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Buffy the Vampire Slayer
Buffy the Vampire Slayer was an American cult television series that aired from March 10, 1997, until May 20, 2003. It was created by writer-director Joss Whedon under his production tag, Mutant Enemy. The series narrative follows Buffy Anne Summers (played by Sarah Michelle Gellar), the latest in a line of young women chosen by fate to battle against vampires, demons, and the forces of darkness. Like previous slayers, Buffy is aided by a Watcher, who guides and trains her. Unlike her predecessors, Buffy surrounds herself with a circle of loyal friends who become known as the "Scooby Gang".
The series usually reached between two and four million viewers on original airings. Although such ratings are lower than successful shows on the "big four" networks (ABC, NBC, CBS and Fox), they were a success for the relatively new and smaller Warner Brothers Network.
Reviews for the show were overwhelmingly positive, and it was ranked #41 on the list of TV Guide's 50 Greatest TV Shows of All Time. The WB network closed on September 17, 2006, after airing an "homage" to their "most memorable series", including the pilot episodes of Buffy and its spin-off, Angel.
Buffy's success has led to hundreds of tie-in products, including novels, comics, and video games. The series has received attention in fandom, parody, and academia, and has influenced the direction of other television series.
Buffy the Vampire Slayer first aired on March 10, 1997 on the WB network and played a key role in the growth of the Warner Bros. television network in its early years. After five seasons, it transferred to the United Paramount Network (UPN) for its final two seasons. The show went into syndication in the United States on FX. In the United Kingdom, the entire series aired on Sky One and BBC2. The BBC gave the show two time slots, an early-evening slot for a family-friendly version with violence and bad language cut out and a late-night uncut version. Sky One had a similar method, where the show would be edited for an after-noon encore presentation, besides the uncut prime-time slot. From the fourth season onwards, the BBC aired the show in anamorphic 16:9 widescreen format, but Whedon later said that Buffy was never intended to be viewed this way. Despite his claims, Sky One now air repeat showings in the widescreen format.
Whilst the seventh season was still being broadcast, Sarah Michelle Gellar told Entertainment Weekly she was not going to sign on for an eighth year, "[When] we started to have such a strong year this year, I thought: 'This is how I want to go out, on top, at our best." Whedon and UPN gave some considerations to production of a spin-off series that would not require Gellar, including a rumoured Faith series, but nothing became of those plans. The canonical Buffy story will continue outside the television medium in the Dark Horse Comics series, Buffy Season Eight. This will be produced by Whedon from March 2007, who is also writing the first story arc, "The Long Way Home".
