The first season DVD of Joss Whedon's drama offers an extra episode -- the show's darkest and most promising yet
By Mary Elizabeth Williams Aug 7, 2009
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The spirit of the Vampire Slayer lives on in the kickass young heroines of urban fantasy fiction
By Laura Miller
June 23, 2009
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Shined to a high gloss for Fox, Joss Whedon's long-awaited new drama still boasts enough flair and smarts to overcome its damning time slot.
By Heather Havrilesky
February 12, 2009
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The creator of "Buffy the Vampire Slayer" talks about his new series "Dollhouse," the perils of sex trafficking and life as a cult icon.
By Joy Press
February 11, 2009
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Our fifth annual award to the most underappreciated show in all of TV land.
By Heather Havrilesky
September 6, 2008
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Preteen girls -- and their grown-up moms -- are sinking their teeth into Stephenie Meyer's gothic "Twilight" books by the millions. Move over, J.K. Rowling.
By Laura Miller
July 30, 2008
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Our fourth annual award to the most underappreciated show in all of TV land.
By Heather Havrilesky
September 14, 2007
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Joss Whedon's anti-misogyny manifesto inspires a book.
By Lynn Harris
July 18, 2007
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Can TV favorites like "The O.C." and "Veronica Mars" survive when their lead characters trade high school angst for college woes?
By Stephanie Zacharek
November 1, 2006
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How to get more women into comics? Have some superheroes guest-star on "Guiding Light!" (No, we're not kidding.)
By Carol Lloyd
October 26, 2006
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Lucy Lawless to guest star on "Veronica Mars."
By Lynn Harris
January 12, 2006
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Stop rewinding your "Buffy" tapes. "Veronica Mars" gives us an unflappable girl heroine, complex characters and a darkly realistic vision of high school -- and no wooden stakes.
By Heather Havrilesky
March 29, 2005
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Salon's first annual award honors the season's most unjustly ignored TV show.
By Kerry Lauerman
September 17, 2004
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Spike was an abused sex toy -- and Gunn is no Oreo! Enraged "Buffy" and "Angel" fans fight back.
November 6, 2003
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Martyred vampire Spike is back (sort of!) on the new season of "Angel," which has recaptured at least some of the Buffyverse's magic.
By Laura Miller
November 5, 2003
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The last-ever "Buffy" episode leaves Sunnydale destroyed, the Slayer alone but not alone and the surviving Scoobies headed who-knows-where on a school bus.
By Stephanie Zacharek
May 21, 2003
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"Buffy" creator Joss Whedon talks about why Buffy and Angel couldn't be together, how Willow might have stayed straight, and the end of the series that redefined cult TV.
By Laura Miller
May 20, 2003
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Let's salute "Buffy the Vampire Slayer's" greatest accomplishment: A girl who not only kicked ass, but
rejected the lonely-guy way of being a superhero.
By Laura Miller
May 20, 2003
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Readers respond to Jaime J. Weinman's rant "Why Spike Ruined 'Buffy the Vampire Slayer.'"
May 14, 2003
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Like Fonzie before him, this too-cool thug in a leather jacket has diverted a good show from its original mission: To celebrate the uncool outcasts of the world.
By Jaime J. Weinman
May 13, 2003
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Here's the full text of the paper I presented at the academic conference Blood, Text and Fears: Reading Around "Buffy the Vampire Slayer."
By Stephanie Zacharek
November 9, 2002
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Scholarly Buffy-philes gather at an English university to discuss the "morphic resonance" and "perlocutionary acts" of TV's favorite ghoul-killin' gal.
By Stephanie Zacharek
November 9, 2002
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Buffy's creator gallops into outer space with "Firefly," taking the connection between sci-fi and westerns a little too literally.
By Carina Chocano
October 3, 2002
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Conservative watchdogs at the Parents Television Council now have scientific proof: Sabrina is better for your kids than Buffy! And "Doc," starring Billy Ray Cyrus, is the best show on TV.
By Carina Chocano
August 29, 2002
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The most disturbing "Buffy" season ever ends with our most beloved character becoming a monster -- without losing our sympathy.
By Stephanie Zacharek
May 22, 2002
Critics' Picks: The Holy Grail of "Dollhouse"
A guide to vampire fiction with real bite
Trapped in the Dollhouse
Joss Whedon just wants to be loved
And the Buffy goes to ...
Touched by a vampire
And the Buffy goes to ...
"Her face was nothing but red"
Big shows on campus
Mars attacks!
Introducing ... the Buffy!
Methadone for "Buffy" addicts
A hole in our hearts
The man behind the Slayer
Bye-bye, Buffy!
Why Spike ruined "Buffy the Vampire Slayer"
Deconstructing "Buffy"
Giddyup, spaceman
The filth and the fury
Willow, destroyer of worlds
War Room
How the World Works