News Bites 2002

254 headlines. Links go to the Wayback Machine's copy from that day, since most of these sites are gone.

June

JUN 23Noxon says Season 8 is "likely" · Sci-Fi Wire
JUN 25The Future of Wesley · Sci-Fi Wire
JUN 26James Marsters Interview · about.com
JUN 27Anthony Stewart Head Interview · about.com
JUN 28"Once More", Emmy Slights Buffy · EOnline.com
JUN 28Emmy disses Buffy...again. · TVGuide.com
JUN 28Emmy leaves Buffy off the ballot · EW.com
JUN 30Nick Brendon Interview · YM.com

July

JUL 2Whedon promises brighter BUFFY · Cinescape.com
JUL 3Vampire Bite: SMG stops Britney · salon.com
JUL 8Damsel in Distress · Sunday Times
JUL 8SFX Event a Success · iHuddersfield.co.uk
JUL 8Wheden pens new "Buffy" · AICN
JUL 9Buffy Fans Help Kids' Fund · SciFi.com
JUL 9TV Gal Zeros in on Dramas · Zap2it
JUL 10Buffy Casting Rumors · (Spoilers?) :: AICN
JUL 10Emmy-worthy 'Buffy' musical slays this critic · Electronic Media
JUL 11'Slayer' Shift Boosts All Players · Yahoo!
JUL 11Buffy Lowers Its "Bawdy Count" · TVGuide.com
JUL 11Buffy OK with Emmy · Sci-Fi Wire
JUL 12'Buffy' Fans To See More... · (Happy and Spoilerish news) :: NY Daily News
JUL 13The Next New Angel! · (Spoilers for 4.1) :: AICN
JUL 13Which First-Time Contenders Will Get an Emmy Nod? · (Mentions SMG, OMWF) :: E!Online
JUL 15Genius without breaking a sweat · National Post
JUL 15UPN Sets Fall Premiere Dates · (Buffy premieres Sept. 24) :: Zap2it.com
JUL 16Buffy-less Buffy Possible? · (Spoilerish) :: Sci-Fi Wire
JUL 16Old Faces Back in Buffy · (Spoilerish) :: Sci-Fi Wire
JUL 17Do Vampires Really Own This Stuff? · National Post
JUL 17Watch with Wanda · (Spoilerish) :: E!Online
JUL 17Whedon Contemplated Buffy in post-Gellar form · Cinescape
JUL 18Buffy Bits · (Spoilers) :: AICN
JUL 18Emmy Nominations · Emmys.com
JUL 19Inside Buffy's Bedroom (without Buffy, unfortunately) · (Spoilerish) :: Times Colonist
JUL 19Visiting 'Buffy' · (Spoilerish) :: Post Gazette
JUL 20Emmy Snub no shock to 'Buffy', 'Angel' Producer · Zap2it.com
JUL 22Buffy Creator's $20m deal to explore sci-fi's dark side · Sunday Herald
JUL 23'Angel' Faces do it all for Laughs · ichuddersfield
JUL 23Greenwalt Still Dotes on Angel · Sci-Fi Wire
JUL 23SMG will be taking 'A Semester Abroad' · Zap2it.com
JUL 23Whedon creates space cowboys in 'Firefly' · Post Gazette
JUL 24Angel Goes to (fill in the blank) · [spoilers!] :: Sci-Fi Wire
JUL 24Buffy OK with Emmy Nods · Sci-Fi Wire
JUL 24Get Your Wings · [spoilery] :: Zap2it.com
JUL 24New Buffy XBox Screenshots · BtVS Gaming
JUL 26Is there Life after Death on 'Buffy'? · [Amber Benson Interview] :: al.com
JUL 27Slay it Ain't So: Buffy and Angel Scoop · [SPOILERS!] :: E!Online
JUL 28More Angel Poop! · [SPOILERS!] :: AICN
JUL 28Slayer Scoops: Buffy speculation and tidbits galore · [SPOILERS!] :: ScoopMe
JUL 30Buffy Fans · NME

