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| | Vampire Smackdown: "Buffy" to UPN - Apr 20, 2001 - E! Online News (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22) |
 | | UPN announced late Friday that it has sealed a two-year, $102 million deal with Buffy producer 20th Century Fox Television, ending months of speculation over whether Sarah Michelle Gellar's bloodsucker-battling heroine would leave the WB, her home since Buffy premiered in March 1997. |
 | | While it was widely known that UPN had plunked down an offer for the series, few thought the junior net would have enough cash to make any serious moves. |
 | | In a statement released Friday, the WB said it was no coincidence that UPN's Buffy announcement came just a day after the FCC loosened restrictions on network ownership, which would allow Fox (which has a pending merger with former UPN co-owner Chris-Craft) to merge with UPN. |
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