From: daviderl31@yahoo.com   
      
   https://variety.com/2018/digital/news/facebook-buffy-vampire-sla   
   er-angel-firefly-joss-whedon-1203051189/   
      
   Facebook Streaming All Episodes of Joss Whedon’s ‘Buffy the Vampire   
   Slayer,’   
   ‘Angel,’ ‘Firefly’ for Free   
      
   Facebook is playing the nostalgia card in its latest bid to drive up video   
   viewing and video ad sales: using TV reruns.   
      
   The social-media giant is launching every episode of Joss Whedon’s   
   supernatural drama “Buffy the Vampire Slayer” and spinoff “Angel”   
   along with   
   sci-fi show “Firefly” on Facebook Watch for free to users the U.S. All 268   
   episodes of the shows will be available to watch starting Friday, Nov. 30,   
   under a licensing pact with 20th Century Fox Television.   
      
   Facebook has set up dedicated show pages for each of the series:   
      
   “Buffy the Vampire Slayer” will be available at this link;   
   https://www.facebook.com/BuffyTheVampireSlayerTheSeries/   
      
   “Angel” is available at this link; https://www.facebook.com/AngelTheSeries/   
      
   and “Firefly” is streaming here; https://www.facebook.com/FireflyTheSeries/   
      
      
       Facebook believes the cult-favorite shows — particularly “Buffy” —   
   will   
   drive up watch time by letting fans experience the series in a brand-new,   
   social way (along with the fact they’re free to watch). This week it   
   expanded the Watch Party co-viewing feature to everyone on Facebook, making   
   it possible for users to start Watch Parties from their Timeline or from any   
   public video on Facebook. The company’s hope is that “Buffy,”   
   “Angel” and   
   “Firefly” will spawn thousands of Watch Party sessions.   
      
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       Facebook also is enlisting talent from the shows to promote the free   
   streaming — including Sarah Michelle Gellar, star of the “Buffy the Vampire   
   Slayer” series. On Friday, Gellar announced the free streaming of the show   
   in a video on her Facebook Page, which has nearly 1 million followers, in   
   which she underscored the platform’s co-viewing features to watch along with   
   other “Buffy” fans on Facebook.   
      
       “It’s time to slay all day,” Gellar says in the announcement.   
      
      
   David   
      
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