August

AUG 18.2.02 · + "Once More, With Feeling" CD to be released September 17 (No Link) :: Credit: Google
AUG 1Buffy and Angel Premiere Dates · Zap2it.com
AUG 2Buffy Slips Again! · XBox release date pushed back :: Total Games
AUG 2Sex and the UK (Tony Head Interview) · [Spoilerish] :: ETOnline
AUG 3All About M.E: In The Beginning... · [spoilerish] :: scoopme!
AUG 3Fans Interview Jewel Staite · [FireFly] :: fireflyfans.net
AUG 4Amber Waves...from a car window · Zap2it.com
AUG 4Angel becomes his Own Worst Enemy · [SPOILERS!] :: Ventura County Star
AUG 5New BUFFY Info: Fresh from ComiCon · [SPOILERS!] :: AICN
AUG 5Seth Green Revisits his last Buffy Episode · Video Store Magazine
AUG 6'Buffy' and 'Angel' Stars Enjoy Hiatus · [Spoilerish] :: Zap2it.com
AUG 6Buffy wins Teen Choice Awards · Zap2it.com
AUG 7Joss Whedon Gives Buffy Back it's Bite · [Spoilerish] :: TVGuide.com
AUG 8Buffy Slaying Goodbye? · [Spoilers] :: E!Online
AUG 8Buffy The Vampire Slayer Goes Gold · [X-Box game ships August 19] :: Game Spot
AUG 8Joss Whedon Interview · SciFi.com
AUG 8Location Shoot Spoilery Pics · [Spoilerish] :: Leoff Online
AUG 9:: · Scoopme!
AUG 9Death Becomes Them · Scoopme!
AUG 9Freakylinks Vet Out at Angel! · AICN
AUG 9Hugo Award Nominees Announced · ConJose.org
AUG 9Read The Buffy X-Box Novella · IGN.com
AUG 11'Angel' Drops New Producer (More on Simkins Departure) · [spoilerish] :: Zap2it.com
AUG 12'Buffy' returns to Saving the World · [SPOILERS!] :: Star Online
AUG 14Art of Being: Amy Acker · WB.com
AUG 14Buffy Update! · [SPOILERS!] :: AICN
AUG 14Caulfield Bites into Fairy · SciFi.com
AUG 14Defense Analyst looks to 'Buffy' for guidance · Zap2it.com
AUG 16Minear Discusses Producer Shake-up · Zap2it.com
AUG 16Sleeping with the Enemy (Alexis Denisof Interview) · Starburst
AUG 17[SPOILERS!] :: · ScoopMe!
AUG 18Images of The Season 7 Opener, "Lessons" · [SPOILERS!] :: Comics Continuum
AUG 18PRESS RELEASE: Once More, With Feeling Soundtrack
AUG 19'Buffy' Writer may be TV's best · Mercury News
AUG 19Buffy Really Slays Them · The Globe and Mail
AUG 19Misrepresentations. Misunderstandings. Slurs and allegations · slayer news
AUG 20Astin WILL Direct Angel Episode! · theonering.net
AUG 21Kiss of the Vampire Slayer · Village Voice
AUG 21Once More, With Feeling Soundtrack artwork and track list · Rounder.com
AUG 21The Weirdness soon to Befall Angel! · [SPOILERS!] :: AICN
AUG 22Buffy X-Box Game Review · Gamespy.com
AUG 22Once More With Feeling: Buffy's Singing Guru · [spoiler-ish] :: New York Post
AUG 23"Buffy" rated worst show for families · Salon.com
AUG 23Angel Spoilers · E!Online
AUG 23Buffy Spoilers · E!Online
AUG 24David Boreanaz pucking it up · TVGuide.com
AUG 24Once More With Feeling Soundtrack Samples · Rounder.com
AUG 26Slaying Goodbye? · E! Online
AUG 27Dream Date Quiz · BBC
AUG 28Herc chats up a Buffy Writer! · [SPOILERS!] :: AICN
AUG 28Potential Casting news for Buffy and Angel · [SPOILERS!] :: scifi.com
AUG 29Buffy Casualties: Dead and Loving It · [SPOILERS!] :: TVGuide.com
AUG 29You Sexy Thing: James Marsters vs. Nicholas Brendon · [game] :: TVGuide.com
AUG 30Casting Announcement · [SPOILERS!] :: Hollywood Reporter
AUG 30The Big Big Buffy/Angel Casting News: Updated! · [SPOILERS!] :: AICN
AUG 30Watch the Buffy Season Premiere Teaser · Buffy.com

