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| | Dark Angel | PopMatters Television Review |
 | | As her description of the state of the planet circa 2019 suggests, the protagonist of Fox's Dark Angel has attitude to spare. |
 | | Cynical, resentful, and hyper-self-aware, she's the urban rendition of Buffy the vampire slayer, a bit less focused (there are no ancient rules, missions, or Watchers for "transgenics") and less worried about parental disapproval or chem exams (she has neither) than paying off the neighborhood crooked cop, so he'll overlook her squatting in an abandoned building. |
 | | Still, the numbers suggest it was a sound economic decision: Dark Angel averaged 17.4 million viewers and a huge 8.3 rating/22 share in its target demographic, adults 18-34, and a 8.5/30 with teens. |
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