"how they depicted the apocalypse on the show; ""Unplugged: Season 4 Outtakes"", a series of outtakes from the season; ""Last Looks: The Hyperion Hotel"", a set tour of the Hyperion Hotel; ""Fatal Beauty and the Beast"", a look at the villains of the season; ""Malice in Wonderland: Wolfram & Hart"", a look at the law firm and its importance in the show; and ""Prophecies: Season 4 Overview"", a summary of the season featuring interviews with cast and crew members. Angel (season 4) The fourth season of the television series Angel, the spin-off of ""Buffy the Vampire Slayer"", premiered on October"
"cast and crew members discuss the season. Also included are cast biographies and photo galleries. Angel (season 1) The first season of the television series Angel, the spin-off of ""Buffy the Vampire Slayer"", premiered on October 5, 1999 on The WB and concluded its 22-episode season on May 23, 2000. The season aired on Tuesdays at 9:00 pm ET, following ""Buffy"". Series co-creator David Greenwalt points out ""there's no denying that ""Angel"" grew out of ""Buffy"""". Several years before ""Angel"" debuted, Joss Whedon developed the concept behind ""Buffy the Vampire Slayer"" to invert the Hollywood formula of ""the little blonde"
"Angel (David Boreanaz), Cordelia Chase (Charisma Carpenter) and Wesley Wyndam-Pryce (Alexis Denisof), who had been introduced in ""Buffy"", became main characters in the spinoff series. The first crossover appeared in the premiere episodes, where Angel calls Buffy but doesn't say anything; on ""Buffy"", she is seen answering the phone. After the events of ""The Harsh Light of Day"", Oz (Seth Green) visits Los Angeles in the ""Angel"" episode ""In the Dark"" to give Angel the Gem of Amara (a ring that makes vampires unkillable), and Spike (James Marsters) follows him. In the ""Angel"" episode ""Bachelor Party"", Doyle (Glenn Quinn) has"
"outtakes, and photo galleries. Angel (season 3) The third season of the television series Angel, the spin-off of ""Buffy the Vampire Slayer"", premiered on September 24, 2001 on The WB and concluded its 22-episode season on May 20, 2002. The season aired in a new timeslot, Mondays at 9:00 pm ET. This was the first season where ""Angel"" and ""Buffy"" didn't air on the same network, as ""Buffy"" had moved to the UPN network beginning with its sixth season. After Angel spends time at a monastery in Sri Lanka mourning Buffy's death, he returns to Los Angeles and is welcomed"
"Award for Best Television in 2001. It received many awards and nominations from the Saturn Awards which are presented annually by the Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films: it won Best Network TV Series in 2004 and David Boreanaz won Best TV Actor in 2000, 2003, and 2004. Specific episodes, ""Waiting in the Wings"", ""Smile Time"", and ""Not Fade Away"", were nominated for Hugo Awards for Best Dramatic Presentation, Short Form in 2003 and 2005. ""Angel"", itself a spin-off from ""Buffy"", has in turn inspired a whole ""industry"" of books, comics, and merchandise. Outside of the TV series,"
"with the dentist (played by Parley Baer in this episode). Although it had much less slapstick comedy, ""Angel"" was somewhat akin to two other CBS sitcoms, ""I Love Lucy"" (already concluded) and ""Pete and Gladys"", a spin-off of CBS's ""December Bride"". The series co-starred Doris Singleton as Angel's sympathetic friend Susie and Don Keefer as Susie's husband George, roughly akin to the Ethel and Fred roles from ""I Love Lucy"". Co-sponsored by General Foods (Post Cereals) and Johnson's Wax, ""Angel"" was initially broadcast at 9 pm Eastern on Thursday evenings between October 6, 1960, and April 13, 1961. On April"
"Angel (season 2) The second season of the television series Angel, the spin-off of ""Buffy the Vampire Slayer"", premiered on September 26, 2000 on The WB and concluded its 22-episode season on May 22, 2001. It maintained its previous timeslot, airing Tuesdays at 9:00 pm ET, following ""Buffy"". The Angel Investigations team, now in their new headquarters at the Hyperion Hotel, are trying to decipher what Wolfram & Hart raised at the end of season one with the Scrolls of Aberjan. It turns out that it was Darla – now human, ailing and mentally unstable – who is being used"
"including main cast members Buffy Summers, Willow Rosenberg and Daniel ""Oz"" Osbourne. The rogue slayer Faith played an important part in episodes of Seasons 1, 2, and 4; Anne Steele and Andrew Wells also originated on ""Buffy"" and appeared in two or more ""Angel"" episodes. Whedon also used two actors from his cancelled television series ""Firefly"", Gina Torres and Adam Baldwin, to play Jasmine and Marcus Hamilton, respectively. Much of ""Angel"" was shot on location in Los Angeles, California. The show is set in the city of Los Angeles. ""Los Angeles"" are the first words spoken in the premiere episode,"
