'Buffy the Vampire Slayer' Would Be Much Better if It Were 2 Seasons Shorter

By Thomas Hindmarch · Polygon · Sunday, 4 October 2026 at 17:00 (35m ago) · Original article ↗

It's difficult to overstate the influence of Buffy the Vampire Slayer. The TV show (1997-2003) was never a ratings giant, but it was a hit with critics and quickly developed a fanatical fan following. We can credit and/or blame Buffy for TV Tropes, some significant fraction of urban fantasy as a genre, a surprising amount of modern media-discussion slang (i.e. "big bad"), and the Marvel Cinematic Universe. If you were going to build a Mount Rushmore for Western pop culture, Buffy Summers is on the short list.

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