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Buffy the Vampire Slayer was a U.S. television series loosely based on the original script for the 1992 movie of the same name. It was created by Joss Whedon, who also wrote the movie, and was produced by Mutant Enemy Productions. The show's title is often abbreviated simply to Buffy or BtVS.

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The series followed the life and trials of Buffy Summers, played by Sarah Michelle Gellar (from a teenager at 16 to a young woman of 22), a girl chosen by fate to battle against vampires, demons, and other supernatural foes, usually with the help of her Watcher, Rupert Giles (portrayed by Anthony Stewart Head) and the "Scooby Gang", her loyal circle of misfit friends. Popular characters on the show are Willow Rosenburg (Alyson Hannigan), Xander Harris (Nicholas Brendon), Spike (James Marsters), and Dawn Summers (Michelle Trachtenberg). This series also spawned the spin-off Angel starring David Boreanaz.

• It is noteworthy that both shows created a large cult-following.

The series aired on The WB from 1996-2001, until the end of its fifth season when contract negotiations left the show's future in doubt. However, it was quickly picked up by arch-rival UPN, where it aired with decent ratings until it finished its run in 2003.