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First Aired: March 1997 on the WB

Created: Joss Whedon

Starring: Sarah Michelle Gellar as Buffy Anne Summers, Nicholas Brendon as Alexander 'Xander' Harris, Alyson Hannigan as Willow Rosenberg, and Seth Green as Daniel 'Oz' Osbourne.

Produced: Marti Noxon, Joss Whedon, David Greenwalt, Fran Rubel Kuzui, Kaz Kuzui, Gail Berman, and Sandy Gallin,

Buffy the Vampire Slayer TV Show was created by Joss Whedon and premiered in 1997. Originally Whedon wanted to create the movie Buffy the Vampire Slayer back in 1992. He never did complete and release the movie that matched his creative vision and talent. Television has allowed him the freedom and the fans to reach beyond the normal TV shows and create a hit cult classic. Critics and fans are hooked and all agree that Buffy is one of the best written shows on television. Buffy the Vampire Slayer lasted for seven seasons before the show ended.

Reviews of Buffy the Vampire Slayer TV Show

Pop Matters With so much going for it, why isn't Buffy the hottest show on television? The UPN premiere was a ratings success, and the show was also considered a consistent success on the WB. Yet, when given the opportunity to purchase the show this past year, NBC, CBS, and ABC all passed for fear that Buffy was a cult hit that wouldn't appeal to a "broad" audience. Perhaps, but its consistent excellence makes it worthy of a larger audience than UPN can provide. Michael Abernethy

DVD Town What’s so special about a show that chronicles the exploits of a young girl who goes around killing monsters? Like anything else, "Buffy" would be boring if it adhered closely to a one-line marketing pitch. The genius of the show lies in series creator/executive producer Joss Whedon’s wonderful imagination. Whedon parallels Buffy’s travails with those of an adolescent’s reactions to growing up in a harsh world. Yunda Eddie Feng

DVD Verdict Based on the 1992 film of the same name, Buffy the Vampire Slayer continues to be, week in and week out, the best written show on television. Now, I will admit that is not always evident with the first season's batch of episodes, but to fair the show was trying to find its footing. Still, it is worth noting that while the terrain may have been bumpy that first year, its voice was already pretty clear. Harold Gervais

Reel Regardless, the episodes presented here stand on their own. Buffy the Vampire Slayer may be one of the strongest programs to be found on TV today, and this DVD collection reminds us that it started out that way as well. You might say it's the "chosen one" of modern genre television. Scott Collura

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