Heroes, Smallville, Supernatural etc, would never have attained the kind of popularity they got were it not for Buffy and X-Files. I don't know what you're talking about.
I'm dismissing Twilight because it is just bad. I'm an HP fan, and if it weren't for Harry Potter, Twilight wouldn't have been as successful - as far as I'm aware everyone there is High School age - Harry Potter itself, are badly written books, the only thing worthwhile there is fandom, very likely the only thing worthwhile in Twilight is fandom.
I think Buffy, as a show, is more than just the fandom.
The episodic procedurals, as a type, have been around for decades. The kind of storytelling told in Buffy was not the type you'd find in young adult television - not to mention that its a transgenerational show - people from the age of 12 onwards can watch Buffy, understand and enjoy - which is something that occurs so much in television now we're barely aware of it, but before Buffy that sort of thing was very, very rare.
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I don't know what you're talking about.
I'm dismissing Twilight because it is just bad. I'm an HP fan, and if it weren't for Harry Potter, Twilight wouldn't have been as successful - as far as I'm aware everyone there is High School age - Harry Potter itself, are badly written books, the only thing worthwhile there is fandom, very likely the only thing worthwhile in Twilight is fandom.
I think Buffy, as a show, is more than just the fandom.
The episodic procedurals, as a type, have been around for decades. The kind of storytelling told in Buffy was not the type you'd find in young adult television - not to mention that its a transgenerational show - people from the age of 12 onwards can watch Buffy, understand and enjoy - which is something that occurs so much in television now we're barely aware of it, but before Buffy that sort of thing was very, very rare.
And now, I'm going to sleep!