and Tribune Broadcasting. But his legacy looms large even today with both Fox and The CW, which resulted in 2006 from a merger between The WB and UPN. The exec passed on other opportunities to ...

Joss Whedon’s Buffy the Vampire Slayer is based on his 1992 film of the same name and premiered on The WB in 1997 ... Slayer concluded in 2003 on UPN and spawned a spinoff series titled Angel ...

But despite her knack for resurrection on Buffy the Vampire Slayer (which also got a second life when it moved from The WB to UPN during its seven-season run), she's never returned for a TV revival.