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Buffy the Vampire Slayer
''Buffy the Vampire Slayer'' is an American supernatural fiction, supernatural drama television series created by writer and director Joss Whedon. It is based on the Buffy the Vampire Slayer (film), 1992 film of the same name, also written by W ...
'' is an American television series created by
Joss Whedon
Joseph Hill Whedon (; born June 23, 1964) is an American filmmaker, composer, and comic book writer. He is the founder of Mutant Enemy Productions, co-founder of Bellwether Pictures, and is best known as the creator of several television series: ...
, which premiered on March 10, 1997. It concluded on May 20, 2003, after seven seasons with 144 episodes in total, plus an unaired pilot episode.
The first five seasons aired on
The WB
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, and in 2001, it transferred to
UPN
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for its final two seasons.
In the United Kingdom, the entire series aired on
Sky1
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and
BBC Two
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, and on
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in Ireland. The story line is continued in comic book form in
Season 8
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,
Season 9
A season is a division of the year based on changes in weather, ecology, and the number of daylight hours in a given region. On Earth, seasons are the result of the axial parallelism of Earth's tilted orbit around the Sun. In temperate and po ...
,
Season 10,
Season 11, and concluded with
Season 12.
All seven seasons of the series are available on individual DVD box sets for Regions 1, 2 and 4. Two
complete series collections (''The Chosen Collection'' and ''The Complete DVD Collection'') have been released separately for these regions.
Series overview
Episodes
Season 1 (1997)
Season 2 (1997–1998)
Season 3 (1998–1999)
Season 4 (1999–2000)
Season 5 (2000–2001)
Season 6 (2001–2002)
Season 7 (2002–2003)
Ratings
See also
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''Buffy the Vampire Slayer'' (film)
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List of ''Buffy the Vampire Slayer'' home video releases
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Buffy the Vampire Slayer Season Eight
''Buffy the Vampire Slayer Season Eight'' is a comic book series published by Dark Horse Comics from 2007 to 2011. The series serves as a canonical continuation of the television series ''Buffy the Vampire Slayer'', and follows the events of that ...
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List of ''Angel'' episodes
References
External links
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