christmas" (2016)
  • Costume Contest" (2017)
  • "Monster Squad!" (2018)
  • "Witches Brew" (2019)
  • "Ghost with the Most" (2020)
  • "Pepo the Pumpkinman" (2021)
  • "Welcome to Halloween" (2022)
  • Haunted Tank" (2023)

Total Drama[edit]

Disney[edit]

Winnie the Pooh[edit]

Ultimate Spider-Man[edit]

  • Blade (2013)
  • The Howling Commandos (2013)
  • Halloween Night at the Museum (2014)
  • Strange Little Halloween (2016)

Goosebumps[edit]

  • The Haunted Mask (1995)
  • Attack of the Jack-O'-Lanterns (1996)
  • The Haunted Mask II (1996)

Nickelodeon/Nicktoons/Nick Jr.[edit]

(2022)

PAW Patrol[edit]

  • "Pups and the Ghost Pirate" (2013)
  • "Pups Save a Ghost" / "Pups Save a Show" (2014)
  • "Pups Save a Sniffle" / "Pups and the Ghost Cabin" (2015)
  • "Mission PAW: Royally Spooked" / "Pups Save Monkey-Dinger" (2017)
  • "Pups Save the Trick-or-Treaters" / "Pups Save an Out of Control Mini Patrol" (2018)
  • "Pups and the Werepuppy" / "Pups Save a Sleepwalking Mayor" (2018)
  • "Pups Rescue a Rescuer" / "Pups Save the Phantom of the Frog Pond" (2020)
  • "Pups vs. Ouchy Paws" / "Pups Save a Glow-in-the-Dark Party" (2021)
  • "Pups Stop the Return of Humsquatch/Pups Save a Lonely Ghost" (2022)

Power Rangers[edit]

Animaniacs[edit]

  • Animaniacs (1993):
    • (Season 1, Episode 29): Hot, Bothered & Bedeviled / Moon Over Minerva (1993)
    • (Season 1, Episode 30): Draculee, Draculaa / Phranken-Runt (1993)
    • (Season 1, Episode 62): Scare Happy Slappy / Witch One / MacBeth (1994)
  • Animaniacs (2020): (Season 1, Episode 11) Phantomaniacs | Fear and Laughter in Burbank | Bride of Pinky | Things That Go Bump in the Night (2020)
  • Pinky and the Brain: (Season 3, Episode 17) A Pinky and the Brain Halloween (1997)

Looney Tunes[edit]

Scooby-Doo[edit]

American drama[edit]

Desperate Housewives[edit]

Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman[edit]

ER[edit]

  • ER: "Ghosts" (1996)
  • ER: "Masquerade" (1998)
  • ER: "A Hopeless Wound" (2002)
  • ER: "Haunted" (2008)

Grey's Anatomy[edit]

Hart of Dixie[edit]

Lassie[edit]

  • Lassie: "Trapped" (1958)
  • Lassie: "Wings of the Ghost" (1971)

Little House on the Prairie[edit]

Our House[edit]

The Resident[edit]

St. Elsewhere[edit]

Action[edit]

Chuck[edit]

  • "Chuck Versus the Sandworm" (2007)
  • "Chuck Versus the Aisle of Terror" (2010)

The Dukes of Hazzard[edit]

The Fall Guy[edit]

MacGyver[edit]

Crime and mystery[edit]

9-1-1[edit]

  • 9-1-1: "Haunted" (2018)
  • 9-1-1: "Monsters" (2019)
  • 9-1-1: "Ghost Stories" (2021)

Castle[edit]

CHiPs[edit]

  • CHiPs: "Trick or Trick" (1978)
  • CHiPs: "Rock Devil Rock" (1982)

The Commish[edit]

Criminal Minds[edit]

CSI (franchise)[edit]

The Hardy Boys/Nancy Drew Mysteries[edit]

Hawaii Five-0[edit]

  • Hawaii Five-0: "Ka Iwi Kapu" ("Sacred Bones") (2011)
  • Hawaii Five-0: "Mohai" ("Offering") (2012)
  • Hawaii Five-0: "Kupouli ‘la" ("Broken") (2013)
  • Hawaii Five-0: "Ho‘oma‘ike" ("Unmasked") (2014)
  • Hawaii Five-0: "Na Pilikua Nui" ("Monsters") (2015)
  • Hawaii Five-0: "Ka hale ho‘okauweli" ("House of horrors") (2016)
  • Hawaii Five-0: "Kama‘oma‘o, ka ‘aina huli hana" ("At Kama'oma'o, the land of activities") (2017)
  • Hawaii Five-0:" "A‘ohe mea ‘imi a ka maka" ("Nothing more the eyes to search for") (2018)
  • Hawaii Five-0: "He ‘oi‘o kuhihewa; he kaka ola i ‘ike ‘ia e ka makaula" ("Don't blame ghosts and spirits for one's troubles; a human is responsible") (2019)

