OT: Buffy The Animated Series

[annelise@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]

Just a quick note to relay: The Hollywood Reporter 
<http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/> reveals this morning that an 
animated version of the best show on television, Buffy the Vampire 
Slayer, will premiere on Fox Kids this autumn. The animated show, to 
be produced and developed by Joss Whedon (creator of all 
things 'Buffy'), will tell untold tales of the Scoobs' high school 
years, according to the Reporter. (On the live-action series, Buffy 
and her classmates graduated Sunnydale High two years ago.) 

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Fox Family, Fox Kids unveil development slates

NEW YORK -- Fox Family Channel is developing 11 new original series 
for its primetime schedule, including four reality shows, and also 
has 17 original movies in development. Fox Family's daytime schedule 
will feature four new series, including one from Alicia Silverstone, 
and Fox Kids Network is adding eight new series, including an 
animated version of "Buffy the Vampire Slayer" and "Evolution," an 
animated series based on the DreamWorks movie of the same name that 
is set for release during the summer. The networks announced their 
respective development slates Wednesday at an upfront 
presentation. "We all got together and formed a new (development) 
team in June, (and) one of the first things we set out to do was 
redefine what a family channel could be," Fox Family Channel and Fox 
Kids Network president Maureen Smith said. "Our goal was to prove you 
could be a family channel and deliver adults in primetime."