Buffy the Vampire Slayer is an American supernatural drama series created by Joss Whedon, based on his earlier film of the same name. Sarah Michelle Gellar plays Buffy Summers, a teenage girl chosen to fight vampires, demons and other evil forces, helped by her friends and her mentor Rupert Giles. Set in the fictional California town of Sunnydale, which sits over a gateway to hell called the Hellmouth, it uses horror as a metaphor for the pains of adolescence. The show began on The WB and moved to UPN for its last two seasons, running for seven seasons in all. It was praised for its dialogue and inventive episodes, such as the silent Hush and the musical Once More, with Feeling, and it inspired the spin-off Angel and academic study.
Before and after
- 19971997 becomes the warmest year on record
- 25 January 1997Norwegian rocket incident
- 19 February 1997Death of Deng Xiaoping
- 28 February 1997North Hollywood shootout
- from 10 March 1997 to 20 May 2003Premiere of Buffy the Vampire Slayer
- from 31 March 1997 to 11 November 2022Premiere of Teletubbies
- 29 April 1997Founding of Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons
- 11 May 1997Deep Blue defeats Garry Kasparov
- from 15 May 1997 to 9 June 2012Premiere of Bob the Builder
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