Law & Order (franchise)[edit]

Murder, She Wrote[edit]

NCIS (franchise)[edit]

  • NCIS: "Witch Hunt" (2006)
  • NCIS: "Murder 2.0" (2008)
  • NCIS: "Code of Conduct" (2009)
  • NCIS: "Cracked" (2010)
  • NCIS: "Oil & Water" (2013)
  • NCIS: "Parental Guidance Suggested" (2014)
  • NCIS: New Orleans: "Master of Horror" (2014)
  • NCIS: "Viral" (2015)
  • NCIS: "Shell Game" (2016)
  • NCIS: "Beneath the Surface" (2018)

The Wild Wild West[edit]

Supernatural, fantasy and sci-fi[edit]

Amazing Stories[edit]

  • 1985
    • "Ghost Train" (1985)
    • "Mummy, Daddy" (1985)
    • "Boo!" (1986)
    • "Go to the Head of the Class" (1986)
    • "Welcome to My Nightmare" (1986)
  • 2020: "Dynoman and the Volt!" (2020)

American Horror Story[edit]

Buffy the Vampire Slayer/Angel[edit]

Charmed[edit]

  • "All Halliwell's Eve" (2000)
  • "Kill Billie, Volume 1" (2005)

Charmed (2018)[edit]

  • "Sweet Tooth" (2018)
  • "Be Careful What You Witch For" (2019)

Chilling Adventures of Sabrina[edit]

  • "Chapter 1: October Country" (2018)
  • "Chapter 2: Dark Baptism" (2018)

Chucky[edit]

    • "Give Me Something Good to Eat' (2021)
    • "Halloween II" (2022)

Ghost Hunters[edit]

see also List of Ghost Hunters episodes#Specials
  • "Halloween Special" (2005)
  • "Ghost Hunters Live Stanley Hotel Halloween Special" (2006)
  • "Ghost Hunters Live Waverly Hills Sanatorium Halloween Special" (2007)
  • "Ghost Hunters Live Fort Delaware Halloween Special" (2008)
  • "Ghost Hunters Live Essex County Sanitarium Halloween Special" (2009)
  • "Ghost Hunters Live Buffalo Central Terminal Halloween Special" (2010)
  • "Ghost Hunters Live Pennhurst State School and Hospital Halloween Special" (2011)

Ghost Whisperer[edit]

  • "Weight of What Was" (2007)
  • "Head Over Heels" (2009)

Good Witch[edit]

  • "Good Witch Halloween" (2015)
  • "Secrets of Grey House" (2016)
  • "Good Witch Spellbound" (2017)
  • "Tale of Two Hearts" (2018)
  • "Curse from a Rose" (2019)

The Greatest American Hero[edit]

  • "The Beast in Black" (1981)
  • "A Chicken in Every Pot" (1982)
  • "The Devil and the Deep Blue Sea" (1982)
  • "The Resurrection of Carlini" (1982)

Haunted Lives: True Ghost Stories[edit]

  • "Episode 1" (1991)
  • "Episode 2" (1992)
  • "Episode 3" AKA "Real Ghosts" (1995)

Highway to Heaven[edit]

  • "The Devil and Jonathan Smith" (1985)
  • "I Was a Middle Aged Werewolf" (1987)

Into the Dark[edit]

  • "The Body" (2018)
  • "Uncanny Annie" (2019)

Knight Rider[edit]

  • "Halloween Knight" (1984)
  • "Voodoo Knight" (1986)

Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman[edit]

  • "When Irish Eyes Are Killing" (1995)
  • "Never on Sunday" (1996)
  • "Ghosts" (1996)

Night Man[edit]

Quantum Leap[edit]

  • "The Boogieman" (1990)
  • "The Curse of Ptah-Hotep" (1992)
  • '"Blood Moon" (1993)

Smallville[edit]

Superboy[edit]

Supernatural[edit]

Tales from the Darkside[edit]

Teen Wolf[edit]