Buffy the Vampire Slayer Episodes
Buffy the Vampire Slayer Pilot
P- 0 4V79 Unaired Pilot
Buffy the Vampire Slayer Season 1 WB
1. 1- 1 4V01 10 Mar 97 Welcome to the Hellmouth (1)
2. 1- 2 4V02 10 Mar 97 The Harvest (2)
3. 1- 3 4V03 17 Mar 97 Witch
4. 1- 4 4V04 25 Mar 97 Teacher's Pet
5. 1- 5 4V05 31 Mar 97 Never Kill a Boy on the First Date
6. 1- 6 4V06 7 Apr 97 The Pack
7. 1- 7 4V07 14 Apr 97 Angel
8. 1- 8 4V08 28 Apr 97 I Robot, You Jane
9. 1- 9 4V09 5 May 97 The Puppet Show
10. 1-10 4V10 12 May 97 Nightmares
11. 1-11 4V11 19 May 97 Out of Mind, Out of Sight
12. 1-12 4V12 2 Jun 97 Prophecy Girl
Buffy the Vampire Slayer Season 2
13. 2- 1 5V01 15 Sep 97 When She Was Bad
14. 2- 2 5V02 22 Sep 97 Some Assembly Required
15. 2- 3 5V03 29 Sep 97 School Hard
16. 2- 4 5V04 6 Oct 97 Inca Mummy Girl
17. 2- 5 5V05 13 Oct 97 Reptile Boy
18. 2- 6 5V06 27 Oct 97 Halloween
19. 2- 7 5V07 3 Nov 97 Lie to Me
20. 2- 8 5V08 10 Nov 97 The Dark Age
21. 2- 9 5V09 17 Nov 97 What's My Line? (1)
22. 2-10 5V10 24 Nov 97 What's My Line? (2)
23. 2-11 5V11 8 Dec 97 Ted
24. 2-12 5V12 12 Jan 98 Bad Eggs
25. 2-13 5V13 19 Jan 98 Surprise (1)
26. 2-14 5V14 20 Jan 98 Innocence (2)
27. 2-15 5V15 27 Jan 98 Phases
28. 2-16 5V16 10 Feb 98 Bewitched, Bothered And Bewildered
29. 2-17 5V17 24 Feb 98 Passion
30. 2-18 5V18 3 Mar 98 Killed by Death
31. 2-19 5V19 28 Apr 98 I Only Have Eyes For You
32. 2-20 5V20 5 May 98 Go Fish
33. 2-21 5V21 12 May 98 Becoming, Part 1 (1)
34. 2-22 5V22 19 May 98 Becoming, Part 2 (2)
Buffy the Vampire Slayer Season 3
35. 3- 1 3ABB01 29 Sep 98 Anne
36. 3- 2 3ABB02 6 Oct 98 Dead Man's Party
37. 3- 3 3ABB03 13 Oct 98 Faith, Hope and Trick
38. 3- 4 3ABB04 20 Oct 98 Beauty and the Beasts
39. 3- 5 3ABB05 3 Nov 98 Homecoming
40. 3- 6 3ABB06 10 Nov 98 Band Candy
41. 3- 7 3ABB07 17 Nov 98 Revelations
42. 3- 8 3ABB08 24 Nov 98 Lover's Walk
43. 3- 9 3ABB09 8 Dec 98 The Wish
44. 3-10 3ABB10 15 Dec 98 Amends
45. 3-11 3ABB11 12 Jan 99 Gingerbread
46. 3-12 3ABB12 19 Jan 99 Helpless
47. 3-13 3ABB13 26 Jan 99 The Zeppo
48. 3-14 3ABB14 9 Feb 99 Bad Girls
49. 3-15 3ABB15 16 Feb 99 Consequences
50. 3-16 3ABB16 23 Feb 99 Doppelgangland
51. 3-17 3ABB17 16 Mar 99 Enemies
52. 3-18 3ABB18 21 Sep 99 Earshot
53. 3-19 3ABB19 4 May 99 Choices
54. 3-20 3ABB20 11 May 99 The Prom
55. 3-21 3ABB21 18 May 99 Graduation Day (1)
56. 3-22 3ABB22 13 Jul 99 Graduation Day (2)
Buffy the Vampire Slayer Season 4
57. 4- 1 4ABB01 5 Oct 99 The Freshman
58. 4- 2 4ABB02 12 Oct 99 Living Conditions
59. 4- 3 4ABB03 19 Oct 99 The Harsh Light of Day
60. 4- 4 4ABB04 26 Oct 99 Fear, Itself
61. 4- 5 4ABB05 2 Nov 99 Beer Bad
62. 4- 6 4ABB06 9 Nov 99 Wild At Heart
63. 4- 7 4ABB07 16 Nov 99 The Initiative
64. 4- 8 4ABB08 23 Nov 99 Pangs
65. 4- 9 4ABB09 30 Nov 99 Something Blue
66. 4-10 4ABB10 14 Dec 99 Hush
67. 4-11 4ABB11 18 Jan 00 Doomed
68. 4-12 4ABB12 25 Jan 00 A New Man
69. 4-13 4ABB13 8 Feb 00 The I In Team
70. 4-14 4ABB14 15 Feb 00 Goodbye Iowa
71. 4-15 4ABB15 22 Feb 00 This Year's Girl (1)
