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The WB network has renewed its hit show Buffy the Vampire Slayer and its spinoff Angel, giving both full 22-episode orders for the 2000-‘01 season. The shows are The WB’s third- and fourth-highest rated series respectively, according to The Hollywood Reporter.
The early renewals allow cast and crew to gear up production for the new season. Buffy creator Joss Whedon and partner David Greenwalt, who co-created Angel with Whedon, will begin writing new Angel scripts in June and shift to Buffy scripts later in the summer. Angel goes into its second season; Buffy into its fifth.
Whedon said there will be a few more regular supporting characters added to Angel by next season. One regular character, Doyle, played by Glenn Quinn, has already met his demise, replaced by the character of Wesley, played by Alexis Denisof. “We’re looking to build up the ensemble a little more, but you’ll see fewer stories that are peripheral to Angel,” Whedon said. “We initially saw Angel as being more of a guardian for other characters, but we found the audience was much more emotionally invested in Angel, so we’ll be staying closer to home and exploring his character.”
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