Touched by an Angel[edit]

Unsolved Mysteries[edit]

The Vampire Diaries[edit]

Wonder Woman[edit]

Teen drama[edit]

Freeform[edit]

The TV channel Freeform (dating back to when it was known as Fox Family) annually presented their special "13 Nights of Halloween" with specialized Halloween episodes of regularly scheduled programs, as well as specified Halloween specials and movies to play for the 13 nights leading up to October 31. This was expanded to the entire 31 nights of October in 2018.[4]

Beverly Hills, 90210[edit]

Dawson's Creek[edit]

Degrassi: The Next Generation[edit]

Gossip Girl[edit]

  • "The Handmaiden's Tale" (2007)
  • "How to Succeed in Bassness" (2009)

Gossip Girl (2021)[edit]

  • "Hope Sinks" (2021)

One Tree Hill[edit]

  • "An Attempt to Tip the Scales" (2005)
  • "Not Afraid" (2010)

Pretty Little Liars[edit]

Riverdale[edit]

  • "Chapter Sixty-One: Halloween" (2019)
  • "Chapter One Hundred Twenty-Eight: Halloween II" (2023)

Scream[edit]

Scream Queens[edit]

Comedy-drama[edit]

Boston Legal[edit]

  • Season 2, Episode 6: "Witches of Mass Destruction" (2005)
  • Season 3, Episode 7: "Trick or Treat" (2006)

Hart of Dixie[edit]

  • Season 1, Episode 6: "The Undead & the Unsaid" (2011)
  • Season 2, Episode 5: "Walkin' After Midnight" (2012)
  • Season 3, Episode 4: "Help Me Make It Through the Night" (2013)

Reality shows[edit]

Girls Next Door[edit]

The Real Housewives Franchise[edit]

Teen and adult sitcoms[edit]

8 Simple Rules[edit]

  • "Trick or Treehouse" (2002)
  • "Halloween" (2004)

According to Jim[edit]

  • "Unruly Spirits" (2001)
  • "Dana Dates Jim" (2003)
  • "Dress to Kill Me" (2004)

The Addams Family[edit]

Alice[edit]

  • Alice: "Alice's Halloween Surprise" (1981)
  • Alice: "Space Sharples" (1984)

American Dad![edit]

American Housewife[edit]

  • "Westport Zombies" (2016)
  • "Boo-Who?" (2017)
  • "Trust Me" (2018)
  • "The Maze" (2019)

The Beverly Hillbillies[edit]

Bewitched[edit]

The Big Bang Theory[edit]

  • "The Middle Earth Paradigm" (2007)
  • "The Good Guy Fluctuation" (2011)
  • "The Holographic Excitation" (2012)
  • "The Imitation Perturbation" (2018)

Black-ish / Mixed-ish[edit]

  • "The Prank King" (2014)
  • "Jacked o' Lantern" (2015)
  • "The Purge" (2016)
  • "Scarred for Life" (2018)
  • "Everybody Blames Raymond" (2019)
  • Mixed-ish
    • "Girls Just Want to Have Fun" (2019)

Bless the Harts[edit]

  • "Cremains of the Day" (2019)
  • "Dead Mall" (2020)

Bob's Burgers[edit]

The Boondocks[edit]

  • "Stinkmeaner Strikes Back" (2007)[5]

Boy Meets World / Girl Meets World[edit]

  • "Boys II Mensa" (1993)
  • "Who's Afraid of Cory Wolf?" (1994)
  • "The Witches of Pennbrook" (1997)
  • Girl Meets World:
    • "Girl Meets World of Terror" (2014)
    • "Girl Meets World of Terror 2" (2015)
    • "Girl Meets World of Terror 3" (2016)

Brooklyn Nine-Nine[edit]

  • "Halloween" (2013)
  • "Halloween II" (2014)
  • "Halloween III" (2015)
  • "Halloween IV" (2016)
  • "HalloVeen" (2017)

Cheers[edit]

  • "Fairy Tales Can Come True" (1984)
  • "Bar Wars V: the Final Judgement" (1991)

The Cleveland Show[edit]

Clueless[edit]

  • "Making Up Is Hard to Do" (1996)
  • "Trick or Treat" (1997)
  • "Scream, Murray, Scream!"/"Scream Again, Murray, Scream Again!" (1998)

Community[edit]

The Cosby Show[edit]

  • "Halloween" (1985)
  • "Cliff's Mistake" (1987)

