Goosebumps is a Canadian and American children 's horror fantasy anthology television series based on R. L. Stine 's Goosebumps books. It was one of the two popular television horror anthology children's series in the 1990s (the other being Are You Afraid of the Dark ). It was filmed in Toronto , Ontario and Bellevue, Washington . Hallmarks Networks Goosebumps originally began airing on YTV (in English) and Canal Famille (in French) in Canada and on Fox Kids in the United States starting in 1995 and ending in 1998, with reruns on Fox Family lasting until 1999 and 2000 respectively. Every October from 2007 to 2009, Cartoon Network aired the episodes. From September 6 2011 until 2014, The Hub (now known as Discovery Family ) broadcast the series. From "GB-7" to "TV-Y7" When Goosebumps was fi...