Angel was the highly successful spin-off from the American
television series Buffy the Vampire Slayer. Angel had
a darker tone than Buffy, and it at times performed better
in the U.S. Nielsen Ratings than its parent series. The
series was created by Buffy creator Joss Whedon in collaboration
with David Greenwalt, and first aired in October of 1999.
Like Buffy, it was produced by Whedon's production company,
Mutant Enemy. The series detailed the ongoing trials of
the vampire Angel, who had his human soul restored to
him as a punishment after over a century of murder and
torture of innocents, leaving him tormented by guilt and
remorse. During the first four seasons of the show, he
worked as a private detective in a fictionalized version
of Los Angeles, California, where he and a variety of
associates worked to "help the helpless" and
to restore the faith and "save the souls" of
those who had lost their way.
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