September

SEP 1More Photos from 7.1 "Lessons" · [SPOILERS!] :: Comics Continuum
SEP 1SMG Wins a TeeVee Award · TeeVee.org
SEP 1Submit Your Questions to Marti Noxon · E!Online
SEP 2Fox Trying to Spark Firefly · Media Week
SEP 2Viewers Will Miss UPN Premieres · [Concerns the Northwest U.S] :: Spokesman-Review
SEP 2Whedon Explains Angel Loss · SciFi.com
SEP 3L-Day Roundup: Angel, Firefly · [SPOILERS!] :: AICN
SEP 4Sarah Michelle Gellar and Freddie Prinze Jr. wed in Mexico · People
SEP 5E!Online
SEP 6Ailing Favorites could use some fine-tuning · USA Today
SEP 6Review of the Buffy X-Box game · Chicago Sun-Times
SEP 7AtS 4.1 · [SPOILERS!] :: Cinescape
SEP 7Heat Wave Heats up Syndies · TVInsite
SEP 8'Buffy' creator brings new meaning to prolific · Dallas Morning News
SEP 11[SPOILERS!] · AICN
SEP 12:: [SPOILERS!] :: Movie Poop · Shoot
SEP 12Reasons "Buffy" gets Snubbed By the Emmys · Entertainment Weekly
SEP 12Studios · The Hollywood Reporter
SEP 12and Freddie, The Wedding Album · Buffy and Angel UK
SEP 14Chat Live with David Boreanaz October 6th! · theWB.com
SEP 14Mustant Enemy Mine: Wardrobe in the Buff · ScoopMe!
SEP 14Newlyweds Sarah and Freddie Hoping for Babies · IMDB
SEP 14Spoilers (Wanda) · E!Online
SEP 15[SPOILERS!] · KTLA (WB Affiliate)
SEP 16[Mentions Firefly] · SF Examiner
SEP 16[SPOILERS!] · ATN Zone
SEP 17Abuzz over Firefly · SF Chronicle
SEP 17[SPOILERS!] · Zap2it
SEP 17[spoilerish] · ScoopMe!
SEP 18[.wmv] · buffy-tv.de
SEP 18[.zip] · buffy-tv.de
SEP 205 Reasons Buffy gets snubbed by Emmys · CNN.com
SEP 20Marsters to host Buffy/Haunted premiere night · TVinsite
SEP 20New Buffy Dawns · SciFi.com
SEP 20[X-Box] · Games Asylum
SEP 21Season 3 DVD · IGN DVD
SEP 23:: · New York Times
SEP 23C Leary (Clem) Interview · atnzone.com
SEP 23Coming Soon - Without The Girls · Infobeat
SEP 25(SPOILERS!) :: · SciFi.com
SEP 25:: · Entertainment Geekly
SEP 26:: · The Auburn Plainsman Online
SEP 26[spoilerish] :: · Yahoo!
SEP 28:: · Colorado Daily
SEP 28[Tony Head] :: · thisisbath.com
SEP 30:: · NY Post
SEP 30[spoilerish] :: · Fangoria