Daria[edit]

  • "Legends of the Mall" (2000)

Dave's World[edit]

Dharma & Greg[edit]

  • "A Closet Full of Hell" (1998)
  • "The Very Grateful Dead" (1999)
  • "Used Karma" (2001)

Dr. Ken[edit]

  • "Halloween-Aversary" (2015)
  • "D.K.'s Korean Ghost Story" (2016)

The Drew Carey Show[edit]

  • "The Devil, You Say" (1996)
  • "Drew Tries to Kill Mimi" (1999)
  • "It's Halloween, Dummy" (2001)

Duncanville[edit]

  • "Witch Day" (2020)
  • "Witch Day 2" (2021)
  • "Witch Day 3" (2022)

Ellen[edit]

  • "Trick or Treat – Who Cares?" (1995)
  • "The Bubble Gum Incident" (1996)

The Facts of Life[edit]

  • "Fear Strikes Back" (1981)
  • "The Halloween Show" (1983)

Family Guy[edit]

Family Matters[edit]

  • "Dog Day Halloween" (1990)
  • "Whose Kid Is It Anyway?" (1992)
  • "Best Friends" (1993)
  • "Dark and Stormy Night" (1994)
  • "Stevil" (1996)
  • "Stevil II: This Time He's Not Alone" (1997)

Frasier[edit]

  • "Halloween" (1997)
  • "Room Full of Heroes" (2001)
  • "Tales from the Crypt" (2002)

Fresh Off the Boat[edit]

  • "Miracle on Dead Street" (2015)
  • "Louisween" (2016)
  • "It's a Plastic Pumpkin, Louis Huang" (2017)
  • "Working the 'Ween" (2018)
  • "Hal-lou-Ween" (2019)

The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air[edit]

  • "Someday Your Prince Will Be in Effect" (1990)
  • "Hex and the Single Guy" (1993)

Full House / Fuller House[edit]

Ghosts[edit]

  • Ghosts: "Halloween" (2021)
  • Ghosts: "Halloween 2: The Ghost of Hetty's Past" (2022)
  • Ghosts: "Halloween 3: The Guest Who Wouldn't Leave" (2024)

George Lopez[edit]

Gilligan's Island[edit]

Girlfriends[edit]

The Goldbergs / Schooled[edit]

  • "Who Are You Going to Telephone?" (2013)
  • "Family Takes Care of Beverly" (2014)
  • "Couples Costume" (2015)
  • "Stefan King" (2016)
  • "Jackie Likes Star Trek" (2017)
  • "Mister Knifey-Hands" (2018)
  • "A 100% True Ghost Story" (2019)
  • "The Hunt for the Great Albino Pumpkin" (2021)
  • "DKNY" (2022)
  • Schooled:
    • Season 2, Episode 6: "Run, Rick, Run" (2019)

Grace Under Fire[edit]

  • "Grace Under a Wig" (1995)
  • "The Ghost and Mrs. Kelly" (1996)

The Great North[edit]

  • "The Yawn of the Dead Adventure" (2021)
  • "Blood Actually Adventure" (2022)

Growing Pains[edit]

Hangin' with Mr. Cooper[edit]

  • "Father Fairest" (1993)
  • "Mo' Money" (1994)
  • "Halloween" (1995)

Happy Days[edit]

Happy Tree Friends[edit]

Home Economics[edit]

  • "Box of King-Size Candy Bars, $48.99" (2021)
  • "Novel Signed by Author, $22.19" (2022)

Home Improvement[edit]

  • "The Haunting of Taylor House" (1992)
  • "Crazy for You" (1993)
  • "Borland Ambition" (1994)
  • "Let Them Eat Cake" (1995)
  • "I Was a Teenage Taylor" (1996)
  • "A Night to Dismember" (1997)
  • "Bewitched" (1998)

The Honeymooners/The Jackie Gleason Show[edit]

Hope & Faith[edit]

How I Met Your Mother[edit]

The Hughleys[edit]

Inside Job[edit]

  • "Rontagion" (2022)

In the House[edit]

  • "Futile Attraction" (1995)
  • "The Curse of Hill House" (1996)

The Jamie Foxx Show[edit]

The Jersey[edit]

  • "Halloween" (2000)
  • "Halloween 2: The Legend of Henry" (2002)

King of the Hill[edit]

Last Man Standing[edit]

