"Buffy the Vampire Slayer" first aired on March 10, 1997, as a mid season replacement for the show "Savannah" on The WB network, and played a key role in the growth of the Warner Bros. television network in its early years.Whedon has declared in June 2003 that the non-broadcast pilot would not be included with DVDs of the series "while there is strength in these bones," stating that it "sucks on ass."