"with more than 1.5 million viewers. That year he promoted the show with a performance where he was suspended within a cube encased in concrete above Times Square, escaping from the block before it was set to crash to the ground. Magic effects creator Sean Field stated of Angel this year that, ""Criss Angel is the biggest name in magic since Houdini ... No other magician has invaded pop culture to the degree that Criss Angel has. He has changed the image of magic and made it cool."" The show became one of the most popular foreign television shows in"
"who was a script coordinator during the first season was promoted to a staff writer, and began writing episodes. Shawn Ryan was hired for the season and also served as a producer. James A. Contner (also co-producer) directed the highest amount of episodes in the second season, directing three episodes. David Greenwalt directed two, including the season finale. <onlyinclude></onlyinclude> The second season of ""Angel"" aired along with the fifth season of ""Buffy the Vampire Slayer"". Both shows retained their timeslots on The WB Television Network, airing on Tuesdays at 9:00 PM ET and 8:00 PM ET respectively. The ""Buffy"" episode"
"Angel (season 4) The fourth season of the television series Angel, the spin-off of ""Buffy the Vampire Slayer"", premiered on October 6, 2002 on The WB and concluded its 22-episode season on May 7, 2003. The season aired in a new timeslot, Sundays at 9:00 pm ET, and then relocated to Wednesdays at 9:00 pm ET, beginning with ""Habeas Corpses"". The season begins with Gunn and Fred searching for Angel (who had been trapped at the bottom of the ocean by his treacherous son Connor) and Cordelia (who had been summoned to a Higher Plane of existence) at the end"
"between four and six million viewers on original airings. Although such ratings are lower than successful shows on the ""big four"" networks (ABC, CBS, NBC, and Fox), they were a success for the relatively new and smaller WB Television Network. The success of ""Buffy"" has led to hundreds of tie-in products, including novels, comics, and video games. The series has received attention in fandom (including fan films), parody, and academia, and has influenced the direction of other television series. The series, as well as its spinoff series ""Angel"", and extensions thereof, have been collectively termed the ""Buffyverse"". As of 2018,"
"Angel (season 3) The third season of the television series Angel, the spin-off of ""Buffy the Vampire Slayer"", premiered on September 24, 2001 on The WB and concluded its 22-episode season on May 20, 2002. The season aired in a new timeslot, Mondays at 9:00 pm ET. This was the first season where ""Angel"" and ""Buffy"" didn't air on the same network, as ""Buffy"" had moved to the UPN network beginning with its sixth season. After Angel spends time at a monastery in Sri Lanka mourning Buffy's death, he returns to Los Angeles and is welcomed home by Cordelia, Wesley"
"In the second season, the show got a total makeover. It became much more oriented to teenagers, with the Teen Angels receiving more screen time and Nico and Cielo's relationship less. It also introduced a new format for a daily fiction: episodes had titles and ended in monologues, following the model of U.S. shows such as ""Grey's Anatomy"", ""Sex and the City"" and ""Desperate Housewives"". In the same vein as ""Lost"", the mystery elements became very important. The changes were well received and the show's rating exploded. It easily beat ""Patito Feo""'s Season 2 number; while the Canal 13 show"
"writing process, were 'approved' by both Fox and Joss Whedon (or his office), and the books were therefore later published as officially ""Buffy""/""Angel"" merchandise. Redemption (Angel novel) Redemption is an original novel based on the U.S. television series ""Angel"". Tagline: ""History can repeat itself."" A wealthy actress, Whitney Tyler, requests the help of Angel, Cordelia, and Doyle. She plays a vampire on a popular TV show, and a small number of viewers seem to believe she is actually a real vampire and have made attempts to kill her. Doyle is pleased the case isn't relying on painful visions and Cordelia"
"him working on two shows at once. He did however write the story for another two episodes; ""I Fall to Pieces with David Greenwalt and ""Sanctuary"" with Tim Minear. Veteran ""Buffy"" director James A. Contner (also co-producer) directed the highest amount of episodes in the first season, directing four episodes. David Greenwalt directed two, including the season finale. <onlyinclude></onlyinclude> Beginning with this season, both ""Angel"" and its parent series ""Buffy the Vampire Slayer"" aired on The WB Television Network. Both shows aired on Tuesdays, ""Buffy"" at 8:00 PM ET, and ""Angel"" at 9:00 PM ET. The first season of ""Angel"""
"represented 90% of all prime-time television viewership in the U.S.). Several flagship series debuted on the network during this time including ""Dynasty"", an opulent drama from Aaron Spelling that became a hit when it premiered as a midseason series in 1981, five months before Spelling's other ABC hit ""Charlie's Angels"" ended its run. The network was also propelled during the early 1980s by the continued successes of ""Happy Days"", ""Three's Company"", ""Laverne & Shirley"" and ""Fantasy Island"", and gained new hits in ""Too Close for Comfort"", ""Soap"" spinoff ""Benson"" and ""Happy Days"" spinoff ""Mork & Mindy"". In 1981, ABC (through"