72. 4-16 4ABB16 29 Feb 00 Who Are You? (2)
73. 4-17 4ABB17 4 Apr 00 Superstar
74. 4-18 4ABB18 25 Apr 00 Where the Wild Things Are
75. 4-19 4ABB19 2 May 00 New Moon Rising
76. 4-20 4ABB20 9 May 00 The Yoko Factor (1)
77. 4-21 4ABB21 16 May 00 Primeval (2)
78. 4-22 4ABB22 23 May 00 Restless
Buffy the Vampire Slayer Season 5
79. 5- 1 5ABB01 26 Sep 00 Buffy vs. Dracula
80. 5- 2 5ABB02 3 Oct 00 Real Me
81. 5- 3 5ABB03 10 Oct 00 The Replacement
82. 5- 4 5ABB04 17 Oct 00 Out of My Mind
83. 5- 5 5ABB05 24 Oct 00 No Place Like Home
84. 5- 6 5ABB06 7 Nov 00 Family
85. 5- 7 5ABB07 14 Nov 00 Fool For Love
86. 5- 8 5ABB08 21 Nov 00 Shadow
87. 5- 9 5ABB09 28 Nov 00 Listening to Fear
88. 5-10 5ABB10 19 Dec 00 Into the Woods
89. 5-11 5ABB11 9 Jan 01 Triangle
90. 5-12 5ABB12 23 Jan 01 Checkpoint
91. 5-13 5ABB13 6 Feb 01 Blood Ties
92. 5-14 5ABB14 13 Feb 01 Crush
93. 5-15 5ABB15 20 Feb 01 I Was Made to Love You
94. 5-16 5ABB16 27 Feb 01 The Body
95. 5-17 5ABB17 17 Apr 01 Forever
96. 5-18 5ABB18 24 Apr 01 Intervention
97. 5-19 5ABB19 1 May 01 Tough Love
98. 5-20 5ABB20 8 May 01 Spiral
99. 5-21 5ABB21 15 May 01 The Weight of the World
100. 5-22 5ABB22 22 May 01 The Gift
Buffy the Vampire Slayer Season 6
101. 6- 1 6ABB01 2 Oct 01 Bargaining (1)
102. 6- 2 6ABB02 2 Oct 01 Bargaining (2)
103. 6- 3 6ABB03 9 Oct 01 After Life
104. 6- 4 6ABB04 16 Oct 01 Flooded
105. 6- 5 6ABB05 23 Oct 01 Life Serial
106. 6- 6 6ABB06 30 Oct 01 All The Way
107. 6- 7 6ABB07 6 Nov 01 Once More, With Feeling
108. 6- 8 6ABB08 13 Nov 01 Tabula Rasa
109. 6- 9 6ABB09 20 Nov 01 Smashed
110. 6-10 6ABB10 27 Nov 01 Wrecked
111. 6-11 6ABB11 8 Jan 02 Gone
112. 6-12 6ABB12 29 Jan 02 Doublemeat Palace
113. 6-13 6ABB13 5 Feb 02 Dead Things
114. 6-14 6ABB14 12 Feb 02 Older and Far Away
115. 6-15 6ABB15 26 Feb 02 As You Were
116. 6-16 6ABB16 5 Mar 02 Hell's Bells
117. 6-17 6ABB17 12 Mar 02 Normal Again
118. 6-18 6ABB18 30 Apr 02 Entropy
119. 6-19 6ABB19 7 May 02 Seeing Red
120. 6-20 6ABB20 14 May 02 Villains
121. 6-21 6ABB21 21 May 02 Two to Go (1)
122. 6-22 6ABB22 21 May 02 Grave (2)
Buffy the Vampire Slayer Season 7 UPN
123. 7- 1 7ABB01 24 Sep 02 Lessons
124. 7- 2 7ABB02 1 Oct 02 Beneath You
125. 7- 3 7ABB03 8 Oct 02 Same Time, Same Place
126. 7- 4 7ABB04 15 Oct 02 Help
127. 7- 5 7ABB05 22 Oct 02 Selfless
128. 7- 6 7ABB06 5 Nov 02 Him
129. 7- 7 7ABB07 12 Nov 02 Conversations with Dead People
130. 7- 8 7ABB08 19 Nov 02 Sleeper
131. 7- 9 7ABB09 26 Nov 02 Never Leave Me
132. 7-10 7ABB10 17 Dec 02 Bring On The Night
133. 7-11 7ABB11 7 Jan 03 Showtime
134. 7-12 7ABB12 21 Jan 03 Potential
135. 7-13 7ABB13 4 Feb 03 The Killer In Me
136. 7-14 7ABB14 11 Feb 03 First Date
137. 7-15 7ABB15 18 Feb 03 Get It Done
138. 7-16 7ABB16 25 Feb 03 Storyteller
139. 7-17 7ABB17 25 Mar 03 Lies My Parents Told Me
140. 7-18 7ABB18 15 Apr 03 Dirty Girls
141. 7-19 7ABB19 29 Apr 03 Empty Places
142. 7-20 7ABB20 6 May 03 Touched
143. 7-21 7ABB21 13 May 03 End of Days
144. 7-22 7ABB22 20 May 03 Chosen
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