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Buffy Got Cancelled… So Why Is Hollywood Obsessed With the 90s?

Entertainment Is Broken w/ Richard Crouse and Sarah Hanlon

Watch: https://www.youtube.com/@EntertainmentIsBroken

Listen: https://pod.link/1855097197

Buffy is cancelled… again.

After years of development, a filmed pilot, and serious creative talent behind it, the Buffy the Vampire Slayer reboot is suddenly dead — and the timing couldn’t be worse.

So what happened?

This week, we start with Buffy… and zoom out to the bigger question: why does Hollywood keep going back?

From The X-Files to a growing list of revivals, reboots and “reimaginings,” the industry seems stuck in a loop — mining the past instead of building something new.

Is it nostalgia?
Is it fear?
Or is it just good business?

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