Vampire

THE WB

THE GOOD By not splurging on Buffy, the six-year-old netlet (a division of EW parent AOL Time Warner) is now on target to turn its first profit next year. The WB is also sending a message to other shows up for renegotiation (namely, Dawson's Creek) that it won't pay the moon to keep them.
THE BAD Hits are hard to come by. And who will replace Gellar as the face of the network? 7th Heaven's Happy the dog?
VERDICT A sucky PR move, but possibly a shrewd business decision.

THE FANS

THE GOOD Buffy buffs are guaranteed two more seasons in Sunnydale.
THE BAD Fans living in St. Louis and several other markets without a UPN station get the shaft. "We're in mourning," sighs Mark Parfitt, 22, of UPN-less State College, Pa. "What can we do? Make road trips to some place that has UPN? It's devastating."
VERDICT If you live in a final frontier where no UPN affiliate has gone before, well, there's always Charmed.