  • "Last Halloween Standing" (2011)
  • "Haunted House" (2013)
  • "School Merger" (2014)
  • "Halloween" (2015)
  • "Trick or Treat" (2016)
  • "Bride of Prankenstein" (2018)

Life with Bonnie[edit]

Living Single[edit]

  • "Trick or Trust" (1994)
  • "I've Got You Under My Skin" (1996)

Malcolm & Eddie[edit]

Malcolm in the Middle[edit]

  • "Halloween Approximately" (2000)
  • "Halloween" (2005)

Married... with Children[edit]

  • "Take My Wife, Please" (1993)
  • "Flight of the Bumblebee" (1995)
  • "Damn Bundys" (1997)

Martin[edit]

  • "The Night He Came Home" (1992)
  • "Boo's in the House" (1996)

Melissa & Joey[edit]

The Middle[edit]

  • "Halloween" (2010)
  • "Halloween II" (2011)
  • "Halloween III: The Driving" (2012)
  • "Halloween IV: The Ghost Story" (2013)
  • "Halloween V" (2014)
  • "Halloween VI: Tick Tock Death" (2015)
  • "Halloween VII: The Heckoning" (2016)
  • "Halloween VIII: Orson Murder Mystery" (2017)

Moesha[edit]

  • Moesha: "Halloween: Part 1: Kim's Revenge" (1997)
  • Moesha: "The Nutty Moesha" (2000)

Modern Family[edit]

The Neighbors[edit]

  • "Halloween-ween" (2012)
  • "Challoweenukah" (2013)

New Girl[edit]

  • "Halloween" (2012)
  • "Keaton" (2013)

Night Court[edit]

  • "Halloween, Too" (1985)
  • "Halloween II: The Return of Leon" (1986)
  • "Safe" (1987)
  • "Come Back to the Five and Dime, Stephen King, Stephen King" (1989)
  • "Death Takes a Halloween" (1990)

The Office (U.S.)[edit]

One on One[edit]

Parks and Recreation[edit]

Perfect Strangers[edit]

Punky Brewster[edit]

Raising Hope[edit]

  • "Happy Halloween" (2010)
  • "Don't Ask, Don't Tell Me What to Do" (2012)

Reba[edit]

  • Reba: "The Ghost and Mrs. H" (2003)
  • Reba: "Best Lil' Haunted House in Texas" (2005)

Robot Chicken[edit]

  • "The Robot Chicken Walking Dead Special: Look Who's Walking" (2017)
  • "Happy Russian Deathdog Dolloween 2 U" (2021)

Rodney[edit]

  • Rodney: "Halloween" (2004)
  • Rodney: "Halloween and Javier" (2005)

Roseanne / The Conners[edit]

Roseanne

  • "BOO!" (1989)
  • "Trick or Treat" (1990)
  • "Trick Me Up, Trick Me Down" (1991)
  • "Halloween IV" (1992)
  • "Halloween V" (1993)
  • "Skeleton in the Closet" (1994)
  • "Halloween: the Final Chapter" (1995)
  • "Satan, Darling" (1996)

The Conners

  • "There Won't Be Blood" (2018)
  • "Nightmare on Lunch Box Street" (2019)
  • "Halloween and the Election vs. The Pandemic" (2020)
  • "Peter Pan, The Backup Plan, Adventures in Babysitting, and a River Runs Through It" (2021)
  • "Book Bans and Guillotine Hands" (2022)

Sabrina the Teenage Witch[edit]

  • "A Halloween Story" (1996)
  • "A River of Candy Corn Runs Through It" (1997)
  • "Good Will Haunting" (1998)
  • "The Phantom Menace" (1999)
  • "The Halloween Scene" (2000)
  • "Murder on the Halloween Express" (2001)

The Simpsons[edit]

Single Parents[edit]

  • "Politician, Freemason, Scientist, Humorist and Diplomat, Ben Franklin" (2018)
  • "Welcome to Hell, Sickos!" (2019)

South Park[edit]

Speechless[edit]

  • "H-A-L-- HALLOWEEN" (2016)
  • "N-I-- NIGHTMARES ON D-I-- DIMEO S-STREET" (2017)
  • "I-N-- INTO THE W-O-- WOODS" (2018)

Squidbillies[edit]

Step by Step[edit]

  • "Something Wild" (1994)
  • "Dream Lover" (1997)

Suburgatory[edit]

  • "Halloween" (2011)
  • "The Witch of East Chatswin" (2012)

Suddenly Susan[edit]

