Name: Episode 1 — Unaired Pilot
Released: 0000-00-00
Duration: 43 min
Rating: 5.9
Cast: Sarah Michelle Gellar, Nicholas Brendon, Alyson Hannigan, Emma Caulfield, Michelle Trachtenberg

Buffy the Vampire Slayer (1997 – 2003)

1997 • 7 seasons • Comedy, Drama • TV-14

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Episode 1 — Unaired Pilot

Released: 0000-00-00 • Comedy/Drama/Sci-Fi & Fantasy

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The non-broadcast pilot episode of Buffy the Vampire Slayer was produced by 20th Century Fox in 1996 to pitch a series to networks. The twenty-five-and-a-half-minute production was written and directed by Buffy creator Joss Whedon, and was expanded upon and re-shot for the first episode of the series. It is notable for featuring a different actress in the role of Willow, Sunnydale High is Berryman High and a different actor as Principal Flutie.

After having burned down her school gym and been expelled from a school in L.A., Buffy Summers has moved to Sunnydale with her mother. Buffy goes to school for the first time at Sunnydale High and meets new people: Cordelia, Willow, and Xander. Willow is lured by a vampire into a trap. Buffy shows up with Xander and kills all the vampires except one; the surviving vampire reports the incident back to The Master.

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Episode air date	30.11.-0001
Episode runtime	43 min
Episode rating	5.90
Genres	Comedy / Drama / Sci-Fi & Fantasy
TMDB series rating	8.1
IMDb series rating	8.3
Series status	Ended
Age rating	14+
Country	US

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