"additions to the cast include Angela ""Big Ang"" Raiola (seasons 2–6), Ramona Rizzo (seasons 2–3), Love Majewski (season 3), Alicia DiMichelle Garafalo (season 4), and Natalie Guercio (seasons 4–5). Raiola died from complications of throat cancer and pneumonia on February 18, 2016, less than a month before the final season concluded. The show's success resulted several spin-offs, including """", ""Mob Wives Chicago"", ""Big Ang"", and ""Miami Monkey"". A revival of the series has been discussed since December 2017, in which D'Avanzo has confirmed she would not be featured. The idea for the show came from Jennifer ""Jenn"" Graziano, sister of"
"by Reed and her then husband, producer Tony Owen. Episodes revolved around typical family problems of the period such as firing a clumsy housekeeper, throwing a retirement bash for a colleague, and finding quality time away from the children. Then-daring themes such as women's rights and freedom of the press were occasionally explored. The show had an uncertain start in the ratings and was almost cancelled, but fared better when it was moved from Wednesday to Thursday nights. In the show's middle seasons, Fabares sang what became a #1 teen pop hit ""Johnny Angel"", and Petersen had above average success"
"ratings and was cancelled 11 episodes into the first season. However, with the help of a massive letter-writing campaign, the show was resuscitated the following season and became a huge ratings winner for the next seven seasons. At the beginning of the fourth season in 1997, Reese threatened to leave the show because she was making less than her co-stars; CBS ended up raising her salary. In 2000, her health problems became obvious when she collapsed on the set and was hospitalized. ""Touched by an Angel"" was cancelled in 2003, but it continued re-running heavily in syndication and on Ion"
"was promoted to executive story editor and wrote or co-wrote four episodes. Elizabeth Craft and Sarah Fain joined the show as staff writers and wrote or co-wrote five episodes. ""Firefly"" writer Ben Edlund was hired as a producer towards the end of the season, following the cancellation of ""Firefly"". <onlyinclude></onlyinclude> The fourth season of ""Angel"" coincided with the seventh and final season of ""Buffy the Vampire Slayer"". This was the final year in which both shows were on television together. In the ""Buffy"" episode ""Lies My Parents Told Me"", Willow (Alyson Hannigan) receives a call from Fred. She leaves immediately"
"(1978–1980). ""Charlie's Angels"" was a major success throughout the world, maintaining its appeal in syndication and spawning (particularly in the show's first three seasons) a cottage industry of peripheral products, including several series of bubble gum cards, two sets of fashion dolls, numerous posters, puzzles, and school supplies, novelizations of episodes, toy vans, and a board game, all featuring Fawcett's likeness. The ""Angels"" also appeared on the covers of magazines around the world, from countless fan magazines to ""TV Guide"" (four times) to ""Time"". In 2004, the television film """" dramatized the events from the show, with supermodel and actress"
"story, written early in the writing process, were 'approved' by both Fox and Joss Whedon (or his office), and the books were therefore later published as officially ""Buffy""/""Angel"" merchandise. Haunted (Angel novel) Haunted is an original novel based on the U.S. television series ""Angel"". Tagline: ""Reality television is taken one step too far."" Characters include: Angel, Cordelia, Wesley, Gunn, Lilah Morgan and the Host. Cordy's finally getting a big break—she will be a contestant on some ""reality programming"". She must spend five days and four nights in an apparently haunted house. Living with a ghost and catching demons for a"
"Angeles done via satellite. ""Showbiz Tonight"" is shown several times daily in Europe on Star! Scandinavia, a channel operated by Turner NonStop Television, part of Turner Broadcasting. The program is a revival of ""Showbiz Today"", an earlier program that ran from 1984 until September 10, 2001, on the main CNN network and the international network CNN International. The show's hosts broadcast live from both New York and Los Angeles, and the format was mainly hard entertainment news involving behind the scenes activities and deals, along with movie review segments and premiere summaries rather than the current day format. Previous hosts"
"Angel (1960 TV series) Angel is an American sitcom that aired on CBS during the 1960–1961 television season. The series was created and executive produced by Jess Oppenheimer, and stars Annie Fargé as the title character. Fargé portrayed Angelique ""Angel"" Smith, a pretty, young scatterbrained Frenchwoman who comes to the United States and marries a young architect, John Smith, played by Marshall Thompson. With her distinct French accent, Angel gets into various problems with the culture, language, and procedures in her new country. In the episode ""The Dentist"", for instance, she learns she must pay when late for her appointment"
