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Subject: Buffy New Sunnydale

Message: Everyone at Hulu/TWDC looooves the pilot. There's so much good
energy around it. The delay has been mostly about negotiating episode
order and creative arc.

Zhao and the Zuckerman's wanted longer (18 eps), Hulu wanted to start
with 8, and it's been a (very friendly) push and pull from there.

Especially around how to carefully condense the season arc. For all
intents and purposes it will be produced as a Hulu show, but will be branded/marketed/platformed as Disney+.

The good news is it's very close to getting over the line at 13 eps with
a TWO SEASON ORDER.

If everything goes to plan, it'll be formally announced at upfronts in
May, production will start early summer, the pilot will get a
presentation at D23 in August, but it won't premiere until early 2027.
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On 2/25/26 11:11 PM, Alan Smithee wrote:

Subject: Buffy New Sunnydale

Message: Everyone at Hulu/TWDC looooves the pilot. There's so much good energy around it. The delay has been mostly about negotiating episode
order and creative arc.

Zhao and the Zuckerman's wanted longer (18 eps), Hulu wanted to start
with 8, and it's been a (very friendly) push and pull from there.

Especially around how to carefully condense the season arc. For all
intents and purposes it will be produced as a Hulu show, but will be branded/marketed/platformed as Disney+.

The good news is it's very close to getting over the line at 13 eps with
a TWO SEASON ORDER.

This is very confusing rCo Is that 13 episodes TOTAL?! (Which would be pathetic.) Or is is 13 episodes PER SEASON (for 26 episodes total)?

If everything goes to plan, it'll be formally announced at upfronts in
May, production will start early summer, the pilot will get a
presentation at D23 in August, but it won't premiere until early 2027.

Oh, great - another streaming series that takes years to release...


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On 2026-02-26 11:54 AM, Ian J. Ball wrote:

On 2/25/26 11:11 PM, Alan Smithee wrote:

Subject: Buffy New Sunnydale

Message: Everyone at Hulu/TWDC looooves the pilot. There's so much
good energy around it. The delay has been mostly about negotiating
episode order and creative arc.

Zhao and the Zuckerman's wanted longer (18 eps), Hulu wanted to start
with 8, and it's been a (very friendly) push and pull from there.

Especially around how to carefully condense the season arc. For all
intents and purposes it will be produced as a Hulu show, but will be
branded/marketed/platformed as Disney+.

The good news is it's very close to getting over the line at 13 eps
with a TWO SEASON ORDER.

This is very confusing rCo Is that 13 episodes TOTAL?! (Which would be pathetic.) Or is is 13 episodes PER SEASON (for 26 episodes total)?

They're following the pattern of the original show which had a dozen eps in season one. After that it was the standard 20-something eps per season.

If everything goes to plan, it'll be formally announced at upfronts in>> May, production will start early summer, the pilot will get a
presentation at D23 in August, but it won't premiere until early 2027.> Oh, great - another streaming series that takes years to release...

Only a problem if you plan on watching it. It will probably go the way
of every show that SMG has starred in since "BTVS" - one season and then it's axed.
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