20th Century Fox, which usually holds rights to the more successful Buffy / Angel television franchise, will retain merchandising and some distribution rights.

Not only the fandom, but the main cast members of both Buffy and Angel series, expressed disagreement with the report on Twitter and in recent interviews.

Shows with fantasy and horror elements drew much influence from The X-Files, and generally attracted large audiences, most notably Buffy the Vampire Slayer ( and spinoff Angel.

* Joss Whedon, creator of Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Angel, Firefly and Dollhouse

A Buffy spin-off series ( Angel ), featured two episodes in which she guest starred.

In its later years, as part of the network's desire to maintain its own unique identity with its own unique shows, UPN had a policy of " not picking up other networks ' scraps ", which was a strong argument when fan pressure was generated in 2004 for them to pick up Angel, the spin-off of Buffy the Vampire Slayer which had been dropped from The WB.

* As part of the contract for picking up Buffy the Vampire Slayer, UPN was obligated to pick up Angel if it was cancelled by The WB while UPN was still airing Buffy.

However, Angel was axed by The WB the year after Buffy went off UPN.

This archetype has been widely exemplified, notably by such characters as Countess Zaleska in the 1936 film Dracula's Daughter, Barnabas Collins in the TV soap opera Dark Shadows, Mick St. John in the TV show Moonlight, Louis de Pointe du Lac in Anne Rice's Interview with the Vampire, Kain in the Legacy Of Kain video games, Marvel Comics character Morbius, the Living Vampire, Nick Knight in the TV series Forever Knight, Angel from the Buffy the Vampire Slayer universe, and Bill Compton in Charlaine Harris ' The Southern Vampire Mysteries.

Though he returns to Buffy in Season Eight, Angel was possessed and killed Giles.

This caused a rift between Angel and Buffy, and Angel decided to search for a way to resurrect Giles with the help of Faith.

Willow appears in every Buffy episode ( making her the only character besides Buffy herself to do so ), is featured in three episodes of the spinoff Angel, an animated series and video game — both of which use Hannigan's voice, and the comic Buffy the Vampire Slayer Season Eight ( 2007 – 2011 ), which uses Hannigan's likeness and continues Willow's storyline following the television series.

Willow subsequently appears in the season finale of Buffy spin-off Angel to deliver the sad news to her ex-boyfriend, Angel.

" Angel is stopped by Buffy in telling the Scoobies that the vampire self carries many of the same attributes as the human self.

Reading the Vampire Slayer: The New, Updated, Unofficial Guide to Buffy and Angel, Tauris Parke Paperbacks.

The Existential Joss Whedon: Evil and Human Freedom in Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Angel, Firefly and Serenity, McFarland.

In the show's second season ( 1997 – 1998 ), Buffy continues to come to terms with her destiny, finds forbidden love with benevolent vampire Angel ( David Boreanaz ), and clashes with new villains Spike ( James Marsters ) and Drusilla ( Juliet Landau ).

In the episode " Surprise ", Buffy loses her virginity to Angel, an event which triggers the loss of his soul and unleashes his sadistic alter-ego, Angelus.

In the final episode of season two, Buffy is forced to reveal her identity as the Slayer to her mother ( Kristine Sutherland ), and send the newly-good Angel to hell in order to save the world.

Season three ( 1998 – 1999 ) sees Buffy reconnect to her calling, her friends, and her family after her departure, as well as make difficult life decisions regarding her relationship with the resurrected Angel.

In the beginning, Buffy often had to protect her friends from monsters, but over the course of the series most of them gained superpowers and fighting skills of their own, with Xander the only notable member with no mystical abilities or connection to the supernatural, though he does acquire extensive military knowledge thanks to a spell.

Due to the show's strong themes of female empowerment, the most powerful members of the team are often female ( Buffy and Willow ), while the men play passive roles such as that of father-figure ( Giles ) and supportive best friend ( Xander ).

However, she often finds herself in perilous situations and relies on Buffy to save her.

The Buffy series became extremely popular and earned a devoted fanbase ; Willow's intelligence, shy nature, and vulnerability often resounded strongly with viewers in early seasons.

Buffy the Vampire Slayer ( often simplified as Buffy ) was originally conceived by Joss Whedon for a 1992 feature film.

Scholar Farah Mendlesohn asserts that Willow's realization that she is in love with Tara allows viewers to re-interpret Willow's relationship with Buffy ; in the first three seasons, Willow is often disappointed that she is not a higher priority to Buffy, and even after Willow enters a relationship with Tara, still desires to feel integral to Buffy's cause and the Scooby Gang.

The relationship is frequently violent, with Buffy most often initiating both the violence and the sex between them ; the violence is made all the easier when Spike finds that ( as a side effect of Willow's resurrection spell ) his chip now does not stop him from harming Buffy.

He also wore a red long-sleeved shirt fairly often, particularly during the earlier seasons of Buffy, and a bright blue shirt early in Season 6 & 7.

However, with Buffy spiralling into a deep depression, Dawn feels highly neglected and is often seen alone and seeking attention from her sister as well as other members of the group.

This is found in many sources, most often a body swap between two characters of an ongoing television series ; it occurs in the original Star Trek series twice, as well as Freaky Friday, Farscape, Stargate SG-1, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Dollhouse, Red Dwarf, Avatar ; even in Archie comics.

Xander is based in part on Whedon himself, particularly in his high school years ; as such, he is often the most geeky as well as witty and verbose of Buffy < nowiki >'</ nowiki > s characters.

The episode provided a television format that came to be known as the " Doctor-lite episode ", an annual tradition for Doctor Who from 2006 to 2008, often featuring a significant guest star carrying the bulk of the acting responsibilities as Doctor Who has a much smaller cast than Buffy.