Superstore[edit]

  • "Halloween Theft" (2016)
  • "Sal's Dead" (2017)
  • "Costume Competition" (2018)
  • "Trick-or-Treat" (2019)

That '70s Show[edit]

  • "Halloween" (1999)
  • "Too Old to Trick or Treat, Too Young to Die" (2000)

Two and a Half Men[edit]

  • "Hi, Mr. Horned One" (2005)
  • "The Ol' Mexican Spinach" (2014)

Two Guys and a Girl[edit]

  • "Two Guys, a Girl and a Psycho Halloween" (1998)
  • "Halloween 2: Mind Over Body" (1999)
  • "Satanic Curses" (2000)

What I Like About You[edit]

  • "Ghost of a Chance" (2004)
  • "Halloween" (2005)

Will & Grace[edit]

  • "Boo! Humbug" (1998)
  • "It's the Gay Pumpkin, Charlie Brown" (2002)

Sketch and variety shows[edit]

British Halloween-themed TV[edit]

Halloween has been celebrated in Scotland and Ireland for centuries, however in England it was eclipsed by Bonfire Night (Guy Fawkes Night) after 1605,[6] hence it is not as big as an occasion there as it is in the United States. British Halloween-themed television programmes therefore were historically few and far between, but have become more frequent in the 21st century.

Children's[edit]