October

OCT 1:: · Cinescape

November

NOV 9Interview with...Joss Whedon · [Spoilerish for "Spin The Bottle"] :: the WB
NOV 9Pictures for AtS episode - "Apocalypse, Nowish" · [Spoilers - Airs Nov. 17] :: cinescape.com
NOV 10Deconstructing "Buffy" · salon.com
NOV 11Angel Gets Complicated · [SPOILERS!] :: SciFi.com
NOV 11Angel Season 1, Region 1 DVD coming soon · Yahoo! News
NOV 11Buffy Episoder 7.7 Preview · [SPOILERS!] :: USAToday.com
NOV 11Death and the Mother on 'Buffy' · [SPOILERS!] :: zap2it.com
NOV 11Joss Whedon on the future of his shows and himself · [spoilerish] :: Houston Chronicle
NOV 12Herc's Seen BUFFY 7.7!! · [SPOILERS!] :: AICN
NOV 13Benz Swings Into Jungle · SciFi.com
NOV 13Buffy Casting Spoiler · [Spoilerish for U.K] :: SciFi.com
NOV 14Conversations with Dead People: The Season of Mists · [Review] :: ScoopMe!
NOV 14Dead People Tell Tales · [Review] :: EW.com
NOV 16Head: Buffy Ending Soon · SciFi.com
NOV 17Charisma Carpenter is pregnant; baby due in March · Charisma-Carpenter.com
NOV 18Herc's Seen BUFFY 7.8!! · AICN [Thanks to LST]
NOV 19'Fantastic Four' Screenwriter Spills Super Secrets · MTV.com
NOV 19Buffy Spoilers: Wanda · [SPOILERS!] :: E!Online [Thanks to LST]
NOV 19If It's a 'Buffy' Apocalypse, It Must Be Giles · [Spoilerish] :: Zap2it [Thanks to LST]
NOV 20Nothing Doing: "Sleeper" Review · [spoilerish for non-North America] :: EW.com [Thanks to LST]
NOV 20[Review] · [spoilerish for non-North America] :: ScoopMe! [Thanks to LST]
NOV 21Did Buffy Shoot the Birds? · [spoilerish] :: TVGuide.com
NOV 21[Review] · [spoilerish for non-North America] :: Entertainment Geekly
NOV 25"Never Leave Me" Episode 7.9 Wildfeed Summary · [SPOILERS!] :: Leoff Online [Thanks to LST]
NOV 25A Weekend With Buffy, Vampire Slayer and Seminar Topic · NY Times
NOV 25Herc's Seen The Last BUFFY of Sweeps!! · [SPOILERS!] :: AICN [Thanks to LST]
NOV 25TV Gal Rambles Randomly · [ Last week's episodes talk - spoilerish] :: Zap2it
NOV 25Whendon Helms Firefly Ep · Sci-Fi Wire
NOV 26'Angel' on the Move for The WB · [Moving to Wednesdays] :: Zap2it [Thanks to LST]
NOV 26- Watch with Wanda · [SPOILERS!] :: E!Online [Thanks to LST]
NOV 26Buffy Branches Out? · EW.com [Thanks to Lonewolf]
NOV 27"Never Leave Me" Review · [Spoilers for non-North America] :: Entertainment Geekly
NOV 27Angel Vamp Turns Good Girl · [Julie Benz article] :: TVGuide.com
NOV 27[ "Never Leave Me" Review] · [Spoilers for non-North America] :: EW.com [Thanks to LST]
NOV 27[Review] · [Spoilers for non-North America] :: ScoopMe! [Thanks to LST]
NOV 29Living and Being in the 'Buffyverse' · U. of Melbourne
NOV 29Nerf Herder scores a hit with 'Buffy' · accessatlanta.com