In stark contrast to broody, often pensive Angel, Riley is optimistic, trustworthy and reliable, and in theory presents Buffy with her first opportunity for a " normal " romantic relationship.

Created as a foil to the protagonist, Buffy Summers, she is a Slayer who comes from a damaged background and often makes the wrong decision.

A wealthy bachelor often dating socialites, he lives in a large apartment at 600 E. 62nd Street in Manhattan ( the address given by Mr. French when he registered Buffy and Jody for school ), and has a quintessential gentleman's gentleman, Giles French.

* Kenny Fowler is a small skinny kid with nerdy glasses, who is often pushed around by other kids, and often asks the dogs for help, in a certain episode where he tries to talk to Buffy and gets nervous.

Jones ' Buffy character had a doll named " Mrs. Beasley ", which she claimed talked to her, often making funny comments.

The numerous Buffy novels often come into conflict with the comics, and, in fact, are often themselves contradictory.

Other large scale groups appear in both Buffy and Angel, often as antagonists to the heroes due to differing views on how to fight the good fight.

Whedon intended to use the vamp face to be able to place vampires around Buffy in different locations — especially at school — to highlight the element of surprise by illustrating that the characters often face friends and peers who appear normal, but have dark sides.

Some horror shows use common horror tropes such as vampires with more conventional dramatic forms like the heroic myth ( for example Buffy the Vampire Slayer ) or even gothic romance ( Dark Shadows ).

In her feature in Esquire magazine Gellar expressed her pride for her work on Buffy, " I truly believe that it is one of the greatest shows of all time and it will go down in history as that.

UPN eventually outbid The WB for the shows and aired them together on Tuesday nights until Roswell ended its run in 2002 and Buffy the following year in 2003.

The television series shows Buffy carrying out her destiny in a small town built atop a portal to hell ( Hellmouth ), surrounded by a group of friends and family who support her in her mission.

The popularity of the show helped boost other network shows, such as Buffy, which served as its lead-in on the network's new night of programming also launched in January 1998, known as " New Tuesday ," and 7th Heaven, which enjoyed a massive 81 % increase in viewership that season.

New shows that season included Roswell, Popular, and Angel ( a spin-off of Buffy the Vampire Slayer ), which premiered with 7. 5 million viewers, the second highest premiere for the net at the time.

In his dream, Xander goes to use the bathroom, and is emasculated and infantilized by Buffy asking him if he needs any help: this scene shows Xander's " sense of insecurity and powerlessness ".

Denisof claims that Wesley was originally supposed to " come in, irritate Giles and Buffy for a couple shows, and then be gloriously terminated ".

In " Seeing Red ", Warren tries to acquire mystical orbs to give him superhuman strength to rival Buffy ; when she foils him yet again, he shows up at her house with a gun and shoots her, with a stray bullet accidentally killing Tara ( Amber Benson ).

He starred in many made-for-TV movies, including Gramps ( 1995 ), co-starring with Andy Griffith, Rob Hedden's The Colony ( 1995 ) with Hal Linden, Stephen King's It, Danielle Steel's Heartbeat with Polly Draper, and It Came From the Sky in 1999 with Yasmine Bleeth, and made guest appearances on TV shows, such as " Felicity ", Ally McBeal, Scrubs, Buffy the Vampire Slayer as well as an episode of Law & Order: SVU where the case involves the beating of a seven-months-pregnant woman, whose unborn child has been torn from her body via a primitive cesarean section.

Throughout the 1990s, Walden scored numerous television shows and series, including Roseanne, Ellen, My So-Called Life, Felicity, Early Edition, Sports Night, The West Wing, George Lopez, I'll Fly Away, The Stand, Huff, Once and Again, Friday Night Lights, Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip.

After the music videos for " Know Your Chicken " and " Sugar Water " enjoyed success on MTV, Cibo Matto made appearances on various television shows such as Oddville, Viva Variety and Buffy the Vampire Slayer.

* The Dark Corner-A former programming block that aired on Saturday evenings, " The Dark Corner " featured many of YTV's darker shows, such as Goosebumps, Are You Afraid of the Dark ?, Freaky Stories, and Buffy the Vampire Slayer.

During the first few years after its relaunch, FX was known for little else than airing reruns of such Fox shows as The X-Files and Married ... with Children, as well as 20th Century Fox shows such as M * A * S * H and Buffy the Vampire Slayer.

Both shows were cancelled by FX in 2008, and Dharma and Greg, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Married ... with Children and Fear Factor were also removed from the schedule.

The line from the Lindy Chamberlain character, " The dingo took my baby ", sometimes incorrectly rendered as " A dingo ate my baby ", became part of pop culture after the release of the movie, appearing on such shows as Seinfeld, The Simpsons and Buffy the Vampire Slayer.

Simultaneously, the vamp face shows that Buffy is killing monsters instead of people.

Examples of covered TV shows include The X-Files, Doctor Who, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Farscape and The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy.

Volumes on the philosophy underpinning such television shows as Seinfeld, The Simpsons and Buffy the Vampire Slayer propelled the series into the limelight, and have invited many imitators since, including The Blackwell Philosophy and Pop Culture Series and The University Press of Kentucky's own Philosophy titles.

Vampire Willow goes to the Bronze, where she fights with Percy, throwing him across the pool table, and shows her vampire face to Xander and Buffy.

It is most widely known for its appearance in high-profile television shows, including Beverly Hills, 90210 and Buffy the Vampire Slayer.

Buffy shows up to fight her, saving Xander, and in the battle, she weakens to the point of returning to her dead form.

The hole in the wall through which Joyce and Buffy speak briefly shows only Joyce's head and shoulders, which, according to Nikki Stafford, is the prevailing image in the fifth season episode " The Body ", an episode which explores Joyce's death and its immediate aftermath.