Buffy the Vampire Slayer
American supernatural TV series
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| February 2025 | Variety reported a Buffy sequel series was nearing a pilot order at Hulu, with Sarah Michelle Gellar set to reprise her role. |
| November 7 2024 | Podcast hosts Russo and Young relaunched their Buffy the Vampire Slayer podcast 'Buffering the Vampire Slayer' from Season 1, rebranding it as 'Once More, With Spoilers'. |
| September 12 2023 | An audio series titled Slayers: A Buffyverse Story was announced, set 10 years after the series finale, featuring original cast members. |
| February 2021 | The series became available on Disney+ under the Star brand. |
| 2020 | The 'Hellmouth' comic book event concludes, spanning multiple comic book issues including Buffy the Vampire Slayer: Hellmouth #1–5, Buffy the Vampire Slayer/Angel: Hellmouth #1–5, Buffy the Vampire Slayer #8–12, and Angel #5–8. |
| 2019 | Began a new comic book series with Boom! Studios, continuing her narrative and legacy. |
| 2019 | Held the second 'Buffy Proms' community event, continuing the tradition of fan engagement from the previous year. |
| 2019 | Boom! Studios launches the 'Hellmouth' comic book event, a crossover series between Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Angel, featuring Buffy Summers and Angel collaborating to save Sunnydale from imminent destruction by the Hellmouth. |
| 2019 | Boom! Studios reboots the Buffy the Vampire Slayer comic book series, reimagining the narrative for modern-day readers with a focus on contemporary themes of identity, agency, and empathy. |
| April 17 2019 | Fourth issue 'Welcome Back to the Hellmouth, Part Four' is published. Buffy bonds with her mother's boyfriend Eric. Willow arranges a date between Buffy and Robin. Spike and Drusilla manipulate Xander, with Drusilla biting him while Angel observes. |
| March 13 2019 | Third issue 'Welcome Back to the Hellmouth, Part Three' is released. Camazotz causes havoc in Sunnydale. Spike and Cordelia work together to subdue him. Buffy learns Camazotz is a Slayer protector. Spike and Drusilla attack Buffy but are repelled by Willow, Xander, and Giles. |
| February 27 2019 | Second issue 'Welcome Back to the Hellmouth, Part Two' is published. Buffy meets her classmates Cordelia and Robin. Cordelia encounters Spike outside the high school, and Anya tricks Drusilla into releasing the bat-like creature Camazotz. |
| January 23 2019 | First issue 'Welcome Back to the Hellmouth, Part One' is released. Buffy moves to Sunnydale with her mother Joyce, saves Xander and Willow from a vampire, and meets her Watcher Giles. Vampire Drusilla arrives at Anya's occult shop. |
| 2018 | Concluded her run with Dark Horse Comics after 20 years of comic book storytelling. |
| 2018 | Marti Noxon, the showrunner for season 6, publicly acknowledged that parts of the season 'went too far' and reflected critically on some of the narrative choices. |
| 2018 | Hosted the first 'Buffy Proms' community event, bringing together fans of the Buffering the Vampire Slayer podcast. |
| 2018 | Time magazine included the podcast in 'The 50 Best Podcasts to Listen to Right Now'. |
| 2018 | The podcast was featured in Esquire magazine's '21 Best Podcasts of 2018'. |
| 2018 | BuzzFeed listed Buffering the Vampire Slayer in '27 Podcasts You Need to Listening to in 2018'. |
| 2018 | Jenny Owen Youngs co-writes the Panic! at the Disco single 'High Hopes'. |
| July 2018 | 20th Century Fox Television began development on a potential television reboot of the series, with Monica Owusu-Breen as potential showrunner and Joss Whedon as executive producer. |
| June 2018 | Buffy the Vampire Slayer Season Twelve comic book series concludes the comic book continuation. |
| May 2018 | Kristin Russo and Jenny Owen Youngs separate after being married when they started the Buffering the Vampire Slayer podcast. |
| 2017 | Buffering the Vampire Slayer podcast was recognized in Autostraddle's '14 Best Podcasts For Escaping News & Politics' list. |
| November 2016 | Buffy the Vampire Slayer Season Eleven comic book series begins publication. |
| 2014 | Kristin Russo co-authors 'This Is a Book for Parents of Gay Kids', published by Chronicle Books, supporting LGBTQIA youth and families. |
| August 2014 | Pivot announced the first high-definition and widescreen broadcast of Buffy episodes. |
| July 16 2014 | Graphic novel Spike: Into the Light, written by James Marsters, is released by Dark Horse Comics. |
| March 2014 | Buffy the Vampire Slayer Season Ten comic book series begins publication. |
| 2012 | Severin develops into a main villain in Season 9, originally introduced with a distinctive appearance modeled after the young Professor X from X-Men: First Class. |
| 2011 | Netflix began streaming seasons 4-7 of Buffy the Vampire Slayer in 16:9 widescreen ratio, though they would later revert to the original 4:3 ratio. |
| 2011 | Renee, Simone Doffler, Satsu, and Severin first appear as new supporting characters in Buffy the Vampire Slayer comic book series during Season 8. |
| September 2011 | Buffy the Vampire Slayer Season Nine comic book series begins publication. |
| October 12 2010 | Repackaged 39-disc version of the Buffy DVD collection released, excluding the original bonus features disc. |
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