"and the ""Father."" The Parents Television Council picked it as one of the best shows for family viewing. Maria Bamford imitated Monica on the track ""Touched By an Angel"" on her Burning Tours album. It was also spoofed on MadTV as ""Touched By an Atheist"" guest starring comedian George Carlin. ""Touched by an Angel"" became one of CBS's highest-rated series during season three and continued through season six, when it was the ninth most watched network series, with 17,190,000 viewers that amounted to a 15% share of the market as determined by Nielsen Media Research. In season eight, after the"
"Denisof were followed later by Mercedes McNab (Harmony Kendall) and James Marsters (Spike). Several actors and actresses who played ""Buffy"" characters made guest appearances on ""Angel"", including Seth Green (Daniel ""Oz"" Osbourne), Sarah Michelle Gellar (Buffy Summers), Eliza Dushku (Faith), Tom Lenk (Andrew Wells), Alyson Hannigan (Willow Rosenberg), Julie Benz (Darla), Mark Metcalf (The Master), Julia Lee (Anne Steele) and Juliet Landau (Drusilla). Angel also continued to appear occasionally on ""Buffy"". The storyline has been continued in the comic book series """" published by IDW Publishing and later ""Angel and Faith"" published by Dark Horse Comics. Outside of the TV"
"who had been the most popular and superficial girl in Sunnydale High on ""Buffy"", develops over the course of the series from an insecure young woman struggling in a daunting real world into an unexpectedly mature woman. Similarly, Wesley, the once uptight and bookish Watcher, becomes a man of quiet confidence and often ruthless action. In much the same way as ""Buffy"" had been both a homage and parody of traditional horror films, ""Angel"" gave the same treatment to the classical ""film noir"". Producer Kelly Manners said """"Angel"" is a dark show about a man looking for redemption... We have"
"called ""Angel Quest"", which ran ""5 times longer"" than ""Viking Quest"". This is a sly reference to the fact that in real life Vanessa Angel was originally cast as Xena in a three-episode arc for the television show """". She dropped out; the part of Xena went to Lucy Lawless; and the subsequent spin-off series """" went on to significantly eclipse its predecessor, both critically and commercially. Set during the mid-10th century AD in the Orkney Islands, ""Viking Quest"" follows the exploits of Viking hero, Tarvold, as he and his clan sail the high seas. A legend in the making,"
"Redemption (Angel novel) Redemption is an original novel based on the U.S. television series ""Angel"". Tagline: ""History can repeat itself."" A wealthy actress, Whitney Tyler, requests the help of Angel, Cordelia, and Doyle. She plays a vampire on a popular TV show, and a small number of viewers seem to believe she is actually a real vampire and have made attempts to kill her. Doyle is pleased the case isn't relying on painful visions and Cordelia is starstruck, but Angel is confused; Whitney resembles someone he knew two centuries earlier. The attempts to kill Whitney continue, while Angel, Doyle and"
"program, and garnered The WB the highest ratings it would ever see – the show's February 8, 1999 episode attracted 12.5 million viewers. For the 1999–2000 season, the network concluded its primetime expansion with the addition of programming on Friday nights. New shows that season included ""Roswell"", ""Popular"", and the ""Buffy the Vampire Slayer"" spin-off ""Angel"", the latter of which premiered with 7.5 million viewers – the second-highest rated premiere for the network at the time. During this season, The WB was the only network to have gains in its total audience viewership and in each key demographic. As the"
"stop the falling ratings and in 1981, after 110 episodes and five seasons, ""Charlie's Angels"" was canceled. The series continues to have a cult and pop culture following through syndication, DVD releases, and subsequent television shows. The show also spawned two feature film adaptations and a reboot television series in 2011. Ivan Goff and Ben Roberts came up with the idea for a series about three beautiful female private investigators as a breakthrough but also escapist television series. Producers Aaron Spelling and Leonard Goldberg first considered actress Kate Jackson during the early pre-production stages of the series. She had proven"
"Angeles with a reputation for sinister events, including the Cecil. The cycle also marks a return to filming in Los Angeles, where the first two seasons were shot. ""Hotel"" features one of the most expansive sets in ""American Horror Story"" history, with production designer Mark Worthington building two stories on a soundstage, along with a working elevator and stairway. In July 2015, FX launched a marketing campaign for the series, with most trailers and teasers touting Gaga's involvement. Although ""Hotel"" was originally reported to consist of thirteen episodes, that number was later revised to twelve. The season garnered a total"