December

DEC 1Almost Human: From Beneath They Devour · Zap2It.com
DEC 2[M.E Characters Spike and Wesley mentioned] · Zap2It.com
DEC 2[Tom Lenk Interview] · Ventura Star
DEC 4'Firefly' to Go on Hiatus As FOX Shuffles Midseason · Zap2It
DEC 4INTERVIEW: Julie Benz of Steven Spielberg's "Taken" · Cinema Confidential
DEC 4Joss Whedon Biography due next year · Alien Online
DEC 4The creators of Firefly fight the good fight for the future of Serenity · [Interview with Tim Minear, Adam Baldwin, Ron Glass, & Morena Baccarin] :: SciFi.com
DEC 6Buffy Collectables Series VI Line Up Announced! · Figures.com
DEC 6Rambo is the 'Buffy professor' · Fayetteville Online
DEC 6it progresses. We send our sympathies to his family and friends. · - Mac
DEC 7Glenn Quinn Obituary · LA Times
DEC 7Scribing The Slayer: Interview with Author Nikki Stafford · cityofangel.com
DEC 7The Eighth Sign of the Apocalypse [Interview with D.B Woodside] · [spoilerish for non-North America] :: E!Online [Thanks to LST]
DEC 9BUFFY & ANGEL Spoilage! · [SPOILERS! ] :: AICN [Thanks to LST]
DEC 10- Watch w/ Wanda · [SPOILERS!] :: E!Online [Thanks to LST]
DEC 10UPN Mulls Buffy Offer? · [Spoilerish] :: SciFi.com [Thanks to LST]
DEC 11"Bring On The Night" 7.10 Trailer · UPN.com
DEC 11Astin Directs Angel · [spoilers] :: SciFi Wire
DEC 11Has Buffy Been Blacklisted? · stinky-mayo.com [Thanks to Real Slayer]
DEC 11[Not confirmed] · [spoilerish] :: TeenTelevision.com
DEC 12BUFFY 7.10 Spoilers!! · [SPOILERS!] :: AICN
DEC 12Goodbye - Police investigate 'Angel' star's death · EW.com
DEC 12The Next Few ANGELs!! · [SPOILERS!] :: AICN
DEC 13Firefly Cancelled. Confirmed by USA Today, FireflyFans.net, and Executive Producer Tim Minear. · All of the above
DEC 13Joss Whedon's First Words on the "Firefly" Cancellation
DEC 13Tim Minear's official statement of Firefly's cancellation at his website · TimMinear.net
DEC 14Fox Squashes 'Firefly' · E!Online
DEC 15Show your support for Firefly! · FireflySupport.com
DEC 15The Next Few ANGELs!! · [SPOILERS!] :: AICN
DEC 16"Bring On The Night" 7.10 - Wildfeed Summary · [SPOILERS!] :: Leoff Online [Thanks to LST]
DEC 16'Firefly' May End at the Beginning · [SPOILERS!] :: Zap2it
DEC 16(BtVS at #8!) · EW.com
DEC 17- Submit Q's for Chat 12.19! · BBC Cult
DEC 17- Watch w/ Wanda · [SPOILERS!] :: E!Online [Thanks to LST]
DEC 18Bring On The Night: The End · [Review: Spoilerish] :: ScoopMe!
DEC 19'Angel' move to Wednesdays may not be permanent · futon critic
DEC 19Alyson Hannigan - #6 on Pop Candy's 100 People Of The Year! · USA Today
DEC 19Buffy, 'Bring on the Night' · [Review: Spoilerish] :: Entertainment Geekly
DEC 19Whedon Searching for New 'Firefly' Home · Zap2it
DEC 19[BtVS receives 5 nods!] · pressacademy.com
DEC 20Confirmed by Tim Minear: Joss Whedon is a new father! It's a boy! · Official Firefly Board
DEC 21Bell Mulls Angel Move · [Spoilerish] :: SciFi Wire
DEC 21Ready or Not? · [Spoilerish for non-North America] :: EW.com [Thanks to LST]
DEC 22"Bring On The Night" Review · [Spoilerish for non-North America] :: USSChesapeake.org [Thanks to LST]
DEC 22(Watch w/ Wanda) · [Spoilerish] :: E!Online [Thanks to LST]
DEC 22[Tim Minear talks about the Firefly Cancellation] · Buffistas.org
DEC 23'Firefly's' first may be last · deseretnews.com
DEC 23A View From the Bridge: ScoopMe Takes the Pilot's Seat on Serenity · ScoopMe!
DEC 23Screenwriter hopes to relaunch canceled Firefly · Sun-Sentinal.com
DEC 23[NY Daily News gives "Serenity" *** stars!] · NY Daily News
DEC 2410 Buffy and Angel Quotes make TV Gal's Top Quotes of the Year · Zap2it
DEC 24Buffy #7 on USA Today's "Best of 2002" · USA Today
DEC 24Buffy #7, Angel #6 on Scripps Howard News Top 10 of 2002 · Scripps Howard News Service
DEC 24Episode 7.10 "Bring On the Night" · [Review] :: the buzz
DEC 24Joss posts more about Firefly - "Hey, It's me. Not ME, but actual me, who started ME. It's very confusing." · Buffistas.org
DEC 26"Showtime" images (7.11) · [SPOILERS!] :: Comics Continuum
DEC 26[40 minutes / requirement: Real Video] · [spoilerish] :: BBCi
DEC 274 Buffy/Angel Characters in BBCi's top 10 Sci-Fi Characters list · BBCi
DEC 27Fox hole: Network's bad decisions cutting in to good TV time · The Telegraph Online
DEC 28It's official: Brits love Buffy · Teletext
DEC 28The Principal Principle · [SPOILERS!] :: Zap2it
DEC 29Best of 2002: Buffy gets Honorable Mention...? · MSN Entertainment [Thanks to willow_rosenlove]
DEC 30'Buffy' Characters Infest Top 10 List · Zap2it.com
DEC 31Watch w/ Wanda · [SPOILERS!] :: E!Online [Thanks to LST]