UPN has driven a stake through Buffy the Vampire Slayer's run on the WB. After months of negotiations--and an unusually bitter public battle over the fate of the teen-cult hit--Joss Whedon's critically acclaimed series is jumping from the WB to UPN. 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, …showed first 75 words of 317 total…

…showed last 75 words of 317 total…the air and represents a new era in UPN's life and direction, but more importantly because Joss Whedon is one of the finest writers and producers in television. Our main motivation for pursuing Buffy so aggressively was to be in business with Joss and with 20th...and we're very pleased to have that opportunity." The 100th and final WB episode of Buffy airs May 22. The announcement comes as a shock to many: Although ------------------------------------------------------------------------ **Bibliography**