  • Angelina Ballerina/Angelina Ballerina: The Next Steps:
    • "Henry's Halloween" (2002)
    • "Angelina's Trick or Treat Feat" (2011)
  • Balamory:
    • "Halloween" (2002)
  • The Basil Brush Show:
    • "The Stupid Christmas, I Mean Halloween Episode" (2005)
    • "Basil's Hunted House" (2006)
  • Bear Behaving Badly
    • "Unhappy Halloween" (2007)
  • Blue Peter
    • "Halloween Special" (2010-2012)
  • Bob the Builder
    • "Muck Gets Stuck" (1999)
    • "Muck's Sleepover" (2000)
    • "Muck's Monster" (2002)
    • "Spud the Dragon" (2002)
    • "Spooky Tales" (2015)
  • Charlie and Lola
    • "What Can I Wear for Halloween?" (2007)
  • ChuckleVision
    • "Halloween" (1987)
    • "Home Helpless" (1989)
    • "Spooks and Gardens" (1992)
    • "Clueless Chuckles" (1995)
    • "Chucklestein" (1996)
    • "Finders Keepers" (1996)
    • "A Night at the Theatre" (1998)
    • "Bigfoot" (1998)
    • "Chuckle and Hide" (1999)
    • "Spaced Out" (2000)
    • "Out for the Count" (2000)
    • "Keeping It Under Wraps" (2003)
    • "Which Witch Is Which?" (2004)
    • "The Vengeful Viking" (2005)
    • "One’s Bitten, Two’s Shy" (2005)
    • "Alien Antics" (2006)
    • "Spook When You’re Spooken To" (2007)
  • Fireman Sam
    • "Halloween" (1990)
    • "Bug Eyed Boy from Venus" (2005)
    • "Mummy's Little Pumpkin" (2005)
    • "Beast of Pontypandy" (2005)
    • "Hearts on Fire" (2008)
    • "Norman's Ghost" (2009)
    • "Norman's Halloween Heist" (2012)
    • "The Great Party Panic" (2016)
    • "The Why Files" (2018)
    • "Night of the Norman" (2018)
    • "Why Files 2: The Beast of Pontypandy Mountain" (2022)
    • "The Haunted Hayride" (2022)
    • "The Mystery of the Pontypandy Werefox" (2023)
  • The Frighteners: Guillaume (1996)
  • Ghosts of Motley Hall
    • "Party Piece" (1978)
  • The Green Balloon Club
    • "Halloween" (2008)
  • Horrible Histories
    • "Scary Special" (2012)
  • Horrid Henry
    • "Tricks and Treats" (2006)
  • Jackanory - "Ghoulies, Ghosties and Long Legged Beasties" read by Jon Pertwee (31 October-4 November 1966), "Witch Stories" read by Rosemary Leach (28 October-1 November 1968), "The Worst Witch" also read by Rosemary Leach (30 October-3 November 1978), "The Witch in Our Attic" read by June Whitfield (29 October-2 November 1979), "Mr McFadden's Hallowe'en" by Rumer Godden and read by Hannah Gordon (26-30 October 1981), "Gobbolino, The Witch's Cat" by Ursula Moray Williams and read by Kathryn Posgon (25-29 October 1982) and "When the Night Wind Howls" with Bernard Cribbins, Penelope Wilton and Jonathon Morris (31 October 1984)[7]
  • Little Howard's Big Question
    • "How Can I Make a Monster?" (2010)
  • Me Too!
    • "Spooky Party" (2005)
  • Moondial (1988) - final episode
  • My Parents Are Aliens:
    • "Halloween" (2001)
    • "Halloween Tales" (2003)
  • The New Worst Witch
    • "Trick or Treat" (2003)
  • Peppa Pig
  • "Pumpkin Party" (2015)
  • "Pumpkin Competition" (2016)
  • "Ghost Hunt" (2023)
  • "Halloween Costumes" (2023)
  • "Tricky Treats" (2023)
  • The Pinky and Perky Show
    • "The Menacing Phantom" (2008)
  • Postman Pat
    • "Postman Pat and the Beast of Greendale" (1997)
    • "Postman Pat and the Flying Saucers" (2004)
    • "Postman Pat and the Spooky Sleepover" (2004)
    • "Postman Pat and the Thunderstorm" (2006)
    • "Postman Pat and the Greendale Knights" (2007)
    • "Postman Pat and the Giant Pumpkin" (2016)
  • Pumpkin Moon (2005)
  • The Raggy Dolls: The Dark Wood (1986)
  • Runaround
    • "Halloween Special" (1976)
  • Scream Street: Trick or Shriek (2016)
  • Simon and the Witch
    • "The Halloween Party" (1987) - Series 1, Episodes 9/10
  • Ted's Top Ten
    • "Halloween Scares" (2021)
  • Teletubbies
    • "Pumpkin Face" (1999)
    • "Halloween Pumpkin" (2022)
    • "Magic Tubby Custard Cauldron" (2023)
    • "Oh No Teddy in Trouble" (2023)
  • Thomas & Friends:
    • "Ghost Train"/Percy's Ghostly Trick (1986)
    • "Thomas, Percy and the Dragon" (1991)
    • "Haunted Henry" (1998)
    • "Stepney Gets Lost" (1998)
    • "Toby's Discovery" (1998)
    • "Duncan Gets Spooked" (1998)
    • "Scaredy Engines" (2002)
    • "Percy and the Haunted Mine" (2002)
    • "Jack Frost" (2002)
    • "Bad Day at Castle Loch" (2003)
    • "Halloween" (2004)
    • "The Magic Lamp" (2005)
    • "Duncan and the Old Mine" (2005)
    • "Bold and Brave" (2005)
    • "Skarloey the Brave" (2005)
    • "Flour Power" (2005)
    • "Skarloey Storms Through" (2008)
    • "Toby and the Whistling Woods" (2010)
    • "Percy and the Monster of Brendam" (2012)
    • "The Phantom Express" (2013)
    • "Not So Slow Coaches" (2014)
    • "Flatbeds of Fear" (2014)
    • "Signals Crossed" (2014)
    • "Henry Spots Trouble" (2016)
    • "The Beast of Sodor" (2016)
    • "Helping Hiro" (2016)
    • "Wild Water Rescue" (2016)
    • "Blown Away" (2016)
    • "Henry in the Dark" (2017)
    • "Three Steam Engines Gruff" (2017)
    • "Cranky at the End of the Line" (2017)
  • Thomas and Friends: Big World! Big Adventures!:
    • "An Engine of Many Colours/Colors" (2018)
    • "Outback Thomas" (2018)
    • "Samson and the Fireworks" (2018)
    • "Cyclone Thomas" (2018)
    • "Thomas and the Dragon" (2018)
    • "Diesel Glows Away" (2019)
  • Timmy Time: Timmy Gets Spooked (2010)
  • Tiswas: Halloween Special (1981)
  • The Wind in the Willows
    • "Monster of the Wild Wood" (1988)
  • The Worst Witch (1986)
  • Worst Witch: A Mean Halloween (1998)
  • Worzel Gummidge:
    • "Fire Drill" (1980)
    • "The Jumbly Sale" (1981)
  • Worzel Gummidge (2019 TV Series):
    • "Guy Forks" (2021)
  • Willo the Wisp
    • "Halloween" (1981)
  • Young Dracula
    • "Halloween" (2006)

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Drama[edit]

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Teen and adult sitcoms[edit]

Japanese Halloween-themed TV[edit]

Others[edit]

All Saints (Australian medical drama)[edit]

America's Funniest Home Videos[edit]

The Canterville Ghost[edit]

The Canterville Ghost, based on the novel The Canterville Ghost, is a 1986 made-for-television film starring John Gielgud and Alyssa Milano.

