‘Buffy the Vampire Slayer’ Season 4 reviews
John’s “Buffy the Vampire Slayer” Season 4 flashback review, johnvhansen.com, Oct. 21, 2012 “Buffy the Vampire Slayer” Season 4 (1999-2000, WB), episodes 1-10 – “Buffy’s” fourth season finds Slayer Buffy (Sarah Michelle Gellar), wicca Willow (Alyson Hannigan) and werewolf Oz (Seth Green) attending UC-Sunnydale and discovering that blowing up the high school didn’t vanquish all
‘Angel’ Season 1 reviews
John’s “Angel” Season 1 flashback review, johnvhansen.com, Dec. 22, 2011 “Angel” Season 1 (1999-2000, WB), episodes 1-10 – In the “Buffy” spinoff, Angel (David Boreanaz) sets up a crime-fighting agency in Los Angeles, assisted by Cordelia (Charisma Carpenter) the secretary and Doyle (Glenn Quinn) the half-demon who gets visions of people in trouble. As Angel
‘Angel’ Season 2 reviews
John’s “Angel” Season 2 flashback review, johnvhansen.com, Jan. 17, 2012 John’s “Buffy” Season 5/ “Angel” Season 2 review, NDSU Spectrum, Jan. 26, 2001
‘Buffy the Vampire Slayer’ Season 5 reviews
John’s “Buffy the Vampire Slayer” Season 5 flashback review, johnvhansen.com, Dec. 4, 2012 NDSU Spectrum: TV review ‘Buffy’ and ‘Angel’ start down the dark path By JOHN HANSEN Jan. 26, 2001 “Buffy” has bounced back nicely from last season’s Initiative arc with a bevy of intriguing plotlines.
‘Roswell’ Season 1 reviews
All 22 episodes of “Roswell” Season 1 (1999-2000), ranked, John Hansen, July 3, 2019 NDSU Spectrum: TV review ‘Roswell’ steps in to fill looming ‘X-Files’ void By JOHN HANSEN January 2000 Something became apparent early on when viewing the pilot episode of “Roswell.” Any preconceptions on the viewer’s part should be left behind, because this
‘Dawson’s Creek’ Season 3 reviews
John’s “Freaks and Geeks” Season 1/ “Dawson’s Creek” Season 3 review, NDSU Spectrum, January 2000 “Dawson’s Creek” Season 3 (1999-2000, WB) – The first 10 episodes were hit-and-miss, but from January to May “Dawson’s Creek” achieved heartwrenching brilliance as old friends Pacey (Joshua Jackson), Joey (Katie Holmes) and Dawson (James Van Der Beek) became tangled in
‘Young Americans’ (2000) a brainy, pretty ‘Creek’ spinoff
TV shows lost to history (Review): Although awkwardly spun off from “Dawson’s Creek,” “YA” finds its own identity by mixing old influences with new issues.
TV shows lost to history: ‘Glory Days’ (2002) (Review)
After “Dawson’s Creek” and before his commercial resurgence with “The Vampire Diaries” and “The Following,” uber-producer Kevin Williamson stumbled through a few interesting failures. Among them was “Glory Days” (2002, WB), which lasted nine episodes before it was axed.
Gals take lead in mediocre ‘Batman’ spinoff ‘Birds of Prey’ (2002-03)
One-season wonders (TV review): This WB series takes a crack at a “Batman”-without-Batman saga.
‘Bedford Diaries’ (2006) quietly closes WB era
TV shows lost to history (Review): The short-lived “Bedford Diaries” closed out the WB network just before “Gossip Girl” became a CW hit.