Every season of Buffy The Vampire Slayer - along with its spin-off show, Angel - is available for viewers to stream online; here's where to watch them. Buffy The Vampire Slayer, created by Joss Whedon under Mutant Enemy Productions, is a supernatural drama television series that aired from 1997-2003, for seven seasons. It stars Sarah Michelle Gellar as the titular character, Buffy Summers, a young woman who discovers she is a vampire slayer. Over the many seasons, Buffy learns to embrace her powers and her destiny, aided by her friends and family.
The show Angel, also created by Whedon under his production company - in collaboration with David Greenwalt - aired from 1999-2004, for five full seasons. This show, which is somewhat darker than its parent series, centers on the titular character Angel, played by David Boreanaz. Of course, viewers were first introduced to him in the first season of Buffy The Vampire Slayer. The spin-off show follows Angel's life after his soul is returned to him. Riddled with guilt, he works as a private detective in Los Angeles, attempting to help those who have lost their way.
Buffy The Vampire Slayer famously aired on The WB for its first five seasons and, for season 6 and season 7, aired on UPN. Angel, meanwhile, aired on The WB for its full run. It's worth mentioning that 20th Century Fox owned the rights of both shows until 2017, when The Walt Disney Co. bought the Fox's assets for $52.4 billion, a historic Hollywood merger. A ripple effect of this deal was that Disney received some popular shows in Fox's massive catalog — including Buffy The Vampire Slayer and Angel. In recent years, following the Disney-Fox deal, both of the supernatural shows have certainly made their rounds across modern streaming services, opening them up for all new audiences to enjoy.
In 2012, Buffy The Vampire Slayer and Angel began streaming on Netflix, but left the service in mid-2017. In 2016, both series had begun streaming on Hulu - owned by Disney - and both can still be watched there as of this writing, for those who are subscribed to the service. Buffy The Vampire Slayer can also be enjoyed on Amazon Prime Video, on which it began streaming on in 2020, alongside Angel. For those who don't subscribe to Prime but wish to watch the shows there, each episode can be purchased for $1.99, and each season is $19.99. Notably, both series can also be watched on Facebook Watch; Facebook purchased the streaming rights to Buffy The Vampire Slayer, Angel, and Firefly -another hit Whedon show - in 2018.
In March of 2020, rumors began swirling around that Buffy The Vampire Slayer would be added to the Disney+ streaming service, since the rights to the show had, after all, been purchased by Disney. However, these rumors have not yet been confirmed by Disney. It has been confirmed, though, that there will be a reboot of the show. In July of 2018, 20th Century Fox Television began to develop it. Whedon is executive producing the new series, which is being run by Monica Owusu-Breen. There are no details yet on which company will stream the reboot, but anonymous sources told reporters in recent years that the series will be extremely diverse. If television watchers need a Buffy The Vampire Slayer or Angel fix in 2020, their best bet is to turn to either Hulu or Amazon Prime Video.
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