The Halloween Tree[edit]

In 1993, Hanna-Barbera produced a made-for-television animated adaptation of Ray Bradbury's classic novel of the same name. Featuring narration by the author himself, the movie explains some of the history of the holiday as experienced via an across-time adventure with a group of trick-or-treating kids. The hand-painted backgrounds, haunting music of John Debney, and Bradbury's narration elevate this to much more than a mere children's Halloween special.

Kapuso Mo, Jessica Soho[edit]

The Filipino news magazine program on GMA Network titled Kapuso Mo, Jessica Soho (KMJS) aired a series of Halloween specials (titled "Gabi ng Lagim" since 2013.)[8] since 2008.[9]

Magandang Gabi... Bayan[edit]

The Filipino news magazine program on ABS-CBN titled Magandang Gabi... Bayan (hosted by Noli de Castro) aired a series of Halloween specials from 1988 until 2005.[10][11][12]

The Midnight Hour[edit]

The Midnight Hour (also known as In the Midnight Hour) is a 1985 comedy/horror television movie which aired on ABC on Friday, November 1, 1985, at 9:00-11:00 PM EST and stars Shari Belafonte-Harper, LeVar Burton, Peter DeLuise, and Dedee Pfeiffer.

Neighbours[edit]

  • Neighbours vs Zombies (2014) was an online special split into five parts featuring some of Ramsay Street's well known faces returning from the dead as zombies.

Once Upon a Midnight Scary[edit]

This 1979 television anthology Halloween special was hosted by Vincent Price. It featured the stories "The Ghost Belonged To Me," "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow," and "The House With a Clock In Its Walls."

The Price Is Right[edit]

Starting in Season 36 (2007), when Drew Carey began hosting the show, each season of the popular US game show has featured a full Halloween episode, with the host, announcer, models, set, and Showcases decorated for this holiday.

Deal or no Deal UK[edit]

In 2013 the British game show hosted a week long Halloween themed week of episodes with every contestant dressed up.

The Wickedest Witch (1989)[edit]

This made-for-television film aired on NBC on October 30, 1989.

AMC Halloween movie specials[edit]

AMC broadcasts many Halloween classics, including the Halloween series, Friday the 13th, Nightmare on Elm Street, and An American Werewolf in London, during the month of October.

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Both of these Magic School Bus episodes were paired together in PBS' 1996 television special: A Magic School Bus Halloween.
  2. ^ Lenburg, Jeff (1999). The Encyclopedia of Animated Cartoons. Checkmark Books. p. 302. ISBN 0-8160-3831-7. Retrieved 6 June 2020.
  3. ^ McCracken, Craig [@CrackMcCraigen] (August 2, 2014). "@NeveGraceIrvine The Halloween special is called The Gift 2: The Giftining. It's the sequel to The Gift but airing first" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  4. ^ Garcia, Kelsey (May 15, 2018). "Freeform Is Airing 31 Nights of Halloween This Year — So, Best Halloween Ever?". PopSugar. Retrieved July 22, 2018.
  5. ^ "Stinkmeaner Strikes Back".
  6. ^ Rogers, Nicholas. Halloween: From Pagan Ritual to Party Night. Oxford University Press, 2002. pp. 37–38
  7. ^ The British Television Children's Research Guide, Kaleidoscope Publishing, 1999, reprinted 2009
  8. ^ "Kapuso Mo, Jessica Soho Halloween special". The Philippine Star. October 27, 2013. Retrieved November 3, 2020.
  9. ^ "Halloween Special". GMA News. October 31, 2008. Retrieved November 3, 2020.
  10. ^ Anarcon, James Patrick (October 27, 2016). "#THROWBACK: Terrifying memories from Magandang Gabi Bayan Halloween specials". PEP.ph. Retrieved November 3, 2020.
  11. ^ De La Cruz, Christa I. (October 31, 2017). "10 Halloween Things Only Filipinos Would Understand". Spot.ph. Retrieved November 3, 2020.
  12. ^ "'90s kids, this Halloween TV special is back to spook you". Spot.ph. October 26, 2016. Retrieved November 3, 2020.

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