You can still watch the WB on DVD
The netlet now rests in peace, but many of its hot shows live on (glaring omission: Grosse Pointe, which, sadly, languishes without a release date). Here's a viewer's guide.
BUFFY THE VAMPIRE SLAYER
Available All seven seasons
High Point If you dare, go for the mammoth Chosen Collection, featuring the
complete series and enough extras to choke the Hellmouth. But those of
you not ready to commit to 40 discs are welcome to take it one juicy
season at a time.
CHARMED
Available Seasons 1-5; season 6 due Oct. 17.
High Point Season 4, when Rose McGowan replaces Shannen Doherty and meaty serial
story lines take over the monster-of-the-week format: The continuing
affair between demon Cole (Nip/Tuck's Julian McMahon) and Phoebe (Alyssa
Milano) is almost Buffy-worthy.
DAWSON'S CREEK
Available All six seasons
High Point The true heart of Dawson's will always be the this-can't-be-happening
romance between Joey and Pacey that begins in season 3. (A tip: Avoid
the college years. If you're so desperate to relive the ending, you can
buy the final episode individually.)
EVERWOOD
Available Season 1
High Point The small-town-doctor series features one of TV's best-ever
pilots — setting up a tense father-son relationship that anchors
everything to come — and a gutsy-as-hell finale that lets everyone know
this is no 7th Heaven II. You'll be begging for season 2. (We are.)
GILMORE GIRLS
Available Seasons 1-5; season 6 due Sept. 19.
High Point Get 'em all, but if you have to choose, go for season 2, when Lorelai
and Rory's mother-daughter relationship hits its stride, or season 4,
when Rory leaves for college and the show is forced, happily, to
reinvent itself (God bless cell phones).
