"Ghost Hunters" trainees on their way to three million (and maybe a few more) viewers

A spin-off of the SyFy channel reality show "Ghost Hunters," "Ghost Hunters Academy" premiered tonight at 10 p.m.

This show follows ghost hunting trainees as they learn the in and outs of the ghost hunting world.

The episode began by showing the viewers who the trainees will be. There are only five of them, Susan, Ben, Chris, Heathyr, and Karl. Two members of "TAPS," the ghost hunting team on "Ghost Hunters," Steve and Tango, are the trainers throughout the entire season. Grant and Jason, the TAPS founders kicked off the episode by warning the trainees that they should not mess up or will be kicked off quickly because there are many other people that want to be in the competition, in which one person will be chosen as a TAPS team member in the end.

Heathyr revealed immediately that she is a medium, a person who can communicate with the dead. Because of her ability, she chose not to tour the facility of her first investigation in Philadelphia. She felt that it would give her a bias because she would know things she wanted to find out on her own.