Buffy the Vampire Slayer Buffy the Vampire Slayer Buffy the Vampire Slayer is an American supernatural drama television series based on the 1992 film of the same name. It was created by Joss Whedon under his production tag, Mutant Enemy Productions, with later co-executive producers being Jane Espenson, David Fury, David Greenwalt, Doug Petrie, Marti Noxon, and David Solomon. The series premiered on March 10, 1997, on The WB and concluded on May 20, 2003, on UPN. The series narrative follows Buffy Summers (played by Sarah Michelle Gellar), the latest in a line of young women known as "Vampire Slayers", or simply "Slayers". In
Unaired Buffy the Vampire Slayer pilot she is "The Slayer". One vampire runs away, and Buffy is left to dispatch the blond vampire. The next morning, Giles is unimpressed by Buffy's sloppy fighting and the fact that she allowed others to find out her identity as the Slayer. Her new friends, Willow and Xander, defend her, but Buffy is unbothered. Whedon was interviewed by "IGN Film Force" in June 2003 and was asked about the unaired presentation: Unaired Buffy the Vampire Slayer pilot The non-broadcast pilot episode of "Buffy the Vampire Slayer" was produced by 20th Century Fox in 1996 to pitch a series to networks.