Friday Night Lights Spoilers - 1/31/07

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Not too long ago, teen dramas were jam packed with strong female characters who were high kicking, vampire slaying and wittily disposing of anyone and anything that stood in their way. But the halcyon days of Buffy and co are long gone.

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THE SKINNY: It's taken a while for Anthony Stewart Head to graduate from Watcher to King, but he's doing just that with his new role as the villainous King Uther who doesn't believe in magic in NBC's forthcoming summer series MERLIN (which debuts in June).

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More news from the Buffyverse! TVGuide.com has exclusively learned that James Marsters (Spike!) will be appearing on CBS' Numbers.

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Sarah Michelle Gellar is ready to slay TV viewers again. The erstwhile vampire slayer is set to return to the small screen — no, not as Buffy — in a new HBO series, Variety reports.

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Out For True Blood

I love vampires. The restless dead, lurking in the shadows, waiting to prey on hapless humans. It's visceral and macabre. Damn sexy too. Vampires on television churn my blood. Programs about bloodsuckers fall into two categories; awesome and awful.

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I would even hesitate to call Buffy The Vampire Slayer a superhero. Yeah, she has incredible fighting powers and goes up against various monsters and evildoers, but it's really odd to see her name next to superheroes such as Batman, The Flash, Superman, and Captain America.

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With Buffyverse ringmaster Joss Whedon at its helm and Eliza Dushku as its star, Fox's sci-fried Bourne series, Dollhouse, is pretty much required to have a cast that redefines the term "top-notch." And since a top-secret list of the show's principal characters just landed on my  …

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Warner Bros. Television Group plans to resurrect The WB television network in the form of a new Web site.

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Now that she's free of network restrictions and budgets, Buffy The Vampire Slayer is showing that she's open to all manner of new things. And, no, I'm not just talking about her new New York Times-friendly bi-curiosity - there's time-travel in her future, as well.

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Buffy Summers, the vampire slayer of film, television and comic books, is all confidence in fighting the forces of darkness. But she's often shakier in her intimate relationships.

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While a number of Buffy the Vampire Slayer alum have had continued success, the most explosive post-fang career for the people behind the scenes is Drew Goddard.

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Eliza Dushku may finally be welcoming viewers to her Dollhouse. The former Buffy The Vampire Slayer actress had announced plans to co-produce and star in a new action-drama from her Buffy creator Joss Whedon mere days before Hollywood's scribes went on strike last November.

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The upcoming William S. Paley Television Festival is taking shape with a cult fave and Golden Globe winner now in the mix.

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There are very few times that I wish I lived in Los Angeles (I'm a cold weather guy). This is one of them.

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There's life after the apocalypse. Angel fans will finally find out what transpired after the cult show's 2004 finale, as the sexy vampire (played on TV by David Boreanaz) and his team faced down the armies of Hell.

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SCI FI Channel has given a green light to Warehouse 13, a two-hour pilot it describes as part The X-Files, part Raiders of the Lost Ark and part Moonlighting.

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The TV show didn't exactly die when the show and its demon-fighting heroine went off the air three years ago.

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[15] Joss Whedon has created in Buffy the Vampire Slayer a story which appeals to many through its clever mix of humour, action and drama which refuses to be categorized.

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Faith is back! The former rogue Slayer makes her return in the sixth issue of the Buffy the Vampire Slayer Season 8 comic book, on sale Sept. 5. And she'll be in the capable hands of fan-favorite writer Brian K. Vaughan. A picture of a page is within the article.

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I'll have a full report later, but good news for Buffy fans. Joss is currently in talks with the BBC and Mr. Anthony Stewart Head. Plans are almost a go for RIPPER! Ripper is the long-rumored story of Giles pre-Buffy.

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The Politics of Buffy: Slaying More Than Vampires

Buffy: The Vampire Slayer was a show with deep thematic elements that fueled the current of plot and characterization.

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Warning Spoilers ahead.

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Dark Horse and MySpace.com partnered to present a contest calling for short essays about how Buffy the Vampire Slayer has affected fans' lives.

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My (relatively recent) Interests: Buffy the Vampire Slayer

When I was in Japan (for one year, Sept 2004 - Sept 2005), I had a friend who used to swear by angsty teen TV shows. She was into things like Roswell and the like, but she swore that better than all the rest was a show called Buffy the Vampire Slayer.

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Since the destruction of the Hellmouth, the Slayers--newly legion--have gotten organized and are kicking some serious undead butt. But not everything's fun and firearms, as an old enemy reappears and Dawn experiences some serious growing pains...

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