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Why a ‘Buffy the Vampire Slayer’ Revival Is So Exciting — and So Terrifying

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Adam B. Vary Senior Entertainment Writer On one level, the return of “Buffy the Vampire Slayer” with Sarah Michelle Gellar — the news of which Variety broke today — is the most 2020s thing that could happen.

Updating a beloved TV series from the last four decades with at least some of the original cast (often known as a legacy sequel, revival or “requel”) has become a central pillar of our current popular culture.

From “And Just Like That” on Max to “That ’90s Show” on Netflix to “Star Trek: Picard,” “Frasier” and whatever new version of “Dexter” is streaming on Paramount+, we’re habitually invited now to live in updated versions of our TV pasts.

A new “Buffy,” however, feels more totemic. There are all the TV history reasons, of course: Dismissed when it premiered on the nascent network The WB in 1997 as a mid-season replacement, “Buffy” rapidly roundhouse kicked itself into the vanguard of